Meet The Staff: Cathy Pritchett

In the hall near the entrance of the Honors College, Cathy Pritchett’s doors are covered with theater production posters. She loves theater as much as she loves working students at the college, where she has called home for over a decade.

It’s not hard to spot Cathy’s outgoing personality around the college and her door is always open to students.

As a UTA grad with a BA in Music, she has always made the arts a part of her life. Cathy often plays a role in plays for UTA’s theater department. She loves performing and often sings in choirs, does music performance in churches and all sorts of odd things. For her, it’s more than a hobby.

“I call it my therapy,” she said. “I get to go and be somebody else for a couple of hours and I love that about musical theater.” Continue reading

Honors Colloquium: Meet Nao The Robot

Last week’s colloquium was perhaps one of the most fun of the semester when honors students, faculty and staff got the opportunity to meet Nao the robot for Dr. Julienne Greer’s research on theater and robots. Nao was able to have basic conversations with people, recite poetry and even do some Tai Chi, as you can tell from the video.