Honors Council
This member of the Honors Council has been kicked out of a pub in Scotland, ran from the cops in Italy, and has a perfectly clean legal record in the United States.
Who is Philip Hough?
Gilbert, an unofficial HSU mascot, is named after this important figure in HSU history who is buried in the Founder’s Cemetery.
Who is Lucille Gilbert Sandefer?
This professor in the Honors Program has held roles in a number of HSU Theatre Productions.
Who is Dr. Traylor?
In 1902, Julius Olsen received his doctorate from Yale in these subjects.
What are chemistry and physics?
In Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, Dante is led through Hell and most of Purgatory by the Roman poet Virgil, until this individual takes over for the rest of Dante’s journey through Purgatory and into paradise.
Who is Beatrice?
This member of the Honors Council obtained a Driver’s License without ever actually taking their Driving Test.
Who is Javidan Aghayev?
The Richardson Library on campus is home to a surprising number of historical artifacts, including this one—donated to the university in 2017 and the oldest item in the collection.
What is a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible?
Though one of the most popular and most commonly engaged with forms of art, this artistic discipline is notably not covered in Discourse In Aesthetics.
What is music?
After arriving at Simmons College, Julius Olsen would remain at the soon-to-be Hardin-Simmons University for this long.
What is 40 years?
Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift’s fiancé, wears this number for the Kansas City Chiefs
What is 87?
This member of the Honors Council has eaten bamboo and fried pig’s blood, but has never consumed an energy drink.
Who is Rylee Norman?
Dr. Larry McGraw, longstanding professor of Biblical Studies in the Logsdon School of Theology, is now retiring after serving on faculty for this many years.
What is 44 years?
The Julius Olsen Honors Program was founded in this year.
What is 2006?
The Olsen House was constructed in this year.
When is 1929?
In the original Broadway Cast of Hamilton, many actors play double-duty in Act I and Act II, including Anthony Ramos—who plays John Laurens in Act I, and this character in Act II.
Who is Philip Hamilton?
This member of the Honors Council once ate six pieces of chewed up gum off the floor of a bus, but makes sure to order salad without vegetables.
Who is Abbey Pardue?
Near the small bell tower outside Moody, there is a lamppost with a gravestone next to it. This is the name on that gravestone.
What is Wrangler?
Out of the following current and former Hardin-Simmons professors—Dr. Laura Pogue, Dr. Dan Stiver, Dr. Robert Fink, and Dr. Tom Copeland—only one never taught Discourse In Cultural Theory.
Who is Dr. Robert Fink?
The prestigious Julius Nelson Olsen Medal is named after Julius Olsen’s son, who died at the age of five in 1914 because of this.
What is measles?
In The Last Battle, the seventh Narnia novel by C. S. Lewis, this important character from early in the series notably does not return to Narnia.
Who is Susan?
This member of the Honors Council has licked an original Studio Ghibli animation frame, signed by Hayao Miyazaki himself.
Who is Jeremiah Camacho?
This member of the HSU faculty is, to my knowledge, the only current faculty/staff member other than Dr. McGraw to have been working at Hardin-Simmons while my mother graduated with her BBS in 1992.
Who is Dr. Lanny Hall?
Though present at the program’s inception, this once-important part of the Honors Minor no longer exists.
What are Honors Bible classes/credits?
Shortly after his death, Olsen’s wife and daughter had this unexpected thing named after him.
What is a WWII cargo ship?
This song by hit band Twenty-Øne Piløts was the first of many songs from their discography to receive a platinum certification from the RIAA.
What is Fairly Local?