Honors Wednesday Memo
Opportunities and Information for Honors Students
edited by Brad Rentz
Volume 3, Issue 12
November 6, 2019
Message from Dean Jeff Vahlbusch
Dear Honors students, faculty, friends and supporters,
A few weeks ago, I wrote an Honors Wednesday Memo headnote with this title: We need more service opportunities in Honors! I noted that we in Honors at Appalachian are not yet fully realizing our potential for helping the communities we live and work in. I asked Honors students to volunteer to help figure out how to better integrate service + civic engagement into the Honors College. Please send me an email if you'd like to help me think about this! (vahlbuschjb).
App Builds a Home (ABAH + Habitat): App State and Habitat for Humanity (Watauga County) are building a house for a local family! ABAH needs volunteers to help complete the building, and still needs to raise additional funds to pay for it. On November 19th, the Honors College will be sponsoring a letter-writing campaign to raise the final dollars. Mark your calendars, bring some addresses with you, and come write a few letters to friends and family asking them to chip in. Honors will kick in cookies, and a wonderfully generous community member will match every contribution made before December 31. More details next week. Also, check out our spotlight story at the bottom of the memo for Honors participation with App Builds a Home.
In your debt,
Jeff
The photo above shows Dean Vahlbusch speaking at the National Society for Minority in Honors (NSFMIH) conference held October 24 – October 26, 2019 at California State University, Fullerton (CSUF). Photo by Dr. Graeme Harper of Oakland University (Michigan).
Upcoming Opportunities:
Be a SOUL!
The deadline to become a SOUL or a Student Orientation Undergraduate Leader is November 15, 2019. Inquiries can be sent to Gaige Cogswell and more information can be found on our website.
Boren Awards Workshops
On November 14 from 1 to 2 p.m. in room 169 Three Top Mountain of the Student Union students can attend a workshop to learn more about the Boren Awards. These awards provide up to $20,000 for undergraduate students to support a global study of critical foreign languages. Students must express their intent to apply by November 21. For more information, click here.
Fall Creative Writing Scholarship Competition
This competition is for poetry and creative prose (fiction, script or screenplay, or creative nonfiction) and the deadline to submit your work is November 14, 2019. There are several scholarships available, so submit your work today! For more information, visit our website.
Call for Student Art Submissions
The Counseling Center at Appalachian State is asking for student art submissions. Student pieces will be added to the rotating display of artwork in the counseling center. Submissions are needed by November 27. For more information, click here.
INTERSECT Social Justice Retreat
INTERSECT is a three-day retreat aimed at empowering you to take positive action on our campus. The next INTERSECT Retreat will take place from February 7 through February 9, 2020, at the Blowing Rock Conference Center. Applications are due by November 11, 2019. For more information, visit our website.
Upcoming Thesis Defenses:
Jeff says, “Support your fellow Honors College students and faculty by attending Honors thesis defenses! You'll marvel, learn, and grow. And each defense you attend, you'll make your own easier”
Michelle Jaluvka: November 18, 5:15 pm, Room 213 Broyhill Music Center, a music performance – clarinet major, will present The Exclusion of Women in Music: An Exploration of the Western Canon.
Stay in the Know…
Anthropology Brown Bag Series: Marc Kissel
The Anthropology Department’s Brown Bag Series is continuing this fall semester with several guest speakers throughout the semester. All guest speakers will be in Belk Hall 342 at noon. Next week, on November 13, Marc Kissel will visit to present “Warefare and Aggression