View the complete list presenters at Honors Colloquium for the Spring 2024 semester.

In September 2023, SFHC alumna Sarah Maricle gave a presentation at Honors Colloquium titled “ASL Interpreting: Pathways and Perspectives,” where she discussed the relationship between the Deaf community, American Sign Language, ASL Interpreters, and the hearing world.

Smittcamp volunteer activities plant the seeds for lifelong community engagement. On October 3rd, 2022, Matt Mealer gave a presentation at Honors Colloquium entitled “These Cliches I Know to be True: Four Hackneyed Life Lessons that Proved Hackneyed for Good Reason.”

In March 2020, SFHC alumna Amanda Whitten gave a presentation at Honors Colloquium titled “Going Solo,” where she talked about lessons she’s learned from traveling the seven continents, building a law practice and a life of her own — mostly on her own.

Smittcamp volunteer activities plant the seeds for lifelong community engagement. Read about the latest ways our alumni are giving back to the program, and check out our newly launched Smittcamp Family Honors College Group on LinkedIn!

In April 2022, Lucca Petrucci shared with students how he has failed and been rejected time and time again during his time at Fresno State and in the years since he’s graduated — and how it has led him to his dream career and life.

On September 27, 2021, SFHC alumnus Raj Singh Badhesha gave a talk at the Honors Colloquium titled “One Lawyer’s Path: From Smittcamp to the Fresno City Attorney’s Office.”

Scholars from Dr. Emma Hughes’ HONOR 102 course attended the inaugural “Degrees of Change” graduation at Valley State Prison in Chowchilla.

Smittcamp volunteer activities plant the seeds for lifelong community engagement. Our alumni demonstrate this by speaking at the Honors College colloquium, mentoring current students, providing internship opportunities, and supporting the Honors College with their generous financial donations.  

During the 2022-23 academic year, SFHC scholar Ali Dadawalla received funding through the Student Success Fund to attend the International Neuropsychological Society’s 51st Annual Meeting, where he presented his research on Dementia with Lewy Bodies.

In 2016, Chris became a sustaining donor to the Smittcamp Family Honors College to support scholarships for President’s Honors Scholars. When asked why he gives, he said, “I give to Smittcamp for one reason: gratitude.”

When Skylar Huyen Nguyen joined the Smittcamp Family Honors College in the Fall of 2014, she was only the third international student in the program's history. It was the first time she had lived away from home, away from her parents, brothers and extended family in Hanoi, Vietnam. Skylar chose the SFHC because…