Simos Farrell

Fourth Year Undergraduate

Creative Writing and History, English and Art History minors
Lake Placid, FL

• Honors at Oxford Participant
• Editor-in-chief, Respondez!

sfarrell@ut.edu

My involvement in Respondez!, the Honors Program’s academic nonfiction journal, began when my work was chosen for publication in the 2005-2006 edition. I was later selected to serve as an editorial board member, and served in this capacity while studying abroad as part of the Honors at Oxford program. At first, Respondez! represented a unique opportunity to share my work with other Honors students, but it soon became much more.

As I became further involved with the board, I gained valuable experience as an editor and enjoyed reading and discussing the most insightful Honors work from that year. As a writing major, it was uniquely satisfying to help make others’ work the best it could be. I also learned to know other Honors students in an informal, tight-knit group. Respondez! is a terrific way to give back to the Honors Program and enjoy doing it.

Becoming editor-in-chief gave me the chance to share these great opportunities with others. It has been enlightening to participate in every aspect of managing the Respondez! staff, collecting and editing submissions, and interacting with writers and the publisher. I’m confident that Respondez! has given me the tools I need to go on to a future position editing, writing for, or managing a publication, both inside and outside the academic world.

Respondez! has been one of the best parts of my UT career. I recommend it to anyone who has a love of knowledge and a passion for the written word. It will give you a perspective on the Honors Program that you can’t get anywhere else, and make you an important part of The University of Tampa’s academic legacy.

Honors Courses Taken

ENGH 224 – The Politics of Language (Spring 2005)
ENGH 253 – Doubt vs. Faith in Literature and Religion (Spring 2006)
HISH 265 – Secular & Sacred: Greek & Judaeo-Christian Origins of Civilization (Spring 2006)
ARTH 280 – Origins of Art (Fall 2006)
ART 470 – Painting in Germany 1918-1937 (Oxford Tutorial: Spring 2007)
HIS 450 – Great Powers Politics in the 20th Century (Oxford Tutorial: Spring 2007)
GWAH 280 – Intro to Peace Studies (Fall 2007)
PHYH 222 – The New Cosmology (Spring 2008)

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