SAU Honors College

The SAU Honors College was founded in 2003 by Dr. David Rankin, president of SAU. Dr. Lynne Belcher served as founding director and is retired from SAU. The Honors College seeks and admits qualified students who seek to pursue a serious academic program with equally gifted peers and committed teachers. Honors classes are small and provide academically enriching opportunities for students and the faculty who teach them. Currently, SAU enrolls nearly 170 honors students and graduates about 66% of admitees in four years or less. Anyone interested in applying to the Honors College or seeking further information should contact the director, Dr. Edward P. Kardas at epkardas@saumag.edu or at 870 904-8897.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Honors College Report: November 30, 2011


Honors College Report
November 30, 2011

Activities and News:
  • Deborah Wilson, Suraj Manandhar, and Edward Kardas attended the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council in Phoenix, AZ where we led two panel discussions, one on admissions research the other on iPad deployment and use.
  • The SAU Honors College will create an online database of research in honors. That project is now underway.
  • Honors College will sponsor student travel to present research to either the Southern Regional Honors Council (Tampa) or the Great Plains Honors Council (Kansas City) meetings this spring.
  • The Honors College took two trips, one to Perot Theatre in Texarkana on Tuesday, October 11 to see the National Chinese acrobats, the other on Saturday, November 12 to Little Rock where we visited the Clinton Library, Heifer International, and the Zoo.
  • Edward Kardas gave a talk titled "Love Learning" on October 26 to the Magnolia High School National Honors Society members.
  • The Honors Seminar has hosted the following visitors: David Rankin, Trey Berry, Scott McKay, Abdel Bachri, and Paul McLendon.
  • Admissions applications have begun to arrive. Honors College will begin admitting students in the next 30 days.
  • Honors College will submit an undergraduate research proposal to the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium soon. Several honors students have applied to participate in that project.
  • On December 2, 2011 Honors Seminar students will evaluate their experiences with the iPad Pilot Project.
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