HONORS: Students Gain Experience In Critical Thinking Imagine a class period where the instructor heatedly debates the theory of causality with the students. Imagine a class where your papers are encouraged to be short stories, free form essays and poems. To Harding honor students, this was not a dream, but a reality. The honors students typically sat in a circle to discuss questions posed by the teacher over the day's reading assignment. They studied essays by the great classical theorists in everything from economics to natural science, as well as modern social theories ranging from chaos theory to political economy. The program had an enrollment of 58 students. Their interests, however, went far beyond course work in their majors. They were also involved in numerous extracurricular activities, including sports and social clubs. The program was supervised by the Honors CounHONORS. 1st row (I to r): Kevin Reddick, Brian Mitchell , Craig Hansen, Aaron Kite. 2nd row: Larry Long, Jessica Clark, Christy Coonts, Shauna Queen, Amy Hawkins, Michelle Ponds, Diadra McGregor, Sonya Leek, Melanie Johnson, Paige Daniel, Karel Shufflebarger, Amy Hall , Amy Johnson, Laura Rice, Jeanette Picklesimer. 3rd row: Vic McCracken, Derrick Hampton, Jimmy Brooks, Bob Higbee, Roger Clayton, Jonathan Picklesimer, Travis McNeal, Tyler Cutshall , Paul Finley, Kevin West and Richard Bankhead. cil, comprised of teachers from various departments. Dr. Larry Long, who served as the program's director, oversaw the program's progress. The Honors Program was comprised of two levels. The first level, University Honors, was a core of general education courses. The · students had to have four out of the five courses in order to complete the university honors curriculum. The Departmental Honors Program was implemented to allow students to get honors credit in their major area of study. In order to receive Departmental Honors distinction, the students had to complete 12 hours of classes on contract, a ••••••••••••m111•• ~ written agreement that they s will do advanced work in a ~ particular class. J 2 With such diligent students, ; the honors program poised ~ itself for future successes.+ - Jonathan Picklesimer ~ AM[RICAN STUDl[S. 1st row (I tor): Laura York . Kay Hopper. Malia Reddick . Katie Bell . David Bell . g Anna Conley. Kevin West. Lori Branch , Tom Duncan , Sarah Folkerts. Michael Oelze . Brian Mitchell . Beth Martin . Darrell Amy. Shauna Queen . 2nd row: Mark Thiesen . Amy Johnson. Ro.,i Toms. Marla !l Lewis. Kim House. MiC'helle Ponds. Suzanne Ponds. Ana Bonilla . Ingrid Cho. Diana Ung. Laura Adams . ~ Anna Clements. Amy Hawkins. Laura Rice. Jimmy Brooks. :Jrd row: Jay King. Steve Cooper. Mark ~ Pruitt . Melissa Smith . Robert McAdams. Luis Alonso Castro. Maria Alfaro. David Flores . Shanshan Q Jen . Leigh Reaves . Rich Reaves . Traci McMennamy. Samuel Clark. Jennifer Swinea . Jenny Randolph . ~ 4th row: Lori Woodson . Lara Qualls. Shelley o ·cull. Sondra Smith . Scott Shappard . Roger Clayton . Tom Watson. Jessica Clark. Tim Gerber. April Legg. Melanie Johnson. Heather Knox . Jill Creighton . Quint Eastman . Faith Seay. 5th row: Cecilia Parra . Darah Tate . Wendy Ward . Craiq Lai r . Ken Kyle . Sheri Ghent . Gray Dillard , Shayla Waters . Jackie Nichols. Rebecca Helm. Kelli Kubala . Allen Plunk. Karen Martin . Shari Reaves. Marsha Vaughn . 6th row: Lindon Hulse . Tom Gerber . Jennifer Fly . Julie Windham. Shawn Kell . Valerie Sleeqe. Russ Maile . Ashley Cosby . Alan Martin . Andrew Mawdsley . Kevin Keech . Alcides Vique1 . Christopher Robinson . Bekki Snyder . Ri chard Bankhead . Ith mi. : t'aricia Salman . Omar Sil vestre Orti1 . Tracy Jennings. Carrie Brown . Craiq t1anson . Melanie Matthews. David Blankenshiµ . Nathan Howard . Steve M.irti11 . M,1tt Davis. Paul Finley . Jeannette l' icklcsimer . Am) Wiggins. Tami Brown . Laura Deqnan . 8th t O h : Nuri,1 l'ortabella . Shannon mack . [)a\e Adams. Sorn~ Curtis. Kathy Me.ic1ows. Andrew Craven amt Lanny Tucker . · ECONOMICS TEAM, BUSINESS TEAM, AMERICAN STUDIES & HONORS 57
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