1.0UTC Newshttps://blog.utc.edu/newsUTC Communications and Marketinghttps://blog.utc.edu/news/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TtsCE2roGO"><a href="https://blog.utc.edu/news/2025/04/an-investment-in-honors/">An investment in Honors</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blog.utc.edu/news/2025/04/an-investment-in-honors/embed/#?secret=TtsCE2roGO" width="600" height="338" title="“An investment in Honors” — UTC News" data-secret="TtsCE2roGO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blog.utc.edu/news/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://blog.utc.edu/news/files/2025/03/Richard-Zhang-25-20.jpg1200774“An honors education is a fantastic example of undergraduate education at its best," UTC alum Richard Zhang said. "Small seminar classes, the reading of classics, the interdisciplinary studies and the hugely collaborative culture between the faculty and the students and among the students: these things helped transform me into who I am today."