by srkirby | May 25, 2020 | Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Honors College Research Grant, Honors thesis, Research
In 2019, biomedical engineering major Samia Ismail earned a coveted Truman Scholarship, awarded to the brightest students in the nation dedicated to public service. Even though she is earning an engineering degree, Samia ultimately plans to pursue a joint M.D./master...
by srkirby | Jan 21, 2020 | Honors Passport/Peru, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Peru, Political science, Study Abroad
Beck Williams, an honors political science major who participated in the January 2020 Honors Passport study abroad intersession course to Peru, found himself in an unexpected dilemma when the class took him to the top of a hill on the island of Taquile in Lake...
by srkirby | Dec 17, 2019 | Advice/Tips, Conference, Honors College Research Travel Grant, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Meet the Students, Path Program, Psychology
Honors psychology/sociology senior and Path Scholar Rebeca Zapata recently had the opportunity to present research from her honors thesis at a national conference in Atlanta, Georgia, thanks to an Honors College Conference/Workshop Travel Grant. Unsurprisingly, she...
by srkirby | Nov 19, 2019 | Honors Courses, Uncategorized
“Listen carefully, my son, to the master’s instructions, and attend to them with the ear of your heart.” These are the first lines of The Rule of St. Benedict, a 6th-century guide to monastic life. The Rule encourages discipline and asceticism, and this begins, as...
by srkirby | Nov 15, 2019 | African & African American Studies, History, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Political science, Spain, Study Abroad
Political science and African & African American studies double major Maxwell Carter spent a semester in Spain last year — here he writes of his trip through Catalonia, where a separatist movement was taking center stage in regional politics. The Bodenhamer...
