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Lanan, Laura
Program Coordinator, AU Honors
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AU Honors 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 United StatesExamples of Honors Challenge Course Projects:
Politics of Nostalgia

Fall 2017
A creative way to meld our interdisciplinary interests
"The Honors Challenge Course enabled my group mates and I to undertake a two semester-long project of our choosing. Not only were we able to devise creative ways of melding our interdisciplinary interests, but we also had the opportunity to work individually with an expert faculty mentor. This course gave us a platform to learn about team-work and, just as importantly, to learn how to lead a self-devised project and see that creative vision through to completion." -Amanda Hodes
This group produced a website. The website includes an analytical academic paper, a poetry series, and an interactive article.
Project by: Amanda Hodes, Melissa Patton, Courtney Rozen.
Project by: Amanda Hodes, Melissa Patton, Courtney Rozen.
Russian Bears and Puckish Glares

Fall 2017
One of the proudest accomplishments of my undergraduate career so far
"The key to our success was our weekly in-person meetings, where we clearly delegated tasks among our group members and made sure everyone was on the same page. Our mentors understood the balance between offering constructive feedback and letting us steer the project, and the resources they could offer us as experts in their fields were indispensable to our work. Seeing all that work culminate in a real printed and bound book was beyond rewarding. I don't think there was one group member among us who didn't squeal a little when they first saw the finished product!" -Olivia Blomstrom
Project by: Olivia Blomstrom, Alexis Cooney, Jordan McCormack, Shannon Pallatta, Stephanie Williams.
ArtSphere

Fall 2017
Project by: Isobel Araujo, David Curtiss, Maddie Weyand-Geise, and Maile Young.
Teaching Empathy

Fall 2016
Project by: Diego Alemán, Winter Brooks, Brittany Jones, Shyheim Snead, and Kristin Thompson.