Oxford Semester Abroad – Kamakshi Dadhwal

Dr. Molly Crockett
Dr. Molly Crockett

One of the students selected to participate in the Oxford Semester Abroad in Spring 2017 sent this note to the Honors Program.

“I don’t know if you remember me saying that I wanted to come to Oxford to meet with Dr. Molly Crockett and hopefully help out in her research on moral decision making. Well, after asking for my CV, Dr. Crockett has asked me to be a part of her lab meetings from now on! Here is my chance to make my impression and get in, just like I had wanted. I am so excited, I just had to thank you for the opportunity and all the support. I cannot even begin to express how indebted I am to you, Ms. Carla, the Honors Board, and the Honors Program at UT.”
-Kamakshi Dadhwal

Honors Symposium – Dan Walden

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On January 27th, Dan Walden, Associate Professor of English at Baylor University, gave a fascinating presentation to Honors Program students on pirates!  The timing was perfect as Gasparilla festivities were beginning that night and the main Gasparilla event was the next day.  Dan noted that the life of pirates not anything like the modern depictions seen in movies or amusement park rides. Their lives were often short-lived, hard, dangerous, and dirty.  Honor Student questions during the Q&A led to an insightful discussion about the similarities between modern-day pirates and their earlier counterparts.