Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mentions is the official podcast of the Shackouls Honors College at Mississippi State University. Hosted by Wade Leonard, listeners will hear interviews with faculty, students, and alumni of the Honors College. It's a perfect introduction to Mississippi's largest and arguably most remarkable Honors College.
Episodes
18 episodes
Dr. Tommy Anderson
Today, Wade speaks with the new interium dean of the Shackouls Honors College, Dr. Tommy Anderson. Dr. Anderson has been a member of the English faculty at Mississippi State since 2005 and has been associated with the Honors College since 2006....
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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28:22
Dr. John Bickle - The Philosophy of Neuroscience
Today, Wade has a fascinating conversation with Shackouls Honors College faculty member and Mississippi State University Philosophy professor Dr. John Bickle. Dr. Bickle has feet in both the worlds of philosophy and science, specifically neuros...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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43:04
Mini-Episode for New Students: The First Two Weeks Of Honors
Students are steadily arriving at the Shackouls Honors College. If you are a new student for the 2021 Fall Semester, make sure you listen to this episode. In it, Mr. George Dunn lets you know about several important (some mandatory) events happ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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11:00
Dr. David Hoffman - The Office of Prestigious External Scholarships
The director of the Office of Prestigious External Scholarships, Dr. David Hoffman, talks to Wade about his job helping students pursue some of the world's most remarkable and life-changing academic awards.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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36:09
Dr. Tudor Jones and Dr. Christopher Snyder
Today on Honorable Mentions Wade talks about the Shackouls Honors College's Oxford Summer Study Abroad Program with Dean Christopher Snyder and distinguished Oxford professor Dr. Tudor Jones.Dr. Jones gives some history about the centuries-...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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39:24
Fei Fei Zeng
Fei Fei Zeng is a graduate of Mississippi State University and the Shackouls Honors College who earned degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, focusing on International Business. In the fall of 2021 Zeng will ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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38:16
Dr. Brad Jones - President of the Shackouls Honors College Alumni Advisory Board
Dr. Brad Jones is a 2000 alumnus of Mississippi State University and the university's honors program, which predated the Shackouls Honors College. He holds degrees in Industrial Engineering from MSU and Georgia Tech. Originally from Heidelberg,...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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45:09
The Honors College Is Producing A Radio Drama
On today's episode, Wade talks with senior faculty fellow Dr. Donna Clevenger about how her class has used the current pandemic as an opportunity to try something new. In years' past, the Honors College has fielded a classical Greek or Roman pl...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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21:20
Ray Gildea and The Astronaut Scholarship
Today on Honorable Mentions, Wade chats with Mr. Ray Guildea whose generous support has made it possible for Mississippi State University to offer its students the Astronaut Scholarship (awarded in support with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundat...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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39:09
Dr. Donald Shaffer
Dr. Donald Shaffer is the Director for African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and serves as the mentor to the Presidential Scholars program at the Schackouls Honors College. In this episode, Dr. Shaffer talks about his jou...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:51
Field Brown
On this episode of Honorable Mentions Wade speaks to Field Brown, Mississippi State University's most recent Rhodes Scholar. Field talks about what it was like pursuing the Rhodes, what life was like in England, and how the Honors College paved...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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29:34
Dr. Seth Oppenheimer
For more than 30 years, Dr. Seth Oppenheimer has served as a mathematics professor at Mississippi State University. Along with his other work, Dr. O also serves as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Shackouls Honors College. During ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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38:28
Jayla Mondy
Presidential Scholar and biochemistry major Jayla Mondy spends a few minutes with Wade in the Honorable Mentions studio to talk about her time at Mississippi State and how the Honors College has shaped and formed her experience at the Universit...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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11:17
Brady Kruse
Brady Kruse is a senior computer science major at Mississippi State University and a member of the Shackouls Honors College. On today's episode, Brady talks about being an Honors student, the incredible experiences a person can have by taking a...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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20:49
Dr. Eric Vivier
Dr. Eric Vivier is a faculty fellow in the Shackouls Honors College at Mississippi State University. In this episode, Dr. Vivier and Wade discuss what it means to be a faculty fellow, the Cursus Honorum, and the Streetcar - the official undergr...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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21:13
Dean Christopher Snyder
Welcome to Honorable Mentions, the official podcast of the Shackouls Honors College at Mississippi State University. Today, Wade is joined by Dr. Christopher Snyder, the Dean of the Shackouls Honors College. Beyond his role as dean, Dr. Snyder ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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31:48
Introducing Honorable Mentions
Welcome to Honorable Mentions! Hosted by Wade Leonard, Honorable Mentions is the official podcast of the Shackouls Honors College at Mississippi State University. In this short introduction, Wade tells you what the podcast is about and what it ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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2:24