News Archive (2021)
- July 8, 2021
- July 8, 2021
- June 22, 2021APU students Nathan Suiter ’22, a resident of Puyallup, Wash., and Nayree Panossian ’22, a resident of Duarte, Calif., were accepted as fellows in the Caltech Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program.
- April 30, 2021
- April 20, 2021Nine Oxbridge students were selected to present their Oxbridge papers at Johns Hopkins University’s second annual Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium.
- April 6, 2021Take some time to hear Mallery's journey to the realization that the root of acting is understanding the root of human emotion and how her time in the Honors College has made her the best actress she can be.
- April 6, 2021Two worlds collide when science and reading are combined. This is perfectly demonstrated by Dylan who realized that the branch between Honors Humanities and Computer Science is not as wide as it seems.
- April 6, 2021Understanding the mind can be a noble endeavor and all the more worthy when one can also understand the soul. This was Max's task when he journeyed through both the mind and soul during college.
- April 6, 2021To study all of human interaction, one must understand the most basic motivations and desires of human interaction. By mixing Honors and Political Science, students learn how understanding the individual is essential to the political.
- April 5, 2021After receiving a phone call that changed her life, Shelby sat down to tell us about how being in the Honors College while being an athlete demonstrates both the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead when one is willing to take a chance.
- April 5, 2021As a Kinesiology major, it is important to know your facts, but it is important to think logically as an Honors Humanities student. These two challenges can provide relief from one another through practicality and reflection.
- April 5, 2021More than meets the eye for many Honors Humanities Biochemistry, who have learned that questioning everything while discovering the depths of God's truth is central to their vocation.
- April 5, 2021While it is hard to understand how Biology and Honors interact at first, once Colin considered that Biology is the study of things God has made, he realized that the study of faith could only help in his study of nature.
- March 31, 2021During the 2020-2021 academic year, the outstanding faculty of Azusa Pacific University’s Honors College have made unique and scholarly contributions to their fields. Learn more about their accomplishments.
- March 31, 2021There are many similarities between the APU Honors College and high school AP classes, but many important differences. Most notably, an Honors College education will introduce you to great texts in a way that will shape your heart, soul, and mind.
- March 31, 2021While business is about the facts of the transaction, Honors Humanities is about the realities of life. When combined, these can make an effective strategy to help one become the best business leader God has called them to be.
- March 24, 2021There are Honors Colleges and Honors Programs across Universities and Colleges all over the nation. They recruit high-achieving and highly motivated students. What is the difference? And should you attend the Honors College at Azusa Pacific?
- March 24, 2021Take some time to hear Jordyn's story of how her time spent reading and writing has enlightened her to the wonder that exists within literature, and how there is no limit to how many ways there are to read the same text.
- March 24, 2021While Nurses tend to focus on the physical, philosophers tend to focus on the spiritual. Elizabeth learned what it means when the two are merged and realized that it is possible to heal both.
- February 22, 2021
- February 2, 2021The Trinity Forum, along with co-hosts The Rabbit Room and the C.S. Lewis Foundation, welcomes award-winning author and APU Professor Diana Pavlac Glyer, PhD, to share about the creative process, particularly how creativity thrives in small groups.
- January 26, 2021 by Heather NelsonThe value of liberal arts courses moves well beyond traditional humanities majors. In fact, careers in STEM go hand-in-hand with the liberal arts.
- January 19, 2021Have you ever wished someone could time-travel and tell you how to handle this year of crisis? Someone who’d already been through a pandemic, who could come back and tell you how to live through this time?
- January 12, 2021Students and faculty need more than good technology to thrive in remote classes. The substance of what is taught can also help them through the pandemic, as the Honors College has shown through texts like Boethius’s The Consolation of Philosophy.
- January 11, 2021
Note: This information is current for the 2021-22 academic year; however, all stated academic information is subject to change. Please refer to the current Academic Catalog for more information.