Honorable Mention

A Meredith student is known for her obsession with corn, her shiny Onyx, and, of course, her endless supply of T-shirts. Thankfully, the Honors Program has a brand new T-shirt coming your way, just in time to fill up that empty space in your closet. Select Honors Committee members are hard at work planning the […]

Note: Mary Kolisnichenko attended the Republican National Convention last week with a group from Meredith College. She is in Philadelphia this week for the Democratic National Convention. I arrived in Cleveland on Tuesday evening with four students and two faculty members from Meredith College, and we attended three days of the convention. Our group was interviewed by […]

Note: Macy Allen is a 2016 Honors Study Abroad Scholarship recipient. She recently returned from study in Sansepolcro. At first it looks like a kingdom frozen in time.  Well, it is a kingdom—a kingdom left behind from long ago with a wall keeping the history and aged stone buildings in and the hustle and bustle […]

Note: Starr S. is one of four 2016 Honors Study Abroad Scholarship recipients who is currently studying in Europe. This week, I walked into a linens store in Sansepolcro to purchase souvenirs for my mother and my aunt. The store had many different tea-towels, hand towels, and scented bags. I fell in love with a hand towel-sized linen hanging on […]

Note: Starr S. is one of four 2016 Honors Study Abroad Scholarship recipients who is currently studying in Europe. The park at the top of the hill in Arezzo has been by far the best view of the Tuscan countryside that I have seen.  The park lies behind a grand cathedral that looks like it was made […]

Note: Annie Morin is one of four 2016 Honors Study Abroad Scholarship recipients. All are currently studying in Europe. Traveling from Raleigh, North Carolina, where nothing is within walking distance, to Spain, has been quite an adjustment for my feet, but I wouldn’t want it any other way! I am one of the happy recipients […]

Editor’s note: Allison is one of four 2016 Honors study abroad scholarship recipients. All are spending a month or more in Europe this summer. Buongiorno from Italy! I am beginning my fourth and final week in Italy and can’t believe my time here is almost over. Over the past several weeks, I have seen and done […]

As Scholars’ Weekend has come and gone and the school year is starting to wind down, I recently asked Honors students to share some advice that they would like to give to the rising Honors Class of 2020. Below are their wonderful responses:   Alexan Bailey (2019) Don’t be afraid to speak with older members […]

By Megan Munson Honors Blog Editor On Wednesday, February 17 I attended a panel on black hair and skin at 6:30 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. This event was part of Black Empowerment Week run by the Meredith Black Student Union, or BSU. The panel was titled “Black is Beautiful: A discussion of how society portrays […]

Welcome back to Meredith! In January, we accepted five students into our Honors program. Learn a little more about them by reading their answers to the following questions, and congratulate them the next time you see them! 1.) Name and Class Affiliation 2.) What is your major or intended major? 3.) If you could meet […]