Hendrix Odyssey Program News Today

The Hendrix College Office of Engaged Learning announced recently that Odyssey Professorships have been awarded to three members of the Hendrix College faculty. The terms for these awards will begin

Hendrix College awarded Odyssey medals to alumni whose life achievements exemplify the ideals of the Hendrix Odyssey Program on Thursday.

Joel E. Anderson, chancellor emeritus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, was inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame for his lifetime achievement and contributions to 4-H. He was one of sixteen inducted during a ceremony at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., where honorees were presented with a National 4-H Hall of Fame medallion, plaque and memory book. Anderson was involved in 4-H as a schoolboy, eventually becoming Arkansas State 4-H Club President. Later, he served more ...

Hendrix College Senior Earns Award for Research Presentation CONWAY, Ark. (February 4, 2021) — Hendrix College student Zeihkia Byrd ’21, a biochemistry/molecular biology major from Maumelle, Arkansas, has won an award for her oral presentation in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology category at the 2020 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. At the conference, held remotely in November, Byrd presented a talk titled “Computational...