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
Undergraduate Research
- CHEM 450 Directed Research
Additional, Recommended Pathways to Odyssey
Professional and
Leadership Development
- Dr. Courtney Hatch, Experiences in Professional Research Organizations and Atmospheric Chemistry at Hendrix (EPROACH) program
Service to the World
- Dr. Liz Gron, Ridin' Dirty with Science 2014
Special Projects
- Dr. Courtney Hatch, Experiences in Professional Research Organizations and Atmospheric Chemistry at Hendrix (EPROACH) program. Travel and Lodging to attend national conference
Undergraduate Research
- Summer undergraduate research experiences under direction of individual faculty members in the chemistry department
- Summer undergraduate research experiences off campus
- NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program
- Arkansas Department of Higher Education Student Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) program
- DOE Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program
- NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship and internship program (Faculty Representative: Dr. Courtney Hatch)