Visitors to Class

 A conversation with writer Steve Harrigan, author of A Natural
State, Jacob's Well, and Gates of the Alamo. Fall 2002
Students pictured: Jason Want & Sylvia Askey
From the Fall 2002 Honors Newsletter
On Friday, Sept. 6, bestselling author Stephen Harrigan met with students in Professor Susan Hanson's class, Nature and the Quest for Meaning. Focusing
primarily on A Natural State, a collection of essays being studied by the class, Harrigan and the students discussed not only the content of his books, but also the writing process itself. Formerly a writer and senior editor with Texas Monthly, Harrigan is the author of six books.

Among the many movies Harrigan has written for television are HBO's awardwinning The Last of His Tribe and a biographical film for CBS entitled Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder. His most recent television projects include a sequel to the Wilder film and King of Texas, a western retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear for TNT.

 

Sarah Steves, Melissa Patterson, Ian Ragsdale,
Ashraf Alam, Harrigan, Professor Dickie Heaberlin

Sarah Steves, Melissa Patterson, Harrigan

Ashley Brodeur, Ellen Waller, & Harrigan

 
Elaine Acker from Bat Conservation International with a Mexican free-tailed bat. Showing the bat to Ashraf Alam, left, and Vicky Perez, right



Students, from left: Janine Bartsch, Colin O'Neal,
Kazoo Wakita, Hyat Qurunful, Tuesday Shaw


Professor Michael Huston, Dept. of
Biology, Spring 2005
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(above) Kari Gaukler of Bat Conservation International visits the class in April 2005. Students (from left): Colin O'Neal, Janine Bartsch, "Kazoo" Wakita, Ashley Weaver, & Jason Best

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Zoe the African flying fox, or fruit bat, below.
(above) Harrigan visiting with the class in 2004, and again (on left) in 2005
(right) two of his best known titles
 
   
Harrigan visits again in February of 2006. With him are students
Camille Brady, Erica Rodriguez, and Kimberley Dunlap (seated)

 
Elaine Acker visits in April 2006. Students Carol Nunez (above), Dimitri Hammond, & Camille Brady meet a Mexican free-tailed bat.
Above: Erin Oliver & Joanne Patane
Above: Stepahie Boyd & Camille Brady (seated);
Larry Hanson, Carol Nunez, Kimberley
Dunbar, & Elaine Acker
Below: Britnee Daniel, Carol Nunez, Erin Oliver,
Elaine Acker, & Dimitri Hammond
Elaine with "Zori," an African flying fox