by Nathan Smith | Oct 21, 2011 | Broadcast, Honors College Study Abroad Grant, India, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Study Abroad
Bryan Campbell, a sophomore art/broadcast major with a minor in history, traveled to Dharamsala, India last summer to meet Tibetans living in exile and document their stories. This opportunity came through the TEXT Project (Tibetans in Exile Today), an oral history...
by Nathan Smith | Oct 5, 2011 | College of Education and Health Professions, Conference, Honors thesis, Nursing, Research
Honors nursing student Kelly Toner is creating a volunteer orientation module for Midwives for Haiti for her honors thesis. Last week, she traveled to their headquarters in Richmond, Va. to present her work. You can read more about Kelly in this profile. I went to...
by Nathan Smith | Sep 30, 2011 | Greece, History, Honors College Study Abroad Grant, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Study Abroad, Turkey
This summer Joshua Windsor, an honors history major of the Fulbright of Arts and Sciences College, visited a variety of locations in Greece and Turkey. Now, on his return home he reflects on the experience and shares a small part of his many adventures with us. I did...
by Nathan Smith | Sep 23, 2011 | College of Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Honors thesis, Research
When you think “honors thesis,” a mobile game app is probably not the first thing that springs to mind. But Taylor Yust, an honors computer science student in the College of Engineering, will be submitting his original game app, called Project Pond, to...
by Nathan Smith | Sep 19, 2011 | Advice/Tips, Astronomy, Chile, Internships, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Physics, Research
The best advice I can give to an incoming freshman all the way up to an outgoing senior is: DO something. It has been the best decision that I have made in all of my years at the University of Arkansas. It doesn’t even matter what you do, just do more than the normal...