Students Involved in Enrichment Opportunities
Xue Feng (Will) Liu attended the USMA National Conference on Ethics in America and says, "I would recommend students to attend the conference despite the time commitment and missing three days of class. It is a unique opportunity to meet students from different areas and schools, there were students that came as far as Alaska to attend to the conference. I initially had reservations and fears about visiting West Point. I found the stereotypes and beliefs I held of the West Point cadet and military personnel to be incorrect. While there were many people from West Point that fit my initial impression of the military and the school, I quickly found exceptions. For instance, the cadet I stayed with was Asian American, came from a family with no prior military tradition or history, and aspires to become a doctor. "
Link to an example of the topics and questions discussed and addressed during the conference.
Link to photos from the event at West Point
Meet a few Honors Students - to submit bios and photos please email honors@uconn.edu |
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Biological Sciences '08
Ryan Notti, a sophomore majoring in biological sciences, is one of just 332 students in the nation to be named a Goldwater Scholar for 2006-2007. Notti hopes to become a doctor. He sees himself conducting research in developmental neurobiology, lecturing as a medical school professor, and overseeing the clinical application of his findings at a teaching hospital...
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School of Fine Arts, Communication Design and Illustration '07
The words “gong bi” and “xie yie” didn’t mean much to Matthew Billard before this summer. But now he knows a lot about these styles of traditional Chinese painting and has created 25 works to prove it. Billard, an honors student studying communication design and illustration, spent three weeks in inner Mongolia last summer studying with Liu Baowang, a well- recognized Chinese painter. Liu specializes in large-scale paintings of Mongolian life...
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School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering '07
There are two unmistakable sides to Kristen Haldeman ’07 (ENG). On the one hand, there is Kristen, the biomedical engineering major who earned a 4.0 GPA both semesters last year. An extremely organized, serious student, she likes nothing more than exercising her brain...
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Center: Devika Dhandapani
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DEVIKA DHANDAPANI
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Physiology and Neurobiology '07
Student leaders like Devika Dhandapani, coordinator of the Alternative Breaks and Immersion Program for Community Outreach and a 6th-semester biology major, led "reflection" discussions where the students and staff could talk about their experiences helping with the post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction effort in Mississippi...
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CHRIS PAVASARIS
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Political Science '07
These two Honors students were nominated by UConn for the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships in 2006.
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AMY VANHEUVERZWYN
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Individualized Major in Human Rights and Civil Liberties '07
These two Honors students were nominated by UConn for the Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships in 2006.
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School of Business, Management Information Systems '06
Vanessa Kafka ’06 (BUS) knows how to draw a crowd.
As a member of the UConn Honors Council, she has publicized campus events such as a charity ball for Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp...
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School of Business, International Business '05
An economics major with an interest in international business, Jessica P'an '05 (CLAS) has made the most of her educational opportunities in both the School of Business and the department of economics in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Although the honors program student is anchored by her courses at UConn, it is clear that she takes the world as her classroom...
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