DUH: Drake University Honors

11/11/2021

Senior Thesis presentations have already started!! If you haven’t already, make sure to tune into some presentations today and tomorrow!

04/27/2021

Hello everyone! Senior Thesis Presentations have begun this week and you're welcome to join! See the schedule below for more information, and be sure to tune in at this link: https://drake-edu.zoom.us/j/89126348509

Monday

4:10 Elijah Rockhold: “Spending Time”

Tuesday

2:10 Brittany Freeman: “Removing the Academic Gown: The Role of Academia in Facilitating Community and Awareness”

Wednesday

2:50 Alexus Kreft: “Law in Skintight Leggings: Legality, Masculinity, and Freedom in American Superhero Comic”

3:30 Carmen Houch: “Accessibility of the Outdoors to POC and the Implications of Access”

4:10 Abby Bethke: “Combining Study Abroad and Expressive Writing to Facilitate Perceptual Growth”

Thursday

2:50 Andrew Reitman: “Sesame Street vs The Muppets: the Great Henson Divide”

3:30 Carson Reichardt: “Great Power and Great Responsibility — Comic Books as Tools for Social Justice

4:10 Ian Klein: “The Ethical Considerations of Political Leaders During the COVID-19 Pandemic”

5:40 Marisa Morris: “Higher Education”

Friday

12:30 Jessica Booker: "Sorry to Bother You: the effects of Capitalism and the power of the white voice”

1:10 Aileen Acosta: “The harm to Black and Brown youth through the zero-tolerance policies in education”

2:10 Amari Love: “The History of Mass Incarcertion and the effect is has on the economy, the arts, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in America

3:30 Rachel Fischer: “Taylor Swift and the Art of Reclaiming One's voice in the Music Industry”

4:10 Matthew Merritt: “How will Artificial Intelligence affect our society, and what should society do in response?"

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04/22/2021

Just an FYI, JMc is teaching Symbolic Logic over the summer (Phil 114). This counts toward the Quantiative AOI, is self-paced — with many opportunities, if you are interested, to work one-on-one with JMc or work with others in the course.

If you have questions, reach out to JMc and ask

03/29/2021

Hey all! Honors EC is having a trivia night this Thursday at 7:45pm! Come join us if you can! https://drake-edu.zoom.us/j/86923215693

03/22/2021

Hey everyone! JMC made a video with details on registration for this Fall. Be sure to check it out!

03/18/2021

Hey all! The Honors Blog is back up and running! Check out the new post at this link:

Charlene Skidmore is the Assistant Director of the Honors Program here at Drake and the person we will be getting to know in today’s post. She describes her focus at Drake as bookend work, spending…

12/21/2020

First post for book group posted! https://drakeuniversityhonors.wordpress.com/2020/12/21/epictetus-1/

12/08/2020

Here's a link to the Honors Program blog where we'll have a book reading group over winter break https://drakeuniversityhonors.wordpress.com

Discussing works by Epictetus (how to have a happy life stuff) and also the book *No One Understands You and What to Do About It*

I hope you'll join us!

in which we discuss things related, in some way or another, to the Drake University Honors program

12/02/2020

Rachel Wente's "Considering the Separation of Art from the Artist: How We Can Engage with Media from a Problematic Creator"

Considering the Separation of Art from the Artist:How we can engage with media from a problematic creator

12/02/2020

Theresa Rukavina's "Applying Educational Psychology to Private Violin Lessons"

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12/02/2020

Some Honors thesis videos!! Watch, enjoy, give feedback

Caela Obrecht's "Detrimental Impacts of Mispronouncing Students' Names from Diverse Backgrounds"

The Detrimental Impacts of Mispronouncing Students' Names from Diverse Backgrounds

11/13/2020

We are so thrilled to welcome our 2021 executive council!
President: Gabrielle Melms
Vice President: Amina Marquart
Mentor Chair: Matthew Jordan
Curriculum: Ella Stafford & Annabel Norman-Webb
Communications: Becca Gatewood
Publicity: Savannah Hulse
Programming: DJ Henson
Rep-at-Large: Bardha Ahmedi, Corinne Beltrame, Evan Carlson, Rebecca Park, Kay Awonaike