On Thursday, April 13th, Juan Melendez spoke to UT’s Honors Students. Juan Melendez was wrongfully convicted of murder in Florida and spent over 17 years on death row before he was exonerated. In his talk, he detailed how he was wrongfully convicted, what his life was like in prison, and how he was finally exonerated.Continue reading “Honors Symposia – Juan Melendez: Injustice, Survival and Hope on Death Row”
Author Archives: Ryan Cragun
Honors Symposia – Oxford Semester Abroad Lunch & Learn
On Wednesday, April 12th, three Honors students who participated in the Oxford Semester Abroad Program spoke with other students from the Honors Program, describing their experiences at Oxford University. The three students, Nik Lampe, Erin Brosnan, and Maggie Poling, attended Oxford in Fall 2016. Nik graduated from UT in Fall 2016 with a degree inContinue reading “Honors Symposia – Oxford Semester Abroad Lunch & Learn”
Honors Conferences – Ashley Morales-Pacheco
Honors student Ashley Morales-Pacheco recently traveled with Honors Program Directors Ryan Cragun and Kacy Tillman to Asheville, North Carolina for the Southern Regional Honors Council conference. At the conference, Ashley presented her paper “The Effects of a Multiparty System on U.S. Polarization.” The paper describes how the “first past the gate” political system in theContinue reading “Honors Conferences – Ashley Morales-Pacheco”