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| DEGREE PROGRAMS & COURSES |
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| HONORS |
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Katherine Raley - Honors Senior, International Studies
 Born in Shreveport, LA, Katherine grew up in Bossier City, LA and Lake Jackson, TX. She attended Brazoswood High School and first heard about the University of St. Thomas from a fellow clarinet player in her high school band. So, she and her mother decided to check out the school.
Katherine was drawn to UST because “no one else had an International Studies major,” and the right decision was made even more evident when UST offered her a very generous scholarship. Katherine is currently majoring in International Studies with a minor in Spanish. She is one of Honors’s Super Seniors, whom I have had the pleasure of knowing as a classmate.
Thinking back at how she found out about the Honors Program, Katherine recalled her admissions counselor suggesting that she apply since she more than met the requirements. She gave it a try, and her response to the Honors experience was simply, “I have loved, loved, loved the Honors Program. I wish every kid in the United States could go through a program like this: it teaches you to think, it teaches you to work in a team, it makes you go beyond what you know or what you ever thought you could understand.”
Still, there is just one thing she would want to change about the program, namely some of the books on the syllabus, like Whose Justice? Which Rationality? (Honors alumni should remember this book rather vividly!)
Looking to the future, Katherine is planning to attend Texas A&M’s graduate school. In the meantime, she is finishing her degree at UST while working full-time in the Business School. Aside from that, Katherine also volunteers at Texas Children’s Hospital and makes daily walking/jogging laps around UST. In any spare time she has left, she usually reads, watches the SciFi channel or wacky movies or works on her thesis, though this last activity is a must more than a like.
An interesting fact about Katherine? “I can’t wiggle my big left toe. I broke it when I was in elementary school and there was extensive nerve damage. This makes for a fabulous party trick.” |
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