With fall semester coming to an end, the William H. and Joyce Attebury Honors Program will hold a graduation reception on Dec. 7.

“Two honor students will graduate this December and the reception will begin at 3:30 p.m. and it will end at five o’ clock,” Toni Williams, administrative secretary of the Killgore Research Center, said. “Jillian Read and Kenneth Clift are the two honor students that are going to graduate this December.”

“The graduates will be given a certificate with a medallion and they will present their capstone thesis,” Kathey Walker, administrative director of the Killgore Research Center, said. “We will have food and drinks at the reception and our academic director, Dr. Mallard, will give the certificates to the honor graduates.”

An honors capstone thesis is a representation of a project during the student’s senior year. A capstone or thesis is a project done independently by the student under the direction of an advisor. It is completed over the course of a semester or a year and it includes their scholarly academic work.

“The Graduate Reception is a wonderful way the showcase the variety of research projects the honors students are doing,” Dr. Jessica Mallard, academic director of the Attebury Honors Program, said.  “I love to see the passion they have developed for their topics.”

The honors reception will take place in the Killgore Research room 107 on Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m.