Dr. Ashley Palmer in UT’s English/Writing Department, has begun having her students in her Honors Academic Writing and Research course focus on Tampa and the Tampa Bay Hotel. She is posting all of the essays on a corresponding website: tampabayhotelawr.com. The essays cover a variety of topics related to Tampa, Florida, and the former Tampa Bay Hotel and are particularly insightful. This is a great illustration of the innovative work we encourage in the Honors Program at UT.
NCHC in New Orleans
Brianna Kelly and Abigail Nelson on Canal Street in New Orleans during NCHC. 
Abigail Nelson (far right) presenting her research on Charlotte Temple at NCHC 
Brianna Kelly and Abigail Nelson with members of a second line parade at NCHC 
Abigail Nelson and Brianna Kelly at Cafe du Monde in New Orleans during NCHC 2019. 
Brianna Kelly (left) and Abigail Nelson (right) at NCHC 2019 in New Orleans 
Brianna Kelly trying alligator
Dr. Ryan Cragun, Co-Director of the Honors Program, accompanied two Honors students, Brianna Kelly and Abigail Nelson, to the National Collegiate Honors Council conference in New Orleans. Abigail presented a paper from work she has done as part of the Honors Program at the conference, analyzing Charlotte Temple with an eye toward psychological and psychiatric disorders and their relation to gender inequality at the time. Additionally, the students and Dr. Cragun attended a number of sessions that will no doubt prove beneficial for UT’s Honors Program.
Excursion – Trawling in BIOS II
Dr. Kevin Beach from UT’s department of Biology recently took a group of Honors students trawling on the Biology Department’s BIOS II boat. The students spent several hours towing nets in Tampa Bay to learn more about both the process of marine science research and then learning about the different organisms they caught.