Honors Scholars Gain Useful Knowledge Across The Globe

Honors Students have plenty of opportunities to fulfill their dreams and get ahead in their academic and professional endeavors. A study abroad scholarship is just one of the ways that students can achieve their goals.

With financial help from the Honors College, students have traveled the world — from the lush green rural scenery of Bangladesh to tropical, sunny Belize and the culture-rich business hub of Taiwan. This past summer, a few students took advantage of theĀ Honors scholarship opportunities and accomplished truly impressive feats.

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Students, Faculty Adventure In Scottish Lands & Literature

17 students representing just about every college at UTA joined Interim Dean Gustafson and Dr. Karl Petruso on an 18-day trip to Scotland for the annual Honors College study abroad program.

The tour started in Edinburgh, where the group spent four days acquainting themselves with the Scottish capital, cuisine (haggis, sticky toffee pudding), and dialect. Then they headed north to Aberdeen, Inverness, and ultimately the Orkney Islands, where they encountered neolithic sites and Pictish monuments up to 5,000 years old. Continue reading