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Exploring Arizona in Summer Honors Enrichment Program

A jewel in the crown of the Brophy experience for select incoming freshmen, Summer Honors Enrichment Program (SHEP) explores the wonders of Arizona through two sections: Humanities & Innovation and Biology. Students spend their first week of the five-week program at Manresa, Brophy's creekside retreat outside of Sedona, Ariz.

For SHEP Humanities students, they learned from indigenous curators and talented artists like Duane Koyawena and Ed Kabotie, immersing themselves in the rich culture and history of Arizona. From the Phoenix Indian School to the Museum of Northern Arizona to the desert watchtower at the edge of the Grand Canyon. There, students listened to Kabotie play flute in front of a 1930's mural his grandfather painted. 

For SHEP Biology students, they explored the great outdoors for field biology at scenic Oak Creek Canyon, a river gorge located in northern Arizona between the cities of Sedona and Flagstaff. At Page Springs Hatchery, they met up with Fish and Game wildlife biologists for a primer on Arizona's trout habitat. At Red Rock State Park, they conducted water quality and stream flow investigations. They also dissected preserved fish and frogs, and explored the backside of the majestic San Francisco Peaks, spending time with a forest ecologist from the Nature Conservancy. At the Grand Canyon, they experienced a rare sighting of a California Condor. 

The thoughtfully curated SHEP experience allows students hands-on adventures in the humanities and biological ecosystems of the Grand Canyon State like never before!   

 
 

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