Continuing in our series of highlighting Honors Program seniors, we have Grace Trumbo. Grace is an art history major who transferred to Whitworth as a junior from Cottey College in Missouri. Grace has received the Provost’s Transfer Scholarship, Enhanced Talent Art Award, Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship, and Piano Scholarship over the course of her two… Continue reading Grace Trumbo
The 2018-2019 school year brought new energy to the Honors Program. The inaugural women’s Honors floor in Warren Hall lived into the idea of living and learning communities on Whitworth’s campus. Eli Min lived on that hall, and we reached out to her to tell us about the Honors floor final event, the 2019 Honors… Continue reading 2019 Honors Monologues
Hometown: Spokane, Washington Major: English (Literature & Writing) Minor: Editing & Publishing Fun fact: Without meaning to, I started collecting bread tags so they wouldn’t just go to the landfill, and now I have a bunch of bread tags and nothing to do with them! Favorite honors class: American Literary Journals with Dr. Thom Caraway; this class made me aware… Continue reading Senior Spotlight 2020: Gabriel Meek
Hometown: Barrington, IL Majors: Arts Administration Minors: Leadership Studies, Community Arts, Honors Fun Fact: Lived in Switzerland for 3 years Favorite Honors Class: Whitworth TED Talk class –> It was a completely unique experience compared to any other type of class offered at Whitworth. Being able to learn and present a very specific type of organized work… Continue reading Senior Spotlight 2020: Andy Weeks
Q & A with Director of Honors Bert Emerson What is the honors program? Honors programs and colleges were largely started at big research universities in order to provide students with all the advantages of a small liberal arts college experience: students get to know their professors in smaller classes; they are guided through an… Continue reading Honors Q&A with Director Bert Emerson
A Freshman Jan Term Experience by Katie Lacayo I went on the Honors Freshman Jan Term Race Across America trip in 2016, not really knowing what it would be like or how it would transform my thinking. If I had not entered into the Honors program when I first came… Continue reading A Freshman Jan Term Experience
DOA-LA19 Domain of the Arts, Los Angeles Jan Term 2019 An immersive, experiential learning course, Domain of the Arts—Los Angeles combines theoretical and historical readings about the history and present of the arts with guided excursions into the different realms of artistic production throughout LA. We address the complex issues pertaining to the term “domain”… Continue reading DOA-LA19: Domain of the Arts, Los Angeles
Honors goes to see saxophonist Joshua Redman perform with the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble “The act of playing music becomes emotionally and spiritually whole when played for and with an audience.” -Joshua Redman On Friday November 9th, a group of Whitworth Honors students attended the Whitworth Jazz Ensemble concert featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman at the… Continue reading Honors at Joshua Redman Concert
#DOA-LA19: A History of Film Studios by Bryn Cavin, ’20 Nikki Hevesy is the VP of Media Strategies for Artists for Community Transformation, a nonprofit arts, education, and community development organization which strives to make the arts accessible to people of all economic and social levels. She is also director, producer, and owner of Through… Continue reading DOA-LA19: A History of Film Studios
#DOA-LA19: The Broad Museum by Laurelle Watkins, ’22 Hi readers, my name is Laurelle Watkins and I am a freshman biochemistry major. I went on this trip to gain the opportunity to explore the world of art, outside of the little experience I have had in the field of music. I thought it would be… Continue reading DOA-LA19: The Broad Museum
