CONWAY, Ark.
(March 5, 2019) – Hendrix faculty members are featured in a new podcast series
called “Odcast: Tales of Teaching and Hands-on Learning at Hendrix College.”
The new series is
available free at www.hendrix.edu/odcast, which
includes links to distribution via SoundCloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and RSS
(iTunes coming soon). Six episodes are being released weekly this spring (see
full schedule below).
“Odcast is a
great way for us to recognize and share the amazing work of Odyssey Professors
and to celebrate how the Odyssey Professorships enhance teaching and hands-on
learning at Hendrix,” said politics professor Dr. Jay Barth.
Barth is
currently serving as Director of the Odyssey Program until the end of this academic
year. He held the Bill and Connie Bowen Odyssey Professorship from 2014 to 2017.
In the first
episode, he shares his experience teaching politics at Hendrix before the
Hendrix Odyssey Program launched, and how the Odyssey and Odyssey Professorship
Programs have enhanced teaching and learning at Hendrix.
SEASON 1 FULL
SCHEDULE
Episode 1 | February 25
Dr. Jay Barth
(Bill & Connie Bowen Odyssey Professor, 2014 – 2017)
Episode 2 | March 4
Dr. Lindsay Kennedy
(Nancy & Craig Wood Odyssey Professor, 2018 – 2020)
Episode 3 | March
11
Dr. Brett Hill
(Charles Prentiss Hough Odyssey Professor, 2015 – 2018)
Episode 4 | March
25
Dr. Toni Jaudon
(Isabelle Peregrin Odyssey Professor, 2015 – 2018)
Episode 5 | April
1
Dr. Maureen
McClung (Judy and Randy Wilbourn Odyssey Professor, 2017 – 2020)
Episode 6 | April
8
Dr. Kiril Kolev
(James and Emily Bost Odyssey Professor, 2016 – 2019)
The Odyssey
Professorship Program launched in 2007. The College currently has 13 Odyssey
Professorships.
The Odyssey
Professorship Program builds on the Hendrix Odyssey Program, which launched in
2005 and requires students complete at least three hands-on learning
experiences before they graduate. Students and faculty can apply for funding,
on a competitive grant basis, to support an Odyssey project. Since the Odyssey
Program launched in 2005, the College has awarded more than $4 million in
Odyssey grants.
“Hearing faculty
members share how they developed new engaged learning opportunities for
students really reinforces the transformational journey of the Odyssey Program,
as well as the value of a hands-on liberal arts education at Hendrix,” Barth
said.
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.