Honors Scholarship
Upon enrolling at MMU, new incoming students can qualify for an annual $1000 scholarship by successfully participating in the Honors Program. The deadline to apply for the honors scholarship is March 1st.
Recent Research Projects
Because of this strong and ever-growing series of student-faculty interaction, you’ll learn through hands-on research and experience the deep academic work usually reserved for students at larger institutions.
- Three-Strikes Laws and Their Effects on Society
- Applying Psychology to Increase Water Conservation
- Synthesizing Human Trafficking Screening Tools and Identifying Barriers to Help for Marginalized Populations
- Oncology-Fertility Support in Breast Cancer Patients
- Father Involvement in the NICU
- Recognizing the Humanitarian Crisis at the U.S./Mexico Border through Franciso Cantu's Memoir, The Line Becomes a River
- Developing a Personality Assessment App for Author Dave Mitchell
- Studies of Lichen Distribution on a Linn County (Iowa) Hill Prairie
- The Invisible Problem of Human Trafficking
- Iowa Watch: Statewide Journalism Projects
- Light Effects on the Growth of Raphanus sativus
- The Impact Student Engagement has on Post-Graduation Success
- The Harmful Effects of Radon and its Levels in the Mount Mercy University Community
- Putting the Goth in American Gothic (Public Art Project)
Scholarship Festival
This annual event features student research presentations and creative works during poster sessions, interdisciplinary panels, and creative performances.
Student Research Facts
- Research and creative opportunities are available for students in nearly every major and many minors.
- Most projects are completed through one-on-one or small group work between faculty and students. Students share in discovery and creation.
- Students are more likely to remain engaged in learning when offered hands-on opportunities.