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Congratulations August '25 Graduates

Meet our new Honors alumni!

It's been a busy summer for our August '25 University Honors graduates! We congratulate them for their achievements and thank them for their outstanding contributions to our Honors community. Well done! Meet the graduates below:

Savannah Maurine Chavez

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Major: Experience Design and Management
Thesis: Picture This: An Event Designed to Increase Awareness of and Empathy for Individuals Who Experience Scrupulosity
Advisor: Neil Lundberg
Plans After Graduation: Savannah will be employed as an event specialist at Awardco.

Katherine Elizabeth Christensen

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Major: Music Performance: Woodwind
Thesis: Full Halls, Full Hearts: Increasing Personal Connection and Engagement Among Classical Music Audiences
Advisor: Nathan Haines
Plans After Graduation: Kate will be pursuing a graduate degree in Classical Oboe at the Manhattan School of Music this fall.

Paul Jacobson Collins

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Major: Strategic Management
Thesis: Saving International Business Through Proper Practices and Strategy
Advisor: James Oldroyd
Plans After Graduation: Paul will be employed as a marketing specialist at Enzy Technologies.

Michael Louis Berton Forvil

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Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Africana Studies
Thesis: The Lynching of Robert Marshall: Documenting African American History in Carbon County, Utah
Advisor: Rebecca DeSchweinitz
Plans After Graduation: Michael plans to pursue a graduate degree in Neuroanthropology.

Cole Trueblood Grizzell

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Major: Finance
Minor: Economics
Thesis: Examining Merger Wave Activity in Periods of Heightened Commodity Price Volatility and Trading Volume
Advisor: Benjamin Iverson
Plans After Graduation: Cole will be working as an investment banking analyst at Jefferies & Co.

Anna Louise Jacob

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Major: Sociology
Minor: Global Women's Studies/Spanish
Thesis: How Length of Residence Moderates the Relationship Between Time and Community Satisfaction in Rural Utah
Advisor: Michael Cope
Plans After Graduation: Anna will pursue a PhD in Sociology at The Ohio State University this fall.

Bryanna Michelle Nuerkey Larnyoh

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Major: Family Life: Family Studies
Thesis: The Influence of Family Dynamics on the Experience of First-Generation University Students with Afro- Diasporic Migrant Parents
Advisor: Jenet Erickson
Plans After Graduation: Bryanna will be pursuing a graduate degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Northwestern University this fall.

Kallysta Muamelelei Strong Lindquist

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Major: Epidemiology
Minor: English
Thesis: Rheumatic Heart Disease, RHD, Samoa, Cardiovascular Disease, RHD in Samoa, Epidemiology in Oceania
Advisor: Richard Gill
Plans After Graduation: Kallysta is attending graduate school this fall.

Tristan Johnson Mott

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Major: Computer Engineering
Minor: Computer Science
Thesis: The Impacts of Increasingly Complex Matchup Models on Baseball Win Probability
Advisor: David Grimsman
Plans After Graduation: Tristan is pursuing a graduate degree in Computer Science here at BYU.

Joseph Robert Nielson

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Major:  Biodiversity & Conservation
Minors: Philosophy; German
Thesis: Humans Rule? Religious Implications of Undergraduate Students’ Environmental Perceptions at BYU
Plans After Graduation: Robert will be employed as a conservation technician at the Central Utah Water Conservancy District.

Kendra Alexis Pinegar

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Major: International Relations
Minor: Spanish
Thesis: Measuring Support for Democracy Through Public Understanding: A Conjoint Survey Approach
Advisor: Darin Self
Plans After Graduation: Kendra plans to attend graduate school.

Garrett Daniel Suggs

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Major: Physics--Astronomy
Minors: Computer Science; Mathematics
Thesis: Impact of Late-Universe Constraints on Early-Universe Measurements of Hubble
Advisor: Christopher Verhaaren
Plans After Graduation: Garrett will pursue a Master’s in Computer Science here at BYU this fall.

Janai Ruth Wright

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Major:  Philosophy
Minor: History
Thesis: Understanding Divine Love Through Ibn Arabi and Thomas Aquinas
Advisor: Gordon Mower
Plans After Graduation: Janai will pursue a Master’s degree in Divinity at Harvard Divinity School this fall.