ACC Honors Podcast‪!‬ Honors Ambassadors

Tune in this week's episode with Dr. Endl from the Astronomy department at ACC. Dr. Endl is an astronomer and research scientist who was part of the team that discovered Promixa b, the Earth-like exoplanet.  Dr. Endl will be teaching this exciting honors astronomy course at ACC, which searches for the answer to the question "are we alone in the Universe"?

Join us as we chat with Dr. Moreno and Dr. Lazo for a celebration of Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month. We explore topics of identity, culture, role models, and fun ways to celebrate #HHM!

In this episode of the ACC Honors Podcast, we interviewed Dr. Megan McGregor in March for Women's History Month. Listen along as we discuss the importance of incorporating diversity into class discussion, women role models and celebrating women throughout U.S. history.



Dr. McGregor and her husband love to travel, hike, and explore new places – and they always find themselves at the history or art museums, where she is most likely found gazing at works of impressionism or art nouveau. At home, Dr. McGregor likes to tend to her cactus garden, collect Pop! Funko vinyls of fun and strong female characters (her favorite is Velma from Scooby Doo), and of course spoil her two cats, Quinn and Ellie.

Practice seeking information and expanding your knowledge with this week's podcast where we delve into topics surrounding BHM with professor Kyle Smith from the history department at ACC. Listen as we step our toes into the importance of BHM, why learning Black history is such an essential part of learning American history, and get a sampling of the topics and approaches Smith uses for his African American History 1 and 2 courses at ACC.

Wanna chat about the end of the world? Tune in and learn how prepared, and unprepared, we are for the end of civilization as we know it. Hear us discuss how to be a valuable asset to a survival team in a Zombie apocalypse, how sci-fi and the apocalypse have changed in literature over the decades, and why The Great British Bake-Off might be the best learning tool you need for a cozy catastrophe.

Celebrate Pride month with our newest pod episode! Pride Month may be over but the conversation isn't! Check out our most recent pod with Louisa Spaventa, professor of Queer Writing for the Honors Program! Listen to us talk about her class, discuss some of the best writers in the queer community, learn what Pride can teach us about being better allies, and how best to respectfully navigate the nuance of language and space when it comes to understanding gender and sexual orientation.