Encountering the Past at Crystal Bridges: An APSI Initiative

In my time as an AP history student, I was fortunate enough to be exposed to a wide variety of material that gave me glimpses of the past, from documents to photographs to snippets of music. The most valuable sources, my European history teacher often repeated, are...

In Which a Recruiting Call Leads to Published Research on ‘Small-World’ Trade Networks, and Real-World Non-Profit Work

From a crowded field of acceptances and scholarship offers, high school senior Stuart Shirrell had narrowed down his college choices to two: a prestigious private school located on the East Coast, and the University of Arkansas. He decided to place a call to...

What’s Next: the Class of 2011

At the recent spring picnic for Honors College fellows, some of our graduating seniors shared their future plans.  Check out what’s next for these students and some others, as well. Kinesiology major  Chuck Ballard plans to work as a rehab technician while...