by Nathan Smith | Sep 8, 2015 | 5 Questions, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Honors thesis, Horticulture, Internships
Olivia Caillouet, an honors horticulture junior from Little Rock, believes that “there’s only so much you can learn in a textbook – you have to get out and complete it with hand’s on learning.” She’s gotten her hands deep in the soil—and into beehives—through a series...
by | Aug 1, 2014 | Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Honors College Research Grant, Honors thesis, Horticulture, Research, Uncategorized
Honors horticulture student Olivia Hines has a passion for blackberries, and she’s not just eating them – she’s testing them. Working alongside the University of Arkansas’ blackberry breeding program, a world leader in the development of fresh-market blackberry...
by Nathan Smith | Mar 21, 2014 | Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Events, On Campus
Honors students enjoyed an opportunity to examine, touch and discuss rare historical documents in Mullins Library yesterday. Pages from the Gutenberg Bible, a leather-bound, ca. 1350 copy of the Magna Carta and the front page of the Sept. 23, 1862 Issue of the New...
by | Nov 27, 2013 | Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Environmental, Soil and Water Science, New Zealand, Study Abroad
Douglas Wolf, an honors environmental, soil and water science major and sustainability minor, just spent a semester studying sustainable development in New Zealand. He took field trips to the Southern High Country, learned about sustainable management at...
by | Feb 15, 2013 | Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Environmental, Soil and Water Science, Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Poultry Science, Research, Rwanda, Study Abroad
[singlepic id=200 w=620 h=540 float=] Honors poultry science and environmental, soil, and water science double major Katie McGehee formed deep connections with the employees of Ikiraro Investment’s poultry farm in Rwanda last summer while conducting research for...
by | Oct 17, 2012 | 5 Questions, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Internships, Research
[singlepic id=163 w=620 h=540 float=] Senior agricultural economics and poultry science double major Mike Norton was recently named a 2012 Truman Scholar. Most of the department was on hand to congratulate Norton and share some cake when the news was revealed, but the...
