by | Jan 16, 2020 | Advice/Tips, Uncategorized
By: Darci Walton So what’s it gonna be? As a freshman (and even sophomore) the most terrifying word for me to hear was “thesis.” The idea of a thesis sounded like something fancy academics wrote by candlelight while sipping tea in an office overrun by beautifully...
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 | Aug 22, 2019 | Ghana, Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Path Program, Social Work, Study Abroad, Uncategorized
James Robinson II, a senior Path scholar and honors social work major with a minor in African and African American studies, spent six weeks this summer in Accra, Ghana, exploring culture, history and landscape in an unforgettable study abroad experience that took him...
by srkirby | Aug 21, 2019 | Honors Courses, Uncategorized
Dr. Misty Bastian’s honors intersession course Ghost Hunting was an unforgettable, interdisciplinary foray into the anthropology of the otherworld. Fifteen honors students were exposed to the instruments of paranormal communication – pendulums, dowsing rods, mediums...
by srkirby | Aug 19, 2019 | Fay Jones School of Architecture, Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Landscape Architecture, Mozambique, Service Learning, Uncategorized
This summer honors landscape architecture student Max Frank traveled to Mozambique to design better, more affordable housing plans in Nampula. In this blog, he reflects on the challenges of the trip, what he learned from the experience and a work environment very...
by srkirby | Aug 12, 2019 | Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Research, Uncategorized
Path scholar and honors civil engineering student Piper Fuller met engineering professor Dr. Kevin Hall at a Path Program event during Piper’s first semester at the U of A. She mentioned in passing that she was looking for a job; he mentioned he was in need of...
