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”
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Honors Symposia – After Spring screening and Q&A with the filmmakers
The Honors Program recently screened After Spring, a documentary film about the largest Syrian refugee camp, Zaatari, in Jordan. The filmmakers, Ellen Martinez and Steph Ching, came down for the screening. There was a Q&A after we watched the movie, during which the filmmakers provided a number of insights into the documentary filmmaking process.
Honors Symposium – Dan Walden
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 depictionsContinue reading “Honors Symposium – Dan Walden”