On October 13th, the Honors co-Directors, Dr. Kacy Tillman and Dr. Ryan Cragun, took a group of Honors students to St. Petersburg to visit the Chihuly Collection at the Morean Arts Center. The Chihuly Collection was beautifully arranged and fascinating to see. After viewing the collection we attended a demonstration on glass blowing that lasted for about 45 minutes, watching one of the resident artists create an original work.
Honors Symposia – John Capouya
On October 8th, Professor John Capouya, UT professor of Journalism, gave a symposium to the Honors Program on his recently published book, Florida Soul: From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band. The book and the symposium described Florida’s rich history of soul music.
Honors Symposia – Jeffry Fasick
Dr. Jeffry Fasick, from UT’s Biology Department, presented an engaging symposium on Right Whales to Honors students on October 2nd. Dr. Fasick’s research on North Atlantic Right Whales focuses on determining their visual spectrum and has been used to help diminish the number of entangling events from lobster traps that threaten right whales.