by srkirby | May 23, 2019 | College of Engineering, Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Industrial Engineering, Study Abroad, Sweden
Last fall, industrial engineering major Nathan Hemby spent four months studying in Sweden, where he was initially overwhelmed by…well, by almost everything: the different learning styles, the cold, dark winters, the unfamiliarity of the place. But he soon...
by Kendall Curlee | Feb 20, 2019 | Advice/Tips, Architectural Studies, Art History, College of Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Fay Jones School of Architecture, Honors thesis, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
You’ve got your thesis topic, and you’ve found a faculty mentor. Now the real work begins – and the most critical component is not reading dusty tomes, running experiments in the lab or digging up the latest articles in Lexis Nexis. Your most important task is to...
by srkirby | Nov 29, 2018 | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Mexico, Study Abroad
Honors chemical engineering major Meagan Olsen spent her summer in Puebla, Mexico, studying Spanish and participating in an engineering-based service project. Here, she blends language-learning, history, tradition and community, using a color palette that is at once...
by srkirby | Nov 28, 2018 | Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Events
On Tuesday, November 6, first-year chemical engineering major and Bodenhamer Fellow Christina Trexler became the second student Dean for a Day in the Honors College. Her deanship was jam-packed with meetings: she spoke to Chancellor Joe...
by srkirby | Nov 20, 2018 | Computer Science Engineering, Path Program
Rachel Wilson is a first-year NSF Path Scholar pursing a B.A. in computer science and a B.S. in management with an organizational leadership focus. With her freshman Path cohort, she participated in the ASAP summer bridge program on campus to help her settle into...
by srkirby | Sep 21, 2018 | College of Engineering, Italy, Libby Finch Award, Mechanical Engineering, Study Abroad
At the Politecnico di Torino, I continued my mechanical engineering curriculum very similarly to how I would have at the University of Arkansas. This was a positive thing for me, as it meant I was able to study abroad and stay on track for graduation in May of 2019. I...
