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Service Break
While Spring Break means a trip to the beach for many students, for some it means an opportunity to dedicate themselves to service. Several honors students joined other MU students during the recent Spring Break in a week of service through Mizzou Alternative Breaks
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Distinguished Alumnus
Fifty-three years ago this month, civil rights activists began a march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama, that ended in the brutal murder of activist Viola Liuzzo. MU alumnus Jim Turner returned to campus to speak about his experience prosecuting members of the Klu Klux Klan for Liuzzo’s murder.
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Starting Early
In only her second semester of college, freshman Rachael Hillyer is already making a name for herself across campus. In addition to playing on Mizzou’s club soccer team and joining Pi Phi Sorority, she is the Sinclair School of Nursing’s first Discovery Fellow, an Honors College program for eligible freshmen to participate in mentored research.
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Exploring Global Solutions
Honors College CIRCA students are working towards goals greater than themselves.
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MU Honors College Announces 2018 Cohort of Stamps Scholars
The University of Missouri’s Honors College has announced the seven students who have received an invitation to join the prestigious Stamps Scholars Program on campus starting in the fall of 2018.
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Every Picture Tells a Story
Senior Cassidy Minarik knows the struggle of finding a platform to display her art. So, when she found out about the Undergraduate Visual Art and Design Showcase, she saw it as a great opportunity to show off her creative works.
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Stamps Scholars: Setting the Pace for the Future of Honors
The MU Honors College recently hosted its second annual Stamps Scholars Weekend, a two-day series of events that brought 26 Stamps Scholars finalists to campus for interviews, lectures, research presentations and tours.
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From Undergrads to Scientists
It might not sound like a traditional undergraduate experience, but Elizabeth Prenger and Andrew Ludwig found success studying a tiny parasitic worm.
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A Mizzou Family
There was a lot for MU senior Christopher Dade to celebrate during the week of Thanksgiving. That week he learned he was a recipient of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship.
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Honors Tutorial Takes Over KBIA’s Views of the News
Five students from the Honors College participated in a 16-week tutorial under the direction of Missouri School of Journalism professor Amy Simons on media criticism during the Fall 2017 term. For their final project, the students produced and hosted their own special edition of KBIA-FM's program, "Views of the News."