LaRue County County Resident Presents Paper at Lindsey Wilson College Academic Symposium
Zachary Hite '27 of Hodgenville presents his research at 2025 Spring Symposium of the Lindsey Wilson R.V. Bennett Honors Program.
COLUMBIA, Ky (04/21/2025) — A LaRue County resident recently presented research at an academic symposium.
Zachary Hite '27 of Hodgenville, Kentucky, presented his work at the 2025 Spring Symposium of the Lindsey Wilson College R.V. Bennett Honors Program. The symposium was held Thursday, April 17, at the college's Honors House.
Hite, a mathematics secondary education major, presented "In Sickness and In Health" in which he studied how the small English village of Eyam prevented the bubonic plague from spreading beyond its confines in 1665. Hite worked on the project under the guidance of Lindsey Wilson Professor of Physics of English Mark McKinnon.
The Lindsey Wilson R.V. Bennett Honors Program enriches students' education by providing challenging and engaging curricular and co-curricular experiences. It is a member of the National Collegiate Honors Council and the Kentucky Honors Roundtable, where Lindsey Wilson students regularly present their work.
Lindsey Wilson College is a vibrant liberal arts college in Columbia, Kentucky. Founded in 1903 and affiliated with The United Methodist Church, the mission of Lindsey WIlson is to serve the educational needs of students by providing a living-learning environment within an atmosphere of active caring and Christian concern where every student, every day, learns and grows and feels like a real human being. Lindsey Wilson has an enrollment of more than 4,000 students, and the college offers 28 undergraduate majors, five graduate programs and a doctoral program. The college's 28 intercollegiate varsity athletic teams have won more than 120 team and individual national championships.
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Lindsey Wilson College student Zachary Hite ’27 of Hodgenville, Kentucky, presents his research project “In Sickness and In Health” on April 17 at the 2025 Spring Symposium of the Lindsey Wilson College R.V. Bennett Honors Program.
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