What’s In an Umbrella?
Beck Williams, an honors political science major who participated in the January 2020 Honors Passport study abroad intersession course to Peru, found himself in an unexpected dilemma when the class took him to the top of a hill on the island of Taquile in Lake...
Exploring the Extreme on Pilgrimage
After a few relatively sleepy centuries, the number of pilgrims following the Camino de Santiago has exploded, from 2,905 in 1987 to more than 300,000 in 2017. Today, hundreds of thousands of Christian pilgrims have embraced this medieval ritual, trekking and biking...
When It Rains, It Pours
Sometimes all it takes is a little adversity to facilitate a change in perspective. For freshman political science major William Motazedi, a hike through the pouring rain served as a turning point, transforming our Honors Passport: Pilgrimage trip from an incredible...
Where One Journey Ends, A New One Begins
Sophomore economics and international relations major Tenley Getschman muses over the differences between our Honors Passport experience of the Camino and that of the pilgrims who actually walked or biked the hundreds of miles to reach Santiago de...
I Am Raymond, Seventh of My Name
Freshman cultural anthropology major Curtis Worley bonded with the memory of the Count of Toulouse during Honors Passport: Pilgrimage. Here, he takes on the role of Raymond VII, son of the "heretical" count targeted by the French Crown in the Crusade against the...
A Heretic’s Life
At first, freshman chemistry major Jacob Purifoy worried about connecting with the liberal arts-minded students and historical sites during our Honors Passport: Pilgrimage trip, but he quickly discovered his own passion for history and the beauty of sharing...
A Tale of Nostalgia and Love
Architecture major Anna Ibru, from Lagos, Nigeria, visited Europe for the first time while participating in Honors Passport: Pilgrimage. Thanks to her training in Fay Jones School of Architecture, she proved to be among the most adept in reading subtle differences in...
Tagging History
It seems nothing is sacred: On the Honors Passport Pilgrimage trip honors history/anthropology major Elizabeth Cooper found graffiti carved into stately Romanesque cathedrals and the Roman arena at Arles. Instead of viewing these initials, names and dates as scars on...
Close Encounters on the Camino
Maddie Whipple, an honors history major/Spanish minor, imagines an encounter between pilgrims, both corporeal and spectral, at St. Sernin, a major pilgrimage church that she researched and presented to the Honors Passport: Pilgrimage class. May 21, 1240. Toulouse, the...
Women in Charge, A Medieval Murder Mystery & Namedropping (11th-Century Style)
Dani Carson, an honors biology major with minors in English and Medieval and Renaissance studies, participated in her second Honors Passport course and was awarded a particularly juicy topic to research and present to the classmates who joined her on the Camino de...
Recent Posts
Visualizing Improved Public Health Access
Honors biomedical engineering students Shivani Koundinya, Ryan Rouse and Cade Kilambi have been working on a passion project that isn’t tied to a class or their undergraduate theses but is instead driven by a desire for community impact. The project, called Art Medic,...
Fishing and Research: A Family Affair
Madison Settlage is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Economic Analytics. As an undergraduate, she double majored in economics and finance and graduated with honors. In August, her research was published in the Journal of Sports Economics. We asked Madison to...
Meeting Goals Through Interdisciplinary Studies: 5 Q’s with Courtney Wilmoth
Courtney Wilmoth is a senior from Los Angeles, California majoring in chemical engineering and minoring in English. She is the current Presidential Scholar for the College of Engineering and recently presented research at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers...
Finding Passion and Direction in Honors Research
Charles Smith, an Honors College Fellow majoring in exercise science with a minor in medical humanities, draws inspiration from his personal experiences to fuel his research passions. His personal story led him to explore new methods of measuring physical activity, a...
This Year’s Swing State Predictions from the Campaign 2024 Forum Course
Noah Pittman is the instructor for this fall’s Honors College Forum: Campaign 2024. Noah serves as the associate dean of enrollment for the University of Arkansas Honors College. His doctorate is in public policy, with a focus on higher education policy. He’s married...