CONWAY, Ark. (January 16, 2019) – The Committee on Engaged
Learning has awarded $4,116,718.28 in Odyssey grants to Hendrix College students
and faculty since the Odyssey Program’s inception in 2005. In the October 2018
funding cycle, 30 projects received $65,947 in grants. Read more about the variety
of funded projects below.
Students Receiving Odyssey Grants
Ryan Brady ’19 – Atlantis Clinical Shadowing Fellowship (Global
Awareness); Nazi Doctors [Ethics and Medicine] (Undergraduate Research)
Bailey Brya ’20, Sarah Buford ’20, and Tristan Norman ’20 – Making
Mao: An Exploration of His Life, Writings, and Legacy in Modern China (Special
Projects)
Caitlin Camper ’19 – On the Border: Integrating Service, Faith,
and Call (Special Projects)
Evie Cannon ’19 – Ecology and Culture in Brazil (Global
Awareness)
Graydon Carter ’19 – Photojournalism in the Field: The Trek to
Machu Picchu (Special Projects)
Wyatt Clough ’20 – The Spanish View on the Myth of Don Juan throughout
History: El Burlador de Sevilla, Don Juan Tenoria, and Present Day (Global
Awareness)
Rachel Elmakiss ’20 – Taste of Israel through a Lens (Global
Awareness)
Thomas Flisk ’21 – The Physics and Business in Baseball Player
Development (Special Projects)
Elise Fry ’19 – The Role of Mental Health Status in Predicting
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Behavior in College Students (Undergraduate Research)
Grant Gartner ’19 and Luke Lefler ’19 – A Second Shot at the OT [Ouachita
National Recreational Trail] (Special Projects)
Olivia Hardick ’20 – The Reopening of the Royal Museum of
Central Africa (Undergraduate Research)
Tazin Islam ’19 and Cora McCain ’19 – The Moroccan Melting Pot
(Global Awareness)
Brianna Kelly ’19 – Pre-Med/Pre-Health Costa Rica Course:
Emergency and Wilderness Medicine (Global Awareness)
Caroline Lee ’19 – Presenting Research on Stress Reduction
Interventions in College Students (Undergraduate Research)
Kaitlin Lowe ’20 – International Human Rights Film Festival (Global
Awareness)
Johnny Martinez ’19 and Grishma Patel ’19 – From Bean to Bar (Global
Awareness)
Chloe Matthews ’19 – A Semester in the University of Central
Arkansas Archives (Professional & Leadership Development)
Charlie McCracken ’19 – Policy Internship at the Arkansas Sierra
Club (Professional & Leadership Development)
Jon Moore ’20 – Forged in Fire (Special Projects)
Varenya Nallur ’19 – Exploring Spanish Healthcare (Global
Awareness)
Molly Records ’19 and Lex Ellenthal ’18 – The Exploration of the
Devaluation of the Romance Genre and its Subculture via Convention Attendance (Global
Awareness)
Grace Rogers ’21 and Rachel Shepherd ’20 – Following Jesus: A Spiritual
Pilgrimage (Global Awareness) [Shepherd’s
participation in this project is underwritten by the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation
Programs in Literature and Language]
Spencer Skaggs ’20 – Raptor Rehab of Central Arkansas: Caring
for Birds of Prey (Professional & Leadership Development)
Blake Thompson ’19 – Pilgrimage to Putuoshan (Global Awareness)
John Tran ’19 and Christina Choh ’19 – Modern Martial Arts in
South Korea (Global Awareness)
Sarah Weems ’19 – Researching Insect Abundance in Relation to
Bat Foraging with the U.S. Forest Service (Undergraduate Research)
Sarah Wilson ’20 – Atlantis Fellowship-Innovating Healthcare
Education (Professional & Leadership Development)
Faculty Receiving Odyssey Grants
Dr. Jay Barth ’87 – Arkansas Politics and Government Practicum (Professional
& Leadership Development)
Dr. Brenda Houck – Serving Central Arkansas through Science
Experiences (Professional & Leadership Development/Service to the World)
Prof. Maxine Payne – The Society of Photographic Education 56th
Annual Conference Attendance (Artistic Creativity)
For brief summaries of these projects, visit the Odyssey
Program’s listing.
About Hendrix College
A private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix
College consistently earns recognition as one of the country’s leading liberal
arts institutions, and is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40
Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic
quality and rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture
in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has
been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more,
visit www.hendrix.edu.