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ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE HONORS PROGRAM
For all seniors graduating in December 2009, please be sure that the Honors office has received your Honors Final Plan of Study and Thesis Plan. If not, go to our forms page and bring them to the office as soon as possible. Also, your Thesis Approval form and a hard copy of your thesis are due in the Honors office on the last day of classes, December 11, 2009. These are all required for Honors Scholar graduation.
For all seniors planning on graduating in May or August 2010, please be sure to meet with your Honors advisor sometime this semester to complete your Honors Final Plan of Study, which is due the last day of classes, December 11, 2009.
For students working on Honors conversions, please remember that you will not earn Honors credit for the course until you have finished all the work, received a grade of B- or above and your instructor has approved your conversion in our online system. It takes about 3-4 weeks after the end of the semester for processing before transcripts will show the “Honors credit” notation.
If you have any questions email honors@uconn.edu or call 860-486-4223 at any time.
Sophomore Certificate
For rising Juniors who applied for the Sophomore Honors award last spring, please check your Husky Mail for an email confirmation and your Campus Mailbox or permanent address for your invitation to the Fall Honors Ceremony. If you have any questions please email honors@uconn.edu.
University of Connecticut Honors Program Life Sciences Honors Thesis Research Grant 2009-10
To support the completion of honors theses in the life sciences, the Office of the Provost has provided funding to support honors thesis research for the 2009-2010 academic year. Funding may be used to support laboratory costs or to purchase consumables, and funding must apply to the execution of research leading to the completion of the honors thesis. Application reviews begin Thursday, October 1, 2009. click here for more information
CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
"Role of Engineers in Poverty Reduction: Challenges and Opportunities" lecture by Bernard Amadei
Friday, October 16th, 2009,
11:00 am Student Union Theatre
The lecture will present the challenges and opportunities associated with practicing engineering in the developing world and the education of engineers through organizations such as Engineers Without Borders. The lecture will also discuss the importance of integrating engineering with non-engineering disciplines when addressing the needs of developing communities. click here for more information
Distressed Children and Infants International: Helping Children, Ending Poverty, and Preventing Blindness
Conference on Child Rights at Yale University, October 17, 2009 click here for more information
click here to view flyer
UConn Washington DC Honors Congressional Internship
The application deadline has been extended until October 9!! There is still time to apply!
Any student thinking about working in government, on campaigns, or even just going to law school should strongly consider this invaluable and unprecedented opportunity to work in DC for the Spring 2010 semester. It is an academic, professional, and personal experience of a lifetime to work for a member of the Connecticut’s congressional delegation, Governor Rell’s DC office, or the Democratic Congressional Caucus. All students are welcomed to apply, though Junior standing and at least a 3.0 GPA is typically required. Students do NOT need to be in the Honors program. And, all students will earn 15 credits (including a Pols W course!). Students also participate in a speaker series, meeting with UConn alumni and other individuals who are living and working in DC! This program offers you the opportunity to experience life in our nation’s capitol in a unique and engaging way. Don’t pass up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!! For more details see www.studyabroad.uconn.edu or email honors@uconn.edu. Applications are submitted online through the Study Abroad website.
Experience Lexington and Concord with President, Mike Hogan
Sunday, October 18, 2009, 9:30am-6pm
Join the President of UConn, Mike Hogan, for a Sunday drive to historic Lexington and Concord. Accompanied by Chris Clark (History) and Robert Thorson (EEB) you’ll get to explore the areas of Concord, Lexington Green, The Old Manse, and Walden Pond. We’ll depart from the UConn campus in front of the Co-Op. All participants should arrive at 9:30am. We’ll return to campus around 6pm. Lunch will be provided.
Seating is limited. Please RSVP to honorsevents@uconn.edu to reserve your spot. THIS COUNTS AS AN HONORS EVENT
Honors in Cape Town, South Africa
The Cape Town Study Abroad Program is designed to provide students with three day a week internship which in many cases can be used toward the field placement requirement for a human rights minor or related courses for most majors. Drawing on the university’s core value of Human Rights, this program provides one of the best ways for students to learn about themselves, expand their world view, and work for social justice while gaining skills essential to becoming a well-informed global citizen. The application deadline for the Spring 2010 Cape Town Study Abroad Program is October 9th. click here for more information
Honors Housing Think Tank
The Honors Program is looking for Honors students to participate in a think tank on the future of Honors Housing. It doesn’t matter if you’re a freshmen, sophomore, junior, or senior and you need not currently live on campus. This is your opportunity to share your ideas and directly influence future housing options.
