The Honors Mentors are a group of students who lead and advise incoming Freshmen and Transfer students in the University Honors Program. A Mentor is matched with incoming students with similar interests. Mentors will lead their group of mentees at Honors Orientation and be able to make sure students don’t have any trouble acclimating to UWF. After Honors Orientation, Mentors will be available during their office hour each week to help students with various aspects of their academic life. Mentors will help new students discover how they can get involved with the University Honors Program and build a strong network of friends through participating in honors activities like the annual Halloween Party, Honors formal, fundraising events, and service events.
Apply to be a mentor.
Current Mentors
Michael Adams
Student Email: mra16@students.uwf.edu
Major: Chemistry/Biochemistry
Minor: Math and Physics
Hometown: Pensacola
Organizations you belong to on campus: President of Chemistry Club, Phi Eta Sigma, Honors Tutor, Math Club
Hobbies: Doing organic synthesis, learning about upper level physics, teaching myself higher levels of math, beating video games on the hardest difficulty, creating hip-hop lyrics, writing about the world around me, spending a lot of money to help the economy, and enjoying all of my Apple products are my hobbies.
Favorite Honors course: Great Book because that class showed me how timeless those books are and how they relate to current times.
Favorite book: David Bohm Quantum Theory
Favorite movie: The Social Network
Favorite musical artist: Lil’ Wayne
Interesting fact about you: I am fascinated by Japanese culture. |
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Janae Baptiste
Student Email: jlb115@students.uwf.edu
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Mathematics
Hometown: Pensacola, Florida
Organizations you belong to on campus: Phi Eta Sigma, Chemistry Club
Hobbies: Playing the flute, shopping, doing make-up
Favorite Honors course: Principles of Mass Communications
Favorite book: Alas, Babylon
Favorite movie: Slumdog Millionaire
Favorite musical artist: Trey Songz |
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Stacey Bass
Student Email: sjr12@students.uwf.edu
Major: Psychology
Minor: Child Welfare
Hometown: Dundee, Scotland
Organizations you belong to on campus:
Honors Mentor, Honors Tutor, University Honors Program Committee
Hobbies: Reading, Playing with my baby, spending time with my husband.
Favorite Honors course: Women in Science!
Favorite book: These is my words
Favorite movie: Trainspotting
Favorite musical artist: Sugarland
Interesting fact about you: The town I was born in was built in an extinct volcano! |
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Kevin Bender
Student Email: kpb6@students.uwf.edu
Major: General Anthropology and Maritime Studies dual major.
Hometown: Cutler Bay FL
Organizations you belong to on campus: Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Colony, Students Ambassadors, Scuba Club, Student Humane Association, Order of Omega, Housing (Resident Assistant)
Hobbies: Reading, watching movies, listening to music, playing sports, eating, cooking, hanging out with friends, hiking, scuba diving
Favorite Honors course: Honors Academic Foundation Seminar
Favorite book: The Alchemist
Favorite movie: Harry Potter Series
Favorite musical artist: Kenny Chesney
Interesting fact about you: Can say the alphabet backwards. |
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Rebecca Cleary
Student Email: rcc15@students.uwf.edu
Major: English
Minor: Professional Education
Hometown: Pensacola, FL
Organizations you belong to on campus:
UWF Dance Club/Team, Phi Eta Sigma
Hobbies: ballet, contemporary/lyrical, jazz, hip-hop, surfing, reading, yoga
Favorite Honors course: Death of a Goddess seminar
Favorite book: The Scarlet Letter
Favorite movie: Soul Surfer
Favorite musical artist: Mat Kearney
Interesting fact about you: I've been to almost every type of school there is (private school, public school, home school, and Montessori school). |
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Miranda Coley
Student Email: mdc33@students.uwf.edu
Major: dual major in Philosophy and Psychology
Hometown: Gulf Breeze, FL
Organizations you belong to on campus: Honors Program, Phi Eta Sigma
Hobbies: going to the beach, watching baseball
Favorite Honors course: Intro to Logic with Professor Hood
Favorite book: Harry Potter
Favorite movie: The Hangover
Favorite musical artist: George Strait
Interesting fact about you: I work at the Levin Papantonio Law Firm and want to be a lawyer! |
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Erika Cruz
Student Email: ejc5@students.uwf.edu
Major: Legal Studies/Pre-law
Minor: Forensic Science
Hometown: Naples, Fl
Organizations you belong to on campus:
Student Government Association
Hobbies: reading, singing, swimming, shopping, beach, traveling
Favorite Honors course: Great Books
Favorite book: The Odyssey
Favorite movie: The Social Network
Favorite musical artist: Nicki Minaj
Interesting fact about you: I cannot watch scary movies to save my life. |
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Chloe Veronica Diehl
Student Email: cvd2@students.uwf.edu
Major: History
Minor: International Affairs
Hometown: Gulf Breeze, FL
Organizations you belong to on campus:
SGA-Academic Committee
Peer Education
WAO (World Affairs Organization)
Model United National Debate Team
Hobbies: Hiking, Running, Baking, and Reading
Favorite book: Cry, the Beloved Country
Favorite movie: Anchorman
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Marina Dunayeva
Student Email: mvd9@students.uwf.edu
Major: undecided
Hometown: Krasnodar, Russia
Organizations you belong to on campus: Honors Council, BCM
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Luke Killam
Student Email: lfk2@students.uwf.edu
Major: Engineering
Minor: History
Hometown: Century, FL
Organizations you belong to on campus: Student Government Association (Elected Student Body President on April 20, 2011), Honors Council, College Republicans, Florida Engineering Society
Hobbies: Water Skiing, Riding Horses, Hunting, and Swing Dancing
Favorite Honors course: Great Books
Favorite book: “Dig Your Well before you’re Thirsty”
Favorite movie: Signs
Favorite musical artist: Steven Curtis Chapman
Interesting fact about you: I can French Braid.
