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.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Terence Lee in London


Terence Lee in front of Harton Theatre, SAU

This summer, honors student Terence Lee attended Drama Summer School at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He describes his experiences there thusly:

Warmth. Generosity. Joy. Danger. The four keys to being a good actor. This summer, I had the privilege of working with some of the most motivated and inspiring individuals, instructors as well as students.

How is it that actors, after working 9am to 5pm shifts at another job can come in to a rehearsal two hours later with so much energy and concentration? Joy. The importance of finding the joy in our work was stressed over the summer and I wholeheartedly believe in that because I have experienced it's benefits.

Apart from that, I had the privilege of watching professional actors perform on London's stages aside from meeting them after their performance for a Q&A session organized as part of the summer program.

In the broad scheme of things, acting is not a conventional career choice. However, it is indeed a tough business. The Guildhall School of Music & Drama's Drama Summer School is indeed an intensive, enlightening and beneficial program to aspiring actors as well as those who are interested in trying something new.

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