Corbitt Lead Author

 Recent SAU Honors College grad, Anna Corbitt, is the lead author of the article below. Way to go Anna!

Anna Corbitt

 

A. Corbitt, W. G. Schwartz, C. Farnell, J. C. Balda and H. A. Mantooth, "The National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission Test Facility," in IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, doi: 10.1109/OJPEL.2024.3405311.

Honors College Report

 Honors College Report, May 22, 2024

By the numbers:

15 graduates in May, 4 in December

24 incoming students already accepted

30 sophomores enrolled

40 seniors enrolled

2 concurrent students
9 extended probation (all had made progress toward 3.25 GPA)

 

Total: 151 enrolled

3 dropped from Honors College

 

Full Honors Courses Fall 2024-25

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McQuiston, James

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We have contacted Admissions about adding new honors students to either of those courses. In addition, our BAM table will have descriptions of each course. Recall that incoming honors students must enroll in at least one full honors course during their tenure at SAU.

 

I’m confident that Positive Psychology will make, less so about Pop Music and Politics.

 

FYI, one of our Spring 2025 full honors courses, 3D printing is sure to make, given its overwhelming popularity in the student poll. That course was not offered in Fall 2024 because of ENGR’s accreditation. The other Spring 2025 course has not yet been selected.

 

Matriculation 2024

Will be Sunday, September 15 at 2 PM in Reynolds

That is a home football weekend, so parents may already be in town.

The speaker will be Taylor McNeel Wiseman, our first Hallman Scholar. She and her husband will be leaving DC for Fort Smith where he’ll be a stockbroker. She is looking for a position in NW AR.

 

Recruiting and Retention

We emailed all of the eligible junior scholars recently and gave them information about the Honors College. Recall both days for their visit were cancelled.

We are prepared for BAM and expect to recruit 20 to 30 new students there.

We are cracking down on current students urging them to get their honors contracts in by our end of previous semester deadline.

We will re-emphasize the need for honors students to register early. That is a benefit many do not avail themselves of sufficiently.

 

Issues

Admission Page dropped 5/10/24, restored 5/21/24, works now. (This is due to server changes)

 

Travel

Honors Arkansas Retreat is 8/1 to 8/3. Kardas, Odendaal, and Watson will attend.

NCHC meets in Kansas City beginning on 10/30/24. Kardas and Odendaal will attend.

College of Science and Engineering Award to Aspen Thomas

 

The Honors College Spring 2024 graduate Aspen Thomas won the

Outstanding Student Award from the SAU College of Science and Engineering 

 

Aspen Thomas

Spring 2024 Honors Graduates

The honors college had 15 students graduate in the Spring of 2024. Several of these honors graduates also received various other awards for their academic achievements from their designated colleges. We are very proud of these graduates and all of their accomplishments.

Dempsey LPA Awards to Honors Students

Two honors students recently were awarded the Outstanding Student awards in their departments in the Dempsey Liberal and Performing Arts College

 

Isabella Bernard (right) receives award for Outstanding Student in Behavioral and Social Sciences from Elizabeth Gloyd

 

 

Irelyn Coker receives award for Outstanding Student in Modern Languages from James Ulmer

Congratulations to both for an outstanding academic career in the SAU Honors College!