Based on the Hendrix faculty’s longtime awareness of the
educational value of engaged learning, the Odyssey Program was implemented in
the fall of 2005 to encourage all Hendrix students to embark on educational
adventures in experiential learning. While the graduation requirement includes
the completion of an approved experience in at least three of the six Odyssey
categories, the Program importantly allows students to learn more about
themselves and the world around them. For more information, visit the Odyssey Program Info Hub.
Below you will find examples of ways students pursuing a
major or minor in this department or program have encountered Odyssey. Remember
that these are only suggested opportunities; students are encouraged to propose
their own creative Odyssey projects. Further, Odyssey experiences do not need
to be related to your major or minor.
Established Pathways to Odyssey through the Major
Special Projects
- Medicine
in Society (Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Peg Falls-Corbitt)
Undergraduate Research
- BCMBX99
and 489: Independent Studies (this is the main route for BCMB majors to get
their Odyssey credit)
Additional Examples of Past Odyssey Experiences
Global Awareness
- Healthcare beyond the US (Student Megan
Hunter)
Professional and
Leadership Development
- Internships
at Biotech Companies (Lassiter-Counts)
- Internships
at Local Hospitals (Lassiter-Counts)
- Improving retention of underrepresented
students in STEM program mentor (Student Schylar Ferguson)
Service to the World
- Science
Outreach at local K-12 schools
- Ridin’
Dirty with Science (Gron)
- Service
work at health clinics
- Advocates for world health service in
Jamaica trip (Student Tahya Islam, Megan Hunter)
Special Projects
- A unique perspective: How CDC control
tuberculosis (Student Heather Prowse)
- Exploring aspects of the Nicaraguan
healthcare system: kindey transplantation, Past and Present (Student Graham
Harris)