College Scholars Program

College Scholars Seminar

College Scholars Seminar

College Scholars Seminar

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The College Scholars Seminar continues to meet Wednesday afternoons at 4:40 PM. Here are some of the speakers that the students have heard this year.

  • Nichole Fazio-Veigel (Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships): “Writing a Personal Statement”
  • Joshua Inwood (Geography): “The Geography of Peace”
  • Ben Lee (English): “The Lunch Poems of John O’Hara”
  • Harriet Bowden (Modern Foreign Languages and Literature): “Second Language Acquisition”
  • Rob Heller (Journalism and Electronic Media): “Photographing Holocaust Survivors”
  • Alex Miller (Haslam College of Business): Not-for-Profit Institutions”
  • Amber Roessner (Journalism and Electronic Media): “Inventing Baseballl Heros”
  • Paul Harrill (School of Art and College Scholars Alumnus): “Making Films”
  • Heather Dobbins (Poet and College Scholars Alumna): “Poetry Across the Disciplines”

In the fall, selected juniors give presentation about proposed projects and in the spring seniors talk about the projects they are completing.

Sometimes, we just have fun such as “Applied Newtonian Mechanic” – Bowling at Down Under in the University Center.