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Honors College students travel to study sustainability and education in indigenous Guatemala
Jul 9, 2025

Dr. Greg McClure, professor in the Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum, and Dr. Christopher Van Loan, professor in the Department of Chil...

Honors College students travel to Rome and Paris with faculty earning HON seminar credits
Jul 9, 2025

Dr. Jack Kwong, professor of philosophy, and Dr. Randall Reed, professor of religion, both in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, led Honors Co...

Honors College students and faculty travel to Nepal, trek to Everest Base Camp and even climb to 18,500 feet on Kala Pattar
Jul 9, 2025

Dr. Baker Perry, former professor in the Department of Geography and Planning and senior research associate in App State’s Research Institute for En...

Honors College supports four summer 2024 faculty led study abroad courses to Guatemala; Ireland, Italy and France; and Nepal
Jul 9, 2025

The Honors College offered four faculty-led study-abroad trips over the summer of 2024 to Guatemala; Ireland and Northern Ireland, Italy and France; a...

Stacy Thornton ’25 pursues M.S. in speech and hearing sciences at UNC Chapel Hill
Jun 20, 2025

 By: Em AcuñaHonors College alumna Stacy Thornton ’25 is heading to UNC Chapel Hill in the Fall to pursue a Master of Science (M.S.) in speech...

Samantha Oleschuk ’24 builds on thesis serving as director of community engagement at Florence Thomas Art School
May 23, 2025

By: Em AcuñaHonors College alumna, Samantha Oleschuk ’24, has been working as the co-director/director of community engagement at the Florence Thom...

JP Neri participates in the 2024-2025 John Robert Lewis Scholars and Fellow Program
May 20, 2025

By: Em AcuñaFor the past year, from July 2024 and finishing in July 2025, Honors College senior JP Neri has been a scholar in the John Robert Lewis S...

Honors College students travel to Chattanooga to present at the annual SRHC conference
Apr 8, 2025

Ten Honors College students traveled to Chattanooga, Tennessee, March 26-29 to present at the Southern Regional Honors Council Annual Conference ...

Honors College student Olivia Priest spends Spring 2024 in Hirakata (Osaka), Japan
Mar 25, 2025

By: Em AcuñaOlivia Priest spent her Spring 2024 semester, from January through May, abroad studying at Kansai Gaidai University – Asian Studies Pro...

Introducing Raoul Eno, Honors College front office student worker
Mar 17, 2025

By: Kaylie MoralesThe Honors College is excited to welcome Raoul Eno as a new front office student worker beginning January 2025. Eno is majoring in c...