Honors students have traveled half the globe while pursuing academic credit. There are a number of ways in which a student can travel, and a far more vast selection of places to visit. In the past, most students have traveled with our regular summer international experience, which is typically connected to an Honors Seminar. For example, last summer a group of honors students traveled to Florence, Italy and beyond for our seminar on Dante's Inferno. They even had weekends free for short excursion trips.

There are other ways to travel, however, and we encourage our students to apply for support from the program. Christina Gillar traveled to Indonesia to work on her thesis research dealing with mudskippers. This summer, Christine Thomas will be going to Glasgow, Scotland with Dr. Lanier and Dr. Halonen to work as the assistant administrator of the IUT Conference for her thesis.

In Spring, 2008, two of our Honors Council students studied abroad in Europe. Sarah Everhart traveled to Wales to study and experience the world, while Jennie Gulley spent time in England working on her International Studies concentration.

Jennie Gulley, having fun at Platform 9 ^3/4 in England!


Christine Gillar, working with mudskippers in Indonesia!


Honors students attending a summer seminar in Florence, Italy!