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, and to access the Odyssey Program Guide, click here.
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)