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Ashley Lambert
Student Email: anl13@students.uwf.edu
Major: Pre-Professional Biology (Pre-Med)
Minor: None
Hometown: Cape Coral, Florida
Organizations you belong to on campus:
 Phi Eta Sigma, Honors Program
Hobbies: Travelling the world, oil painting, event planning, Starcraft II, reading, and a lot of studying
Favorite Honors course: Definitely Great Books although they are all really great.
Favorite book: The Dragonlance Series probably but I love reading most genres
Favorite movie: “John Q” or “The Pursuit of Happyness”
Favorite musical artist: Depends on genre. Avenged Sevenfold, Josh Turner, Tre Songz
Interesting fact about you: I am a diehard Chicago Bears fan.
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Kelcie Llyod
Student Email: kel9@students.uwf.edu
Major: Public History
Minor: Anthropology
Hometown: St. Augustine
Organizations you belong to on campus: Phi Alpha Theta, Honors Council
Hobbies: Reading, traveling, going to the beach, hanging out with friends
Favorite Honors course: General Psychology
Favorite book: Anthem
Favorite movie: The American President
Favorite musical artist: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Interesting fact about you: In the past two years, I have visited 25 states.
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Craig Lockhart
Student Email: cj23@students.uwf.edu
Major: International Studies - Security & Diplomacy
Minor: Public Administration
Hometown: Dominica, West Indies / Hollywood, Fl
Organizations you belong to on campus: UWF Honors Program & Honors Council, Phi Kappa Phi, etc.
Hobbies: Music, Sports, Go-Karting, Movies & the gym
 Favorite Honors Course: Holocaust Seminar
Favorite Book: Post-American World
Favorite Movie: Tears of the Sun
Favorite musical artist: Bob Marley & Jah Cure
Interesting fact about you: I am a 2009 Gates Millennium Scholar.
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Kellie Miller
Student Email: kam52@students.uwf.edu
Major: General Business
Minor: Management, Finance
Hometown: Military Brat
Organizations you belong to on campus:
UWF Honors, Beta Gamma Sigma
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, beachin’ it, and delicious food!
Favorite Honors course: Psychology with Dr. Jane Halonen
Favorite book: N/A
Favorite movie: Top 3: Wayne’s World, Top Gun, Blues Brothers
Favorite musical artist: N/A
Interesting fact about you: I looooooove food, but I don’t eat seafood.
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Amy Renaud
Student Email: aer11@students.uwf.edu
Major: Pre-Professional Biology
Hometown: Cantonment, Florida
Organizations you belong to on campus:
UWF Math Association (Secretary), Honors Mentor
Hobbies: Church choir, Pilates, shopping, organic synthesis research, volunteering
Favorite Honors course: Science & Technology in the 21st Century (Seminar)
Favorite book: The Holy Bible (NIV)
Favorite movie: Titanic
Favorite musical artist: Sandi Patty
Interesting fact about you: I have an identical twin.
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Holly Renaud
Student Email: hmr7@students.uwf.edu
Major: mathematics
Hometown: Cantonment, FL
Organizations you belong to on campus:
UWF Mathematics Assoc. (President), Honors Mentor
Hobbies: singing, complex analysis, Pilates, church, math research, tutoring, socializing, shopping, traveling
Favorite Honors course: History of Western Music II
Favorite book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Favorite movie: Enchanted
Favorite musical artist: Celine Dion
Interesting fact about you: I can lick my elbow.
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Jamie Trindell
Student Email: jat38@students.uwf.edu
Major: Biochemistry/Chemistry
Hometown: Wakulla, Florida
Organizations you belong to on campus:
Scuba Club, Chemistry Club, Honors Council
Hobbies: swimming, horseback riding, sailing, fishing
Favorite Honors course: N/A
Favorite book: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Favorite movie: Juno
Favorite musical artist: Modest Mouse
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Carole Toler
Student Email: cat30@students.uwf.edu
Major: Journalism
Minor: Spanish
Hometown: Wakulla, FL
Organizations you belong to on campus: Honor Council, Argo Scholars Mentor
Hobbies: Being goofy.
Favorite Honors course: Great Books, duh.
Current reading: Culture of Fear: Why Americans Fear the Wrong Things
Favorite movie: Gone with the Wind
Favorite musical artist: Brad Paisley.
Interesting fact about you: I spent wayyyyy too long trying to answer this question.
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Cyndy Wallace
Student Email: clp49@students.uwf.edu
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Pensacola and Hesperia, CA
Hobbies: Reading, Playing computer and xbox games, writing, cooking
Favorite Honors course: General Psychology
Favorite book: The A Song of Fire and Ice series
Favorite movie: Coraline
Favorite musical artist: Green Day
Interesting fact about you: I can legally drink, but I can't legally drive
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