Honors Special Topics courses are one of the five ways Honors College students complete their Senior-Year Experience. Recent graduate Claire Sullivan created a refreshing Honors Special Topics project that not only beautifully reflects the people and places of Alabama, but fulfilled her requirements to graduate with the Honors Scholar distinction.

Students completing Honors Special Topics work with a departmental professor in their major or minor to execute a project of their choosing. This course is similar to Honors Research as it gives students an opportunity to work one-on-one with a professor on a project that is both interesting to them, and helpful in future endeavors (i.e. resume builders).

Ms. Sullivan, who specialized in feature writing and visual storytelling, worked with Associate Professor Nan Fairley’s Advanced Magazine and Feature Writing (JRNL 4970) to created “HomeGrown” an online magazine that reveals the best of Alabama.

Visit HomeGrown and be inspired!

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