WH senior participates in Honors Symposium

Joanna Blake of Whitehouse is getting a head start on her first year of college. Blake, who will be a senior at Whitehouse High School this fall, earned three hours of university credit this summer by participating in Harding University's Honor Symposium, a challenging two-week academic program.

While instructors, themes and activities have differed since the program began in 1992, the original aim remains rooted in a learning method made popular by the ancient Greek scholars. "We wanted to have a quality university course taught in the form of a symposium, which is lots of teachers gathered around the academic table offering their comments on a topic," said Dr. Jeffrey T. Hopper, dean of the Honors college and International Programs and director of Honor Symposium.