by srkirby | Nov 19, 2018 | Honors Courses, International Studies, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Political science
Maddie Williams is a senior honors international studies and political science major at the University of Arkansas. Interested in the origins of religion and theological underpinnings of conflict, Maddie has spent much of her undergraduate career in a diverse range of...
by srkirby | Nov 14, 2018 | Economics, Honors Courses, Sam M. Walton College of Business
Lincoln Reynolds is an Honors College senior studying supply chain management and economics. Alongside studying and practicing corporate supply chain activities, Lincoln spends much of his free time reading Christian and historical texts as an amateur theologian and...
by Kendall Curlee | Nov 13, 2018 | Anthropology, History, Honors Courses, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Elizabeth Cooper is an honors history and anthropology major with an archaeology concentration. Currently she is participating in the Retro Reading course “Bible,” led by Honors College Dean Lynda Coon, a medieval historian by trade. In this post,...
by Nathan Smith | May 11, 2017 | Fay Jones School of Architecture, Honors Courses
Imagine a situation. Think of a quirk or need that might exist. Design a product to address that need using the materials at hand – in this case, twigs gathered from Old Main lawn. This is the basic framework for design thinking taught by Michael Hendrix, a partner at...
by Nathan Smith | Feb 24, 2017 | Anthropology, Honors Courses, Honors Passport/Peru, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Peru, Study Abroad
Fortified by corn beer and a last meal of vegetables, a young Incan girl of noble family made the dizzying climb up Mount Ampato, where priests sacrificed her to Apu, the mountain god. Her body was recovered in 1995, preserved in remarkable condition after lying...
by | Jan 26, 2017 | Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Honors Courses, Honors Passport/Peru, Peru, Study Abroad
After their visit to Taquile Island, Honors Passport student Dani Carson was one of five ladies brave enough to jump into the frigid waters of Lake Titicaca, and she says she’d do it again. Read about Dani’s experience, and follow to the bottom to see the...