This will be a small but highly impactful group. If interested, please contact Becca Gates at rebecca.gates@uconn.edu by Friday, October 9, 2009.
“Democracy’s Challenge- Reclaiming the Public Role”
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, Student Union Ballroom, 6pm-8pm
The event will be featuring speaker Vijay Prashad and will following with small group discussions about the our roles in creating our democracy. He will be speaking on the topic of reclaiming the public's role in democracy and the government. Following his talk, small groups will be formed in order to discuss different approaches to increasing involvement in democracy, and what steps citizens can take to become more active citizens. On the night of the event a full dinner will be served before Vijay’s speech. click here for more information
TO REGISTER: FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SURVEY BY TUESDAY OCTOBER 6th
Democracy Dialogues
In order to participate in the discussion, we request you print off and read the following packet on the National Issues Forum website:
Democracy’s Challenge: Reclaiming the public's role
THIS COUNTS AS AN HONORS EVENT
Announcing the UConn Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 2010 T-Shirt Design Contest!
Open to all UConn students! Submissions should reflect the 2010 theme, “Coalition Building: The Key to Advancing the Dream.”
The winning submission will be used for the 2010 event, and the winning designer will receive ten of the shirts. The event will occur on Monday January 18, 2010 in the afternoon in the Student Union, more information to come soon.
E-Mail your electronic submission to Ryan Barone at Ryan.Barone@UConn.Edu by Friday October 30, 2009.
NOTE: Submissions need to be completed in Illustrator and done in Vector Art. Submissions must also be in JPG/PDF format. The design may have a maximum of three colors. The MLK Planning committee reserves the right to alter the winning submission as needed.
Author Stewart O’Nan to be Fall Aetna Writer-in-Residence
Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Konover Auditorium, 7:00 pm
Lecture by Stewart O’Nan, author of 15 books of fiction and non-fiction. Graduate and Undergraduate Students Invited to Participate click here for more information
The Washington Undergraduate Law Review is looking for submissions.
The WULR is an academic legal journal at the University of Washington that publishes law-related essays, research papers, and other written work by undergraduates, graduate students, professors, and legal professionals. It is entirely run by undergraduates at the University of Washington who have an interest in law.
Submissions for the WULR are open to ALL MAJORS. We value papers on a variety of legal topics, and students are encouraged to submit undergraduate theses or other academic papers. Submissions will be selected for publication by the WULR’s executive editors based upon quality of writing, research, and analysis. All submissions accepted for publication may be edited for length and clarity.
All submissions for the Washington Undergraduate Law Review are due by *FRIDAY, October 9, 2009*.
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to become a part of the Washington Undergraduate Law Review at the University of Washington!
Please direct any questions to the Editors-in-Chief, Aisha Rich (aishalr@u.washington.edu) or Ivan Panchenko (ip5@u.washington.edu).
10th Annual UNESCO Chair & Institute of Comparative Human Rights International Conference
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, Student Union Theatre,
9am–3:30pm
Keynote speaker: Dr. Henri Atlan
In 2005, under Dr. Atlan’s direction, the Human Biology Research Center had a breakthrough in the research on HIV/AIDS. His research team developed a vaccine that significantly strengthens the body’s immune system against the autoimmune pathological conditions resulting from HIV infection, a breakthrough that could have a dramatic and positive impact on the treatment of AIDS patients.
This conference is convened to discuss the intimate linkage between health in its various dimensions and human rights. At this critical period in history, as nations engage in robust debates about whether health care is a right, a privilege or a responsibility, conference speakers will provide a practical framework to highlight the fundamental importance of health to the enjoyment of human rights and will ask us to consider how to translate an ideal of universal health care into the lives of people. click here for more information
UConn Social Entrepreneurship In Guatemala Symposium
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, Business Room 127,
6:30pm-8pm
Do you love to travel? Are you interested in helping others? Do you want a deeper understanding of how business development or social policy works in the “real world”? Then please join us for the 2009 Guatemala Symposium!
