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The University Honors Program provides enriched educational opportunities to academically talented, promising, and motivated undergraduate students at KU.
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Mary Klayder connects with students
One way to measure the impact Mary Klayder has had on the University Honors Program is that most of her 1,585 Facebook friends are current and former members of the Honors Program. Her involvement, from advising and guiding countless students, to teaching Honors English courses, to conducting Honors Study Abroad opportunities and serving on honors thesis and scholarship committees, is extraordinary.
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Mary Klayder (photo courtesy of the Lawrence Journal-World)
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Sarah Stern photographs locals in a bar in Rocinha, Brazil. Photo by Gary Mark Smith.
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Meet Honors student Sarah Stern
Honors student Sarah Stern is the kind of person who prefers to ask for forgiveness instead of permission. Like when she had a chance diplomatic encounter with a dangerous gang kingpin in the slums of Brazil, who asked her to stop taking photographs. And when she announced to her family that she would spend the holidays in Paraguay instead of with them. Read more. |
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Why I Gave: Steve Munch
Steve Munch graduated from KU in 2006 and is still on the path to his career, but already he has felt the impact of the University Honors Program.
“I can’t say enough good things about my experience at KU in general and the Honors Program in particular,” Munch says. “I benefited beyond belief from those relationships.” Read more.
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Steve Munch
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Families and alumni mingle at BBQ event
As families gathered on campus for Family Weekend, the University Honors Program brought its students and families together with Honors alumni at a special barbecue event. To see photos from the BBQ, click here.
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The University of Kansas Honors Program, Nunemaker Center, 1506 Engel Road, Lawrence, KS 66045
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