Honors Wednesday Memo
Opportunities and Information for Honors Students
edited by Brad Rentz
Volume 3, Issue 3
September 4, 2019
Message from Dean Jeff Vahlbusch
Thinking Honors Courses. This week I'm writing to all Honors students at Appalachian:
- Honors College students
- Departmental Honors students
- Walker College of Business Honors students
Please read all the way to the end of this note! I invite each of you to start thinking about taking Honors College courses—HON seminars—in Spring 2020. These are extraordinary courses led by extraordinary faculty members.
Choose HON seminars that will challenge you: to stretch and grow; to develop yourself intellectually, personally, and professionally at the highest possible levels, especially in areas and skills that may be unfamiliar to you; to understand the world, society, and your fellow human beings in new and diverse ways.
Honors College students: you may, and I think you should, work to take more than the three HON seminars that we require. All HON seminars count toward the 24 required credits of Honors College courses. And yes: you can take HON 3515 before 2515, if you wish.
Departmental and WCOB Honors students: I will send you our Spring 2020 HON course catalogue as soon as it is ready. If there is an HON course or two that you would like to enroll in, please send me the course names (vahlbuschjb@appstate.edu). Soon after Honors College registration is complete, I will make it possible for you to enroll in open HON courses!
Sincerely,
Jeff
The photograph above features Patricia Scroggs, the Director of the Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program at Howard University talking about international affairs fellowship opportunities with interested students. This student information session held on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 was hosted by the Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships.
Upcoming Opportunities:
Events from the Career Development Center
There are two upcoming events from the Career Development Center. The first, a Part-time job fair, will be held Today (Wednesday September 4) from 11 to 2 p.m. in the Student Union. The next event, an Internship and Job Fair, will be held on September 18 between noon and 4 p.m. in the Convocation Center. There will be over 130 employers in attendance, offering over 4000 jobs and internship opportunities. For more information, visit our website.
Able-achian Creative Project
Many members of the Appalachian State community, students especially, rely on a range of campus services, both for their academic and personal lives. As an independent project, Able-achian hopes to gather and creatively share the anonymized experiences of community members who attempt to find and utilize services. To take the survey, and to learn how to become more involved, click here
Register for the Inclusive Leadership Retreat
This is a three-day workshop on navigating conflict, practicing dialog, and learning strategies for equitable facilitation. The retreat will be in the Student Union from September 13 through 15. Registration is free and meals are included. For more information, visit our website.
NEH Grant Writing Workshop
Registration is now open for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEH) Grant Application Writing Workshop at UNC Asheville on Friday, September 27, 2019. The Office of Research will be providing free transportation (leaving at 6:45 am from Appalachian, and returning at approximately 6:45 pm) and free lunch on-site. The main workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The workshop is free of charge, but registration is required. For more information and how to register, click here.
Call for 2019 Global Symposium Proposals
Proposals are now being accepted for the seventh annual Appalachian Global Symposium on Wednesday, November 20th, 2019. The Appalachian Global Symposium highlights the global education activities of Appalachian faculty, staff, and students by providing a platform for the sharing of recent activities that contribute to the university's global mission. The final deadline for submissions is October 7. For more information on the Symposium and how to apply, visit our website.
AHA Upcoming:
General Body Meeting: (TOMORROW) Thursday, September 5 in the conference room next to the East Side Service desk in Appalachian Hall from 7 to 7:30 pm.
Stay in the Know…
Anthropology Brown Bag Series: David Orvis
The Anthropology Department Brown Bag Series is back this fall semester with several guest speakers throughout the semester. All guest speakers will be in Belk Hall 342 at 12 p.m. Next week, on September 11, David Orvis will visit to present “…In quest of a Gang of Sodomites”: Toward New Frameworks for Interpreting Sexuality and Identity in the Early Modern English Cultural Imaginary. For more information about the Brown Bag Series, click here.
GWS Lecture Series
Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Fall 2019 Lecture Series is underway! The first speaker in the series, Belinda Walzer, will present “Economics of Rights: Sex Trafficking, Transnational Feminism, and Women’s Rights as Human Rights.” Walzer will present on September 11 in Belk Library room 114 from 6-7 p.m. For more information on this lecture series, visit our website.
Fall 2019 Koru Mindfulness Schedule
Koru Mindfulness is a 4-week course where participants learn mindfulness and meditation skills. Through this curriculum taught by certified Koru Mindfulness instructors, you may experience less stress, better sleep, increased focus and less self-judgement. Attendance at all four sessions is required. The full schedule can be found on our website, with the last session beginning onTuesday, October 29.
Sustainable Energy Speaker Series: Ryan Miller
Ryan Miller, Founder & Executive Director of the North Carolina Building Performance Association will come to Appalachian to speak on Monday, September 23 from 4 to 5 p.m. in 201A Price Lake of the Student Union. Miller will present “Building Energy Efficiency: The Foundation of North Carolina’s Clean Energy Future.” For more information, click here.
Humanities Council Book Discussion: Leigh Goodmark
Join the Humanities Council on Tuesday, September 24 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Watauga County Library to discuss Leigh Goodmark’s “Decriminalizing Domestic Violence.” This book discussion is in anticipation of Dr. Goodmark's upcoming talk, "Should Domestic Violence Be Decriminalized?" at the Humanities Council symposium “Building A Just World” on October 2, 2019 at 9 a.m. in the Rough Ridge room of the Student Union. For more information, visit our website.
In the Honors Spotlight
Honors Aeron McConnell Wins Awards in Physics and Math
The photo above features Aeron McConnell. Photo by Chase Reynolds
Honors Aeron McConnell, a double major in mathematics and physics who just completed his first year at Appalachian, has been awarded the Walter C. Connolly Endowed Award for Physics and the George Dewey Bingham, D.D.S. Endowed Award for Mathematics. He did it by being a typical Honors student!
Click here for the full story, Double major, double awards — Appalachian student earns honors in math and physics," by Jan Todd in the AppalachianToday.
Elliot Adler Shares Lessons from Abroad
Photo features Adler with a kangaroo in Melbourne, Australia. He shared, “After many attempts to get the perfect kangaroo selfie, this one was captured at the right time with one looking over its buddy to smile for the camera with me at the Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary.” Photo by Elliot Adler.
Honors Elliot Adler studied abroad this past Spring semester 9,882 miles away from Boone in Melbourne, Australia. Adler is a rising junior and exercise science major. While in Melbourne, Adler took twelve semester hours of coursework, one half of which counts into his Honors requirements. Adler learned some important lessons from his experience living and studying in Australia.
Click here for the full story on Adler’s Trip to Australia.
To Stay in the Know and Learn About All Opportunities in Honors, please visit https://honors.appstate.edu/announcements
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