Tag: Blount Scholars Program


Henry Pitts ’21, Environmental Science

Henry Pitts is a senior environmental science major and Blount minor from Tuscaloosa, AL.  After graduation, he plans to pursue a graduate degree in water or environmental policy before entering law school. How did you choose your major? What sparked your interest in the field? As a child, I believed in magic — that every rock, tree, stream, and hill was alive and listening to us. I spent my summers growing up on the southeast coast of Ireland, where local […]

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Jackson Foster ’22, Religious Studies and History

Jackson Foster is a religious studies and history double major with minors in both the Blount Scholars Program and the Randall Research Scholars Program. A junior from Fort Lauderdale, FL, he recently interned with the research division of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent federal agency focused on advancing the humanities. How did you choose your major? What sparked your interest in the field? I will admit that the route to my current majors was rather circuitous. […]

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