During Summer 2009, nine UConn students participated in a study abroad program to Guatemala, where they received an in-depth, crash-course in Social Entrepreneurship. This Symposium will give you a taste of what they experienced – the projects they worked on, a broader cultural understanding, the impact that the country and its people had on their lives.
Come learn how you could be a part of this study abroad program in 2010!
University of Arizona and the Center for Mesoamerican Research Study Abroad to Guatemala
The University of Arizona and the Center for Mesoamerican Research (CIRMA) invite you to participate in a study abroad program in Antigua, Guatemala. This is a summer, spring and/or fall semester program. Students receive a University of Arizona transcript. A few spots are still open for spring 2010! Deadline to apply for spring 2010 is October 30. click here for more information
NOTE: This is NOT the same as the UConn Social Entrepeneurship in Guatemala
"If You Want a Higher Score, Then Treat Your Citizens Better": The Practice & Politics of Rating Government Respect for Human Rights" lecture by David L. Richards
Tuesday, October 6, 2009, Konover Auditorium, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, 4pm
David L. Richards, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Universtiy of Memphis and the 2009 Marsha Lilien Gladstein Professor in Human Rights, will be giving a lecture on the practice and politics of rating government respect for human rights.
Professor Richards' work focuses on government respect for human rights. One of his primary interests is human rights measurement, and he is Co-Director of the CIRI Human Rights Data Project (www.humanrightsdata.org), which annually rates government respect for 15 internationally-recognized human rights in 195 countries. click here for more information
The Vikings, English 3695H-01
Open to ALL Honors Students, and to non-honors students by arrangement with the instructor.
This class will investigate Viking culture and its ongoing influence through a study of primary texts in Norse mythology, history, and literature as well as art objects and other artifacts. click here for more information
"Dangerous Liaisons" by Nima Gerami ’07
Click here to read an article written by Honors alumnus, Nima Gerami, a research assistant in the Nonproliferation Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and editor of Carnegie's Proliferation News.
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Honors Events & Opportunities
Thesis Workshop: Myth Busters
Wilson 124/125, October 5, 2009, 4:00pm New Year Baby film screening
Student Union Theater, October 6, 2009, 4:30pm Social Entrepreneurship Symposium
BUSN 127, October 6, 2009, 6:30pm Tips for a Great Personal Statement
Wilson 112, October 7, 2009, 4:30pm Dinner and a Show with Dr. Goodstein and Rebecca Flanagan
South Dining Hall/Nafe Katter Theater, October 8, 2009, 6:00pm Sophomore Mini Series: Major Fair
Student Union Ballroom, October 14, 2009, 4:00pm Experience Lexington and Concord with President Mike Hogan
Lexington and Concord, October 18, 2009, 9:30am CANCELLED: Lunch Bunch with Dr. Eric Goldman
CUE 420, October 19, 2009, 1:00pm Democracy Dialogue
SU Ballroom, October 20, 2009, 5:00pm Thesis Workshop: Myth Busters
CUE 134, October 20, 2009, 12:00pm Sophomore Mini Series: Law School Fair
Student Union Theater, October 21, 2009, 12:00pm Sicko: Film Screening and Discussion
Class of 1947 Room (Library), October 22, 2009, 7:00pm Fall Honors Reception & Ceremony
Rome Commons Ballroom, October 26, 2009, 4:30pm So You are Thinking about Law School?: Info Session
Wilson 112, October 28, 2009, 4:30pm Dinner and a Show with Rebecca Gates
Buckley/Nafe Katter Theater, October 29, 2009, 6:00pm Honors Council
HC Pumpkin Painting
Buckley South Lounge, October 29, 2009, 5:00pm
Enrichment Opportunities
PATH Midterm Kits
Wilson 124/125, October 5, 2009, 7:00pm Trip to LSAC Forum in Boston
Departing from UConn, October 12, 2009, 1:00pm Presidential Enrichment Workshop
Wilson 112, October 15, 2009, 4:00pm Udall Info Session
CUE 134, October 19, 2009, 4:00pm PATH Cookie Decorating
Buckley, October 25, 2009, 7:00pm Presidential Enrichment Workshop
Class of 1947 Room (Library), October 26, 2009, 1:00pm
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