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, May 1, 2013

Honors College Report: May 1, 2013

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Activities and News:
  • Honors College faculty and students presentations for national meeting were accepted recently. The meeting will be held in New Orleans in November.
  • Honors College is graduating 12 students in May, most are graduating in four years.
  • Three LPA students, Amanda Cannon (Theatre and Communications), Chris Harris (History, Political Science, and Geography), and James Schlag (English and Foreign Languages) were named the outstanding students in their departments yesterday.
  • Two Honors College students, Samson King and Subir Shakya, recently attended the Southern Region Honors Council meeting in Louisville where they presented their research on genus Passiflora.
  • Several Honors College students recently received travel funds. In all cases their funds were matched 50:50 by the Honors College from donated monies. Those students are: Deana Hughes and Michelle Beavers.
  • Thanks to NASA funding, honors students Zachary Pinson and Michelle Beavers will attend the 25th annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science to be held in Washington, DC.
  • Terence Lee (of SAU Style fame) will attend a Drama Summer School in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
  • Rachel Wetherington was invited to present her poster on human trafficking at the National Association of Social Workers Arkansas Chapter Annual Conference.
  • Honors admissions are proceeding apace. The Honors College should once again fill its first year class.

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