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Students in Appalachian’s Honors College spend a ‘Day at the Farm’
Sep 26, 2018

Leah Barnes, a first-year elementary education major at Appalachian, holds a chicken at the Livestock station. "I've always loved being in nature and ...

Honors Dr. Brandy Bryson Directs Inclusive Excellence Team
Aug 29, 2018

Honors Faculty member Dr. Brandy Bryson, associate professor in the Reich College of Education’s Department of Leadership and Educational Studi...

Honors Meghan Pavelka (’18) Launches Medical Career in Free Clinic
Aug 27, 2018

Recent Honors graduate Meghan Pavelka (’18) is working in a free clinic in New Bern, North Carolina, in a two-year clinical fellowship program with ...

Honors Alumnus to Launch Graduate School Speaker Series
Aug 22, 2018

On September 26, 2018 from 5:30 - 6:30 PM in the I.G. Greer Theatre, Honors Jonathan Kappler ('05) will speak launching the new Cratis ...

In Madrid Shelby Reagan Remembers Why She Joined Honors
Aug 21, 2018

Honors Shelby Reagan spent a month this summer in Madrid, Spain, and described it as a life-changing experience.  She explained, “I w...

Devin Hoffman (’17) Builds on Honors Foundation at Virginia Tech
Aug 3, 2018

Honors Devin Hoffman (’17) is a former Chancellor’s Scholar and 2016 Barry Goldwater Scholarship in Excellence in Education recipient who maj...

Maggie Smith (’18) Studies Malaria
Aug 2, 2018

Before graduating this past May, Honors Maggie Smith was accepted to the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. S...

Clark Streets ('17) Teaches and Studies Language in Madrid
Aug 2, 2018

Honors Clark Streets (May ’17) has been teaching and studying language for the past year in Madrid, Spain. He taught English in a primary school cal...

Jarrod Mayes ('16) Designs for Change in New York City
Jul 30, 2018

This past May, Honors Jarrod Mayes (Dec ’16) was selected as a finalist for the Fellowship for Change in Design with the Center for Urban Pedag...

Mathew Streets Interns at the Polish History Museum
Jul 26, 2018

Honors rising junior Matthew Streets has spent this summer interning at the Polish History Museum in Warsaw, Poland. As Matthew explained,“The Polis...