Accomplishments: Honors College
Daniel Bubb (Honors) earlier this month joined a panel of experts at National Park Service's (NPS) offices in Boulder City to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" that crashed in Lake Mead during a missile avoidance system high- and low-altitude test. All five crew members miraculously survived the crash. The two鈥
Heather Lusty (Honors) just published The Border Line: Soldier Stories by D.H. Lawrence (edited with Introduction) with Palamedes Classic. The short-story collection is the first to focus solely on Lawrence's representations of the soldier figure. The author's own tumultuous experience with the Military Service Act (1916) left a鈥
Clarice Tara Cuda and Winnie Wu (both Art) received the 2018 Lance and Elena Calvert Award for Excellence in Creative Works and Advanced Undergraduate Research.
Cuda, who will graduate Saturday with a BFA, created the 2018 sculpture "Power Suit," which examines traditions of mourning and materiality from the 19th century to the present. The鈥
Innovation (Research & Economic Development), the university's research magazine, recently received a Bronze Award of Excellence from District VII of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). CASE Awards of Excellence showcase best practices in alumni relations, fundraising, public/government relations, advancement鈥
Heather Lusty (Honors) presented at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association conference in Honolulu. Her paper, "'Hold Your Heathen Hammer High': Nordic Culture and Identity in Contemporary Music," explores how contemporary Scandinavian musicians have crafted subgenres (Viking and folk metal) that draw from Nordic mythologies and鈥
Forty undergraduates recently were awarded scholarships through the office of undergraduate research's summer undergraduate research funding (OUR SURF) program. These scholarships support undergraduate research, scholarship, entrepreneurial, performance, or visual art projects in the summer months. A total of $39,000 in funding was鈥
Nemanja Novakovic (Sciences and Honors) is the 2017 黑料网 undergraduate recipient of the Regents' Scholar Award. The award is bestowed upon one undergraduate student from each NSHE institution for their academic achievements, leadership ability, and service contributions. Each honoree receives a $5,000 stipend.
Novakovic is pursuing a double major鈥
Maria Jerenic-Pravica (Honors), Kate Wintrol (Libraries) , and Daniel Bubb (Honors) hosted a roundtable discussion at the National Collegiate Honors Council national conference on reasons why students should or should not go to college. The conversation resulted in fruitful dialog about the challenges students face not only deciding which college鈥
Maria Jerenic-Pravica, Lisa Menegatos, Joanna Kepka, and Daniel Bubb (all Honors College) presented on ways to address and discuss difficult topics related to diversity in the classroom at the National Collegiate Honors Council national conference in Seattle. Given today's environment where addressing issues related to diversity can be challenging鈥
Joseph Rhodes (Honors) is co-author of an article, 鈥淚magining Moral Presidential Speech: Barack Obama鈥檚 Niebuhrian Nobel,鈥 that appears in the fall issue of Rhetoric & Public Affairs. His co-author was professor Mark Hlavacik of the University of North Texas. The article joins an ongoing conversation about Barack Obama鈥檚鈥
Dan Bubb (Honors) wrote an article, "Pushing the Boundaries: How Western American Airports Are Globally Connecting Their Cities in the Twenty-First Century," which appears in Journal of the West. The article examines the historic political, economic, and cultural roles airports play, along with commercial passenger planes, in helping connect鈥
Joseph Rhodes (Honors and Communication Studies), along with Nathan Crick (Texas A&M University), co-authored a lead essay in the journal Rhetoric Review. "Death and Eloquence" explores the relationship in Homer's Iliad between coming close to death and delivering eloquent speeches. Crick and Rhodes argue that only those Homeric heroes capable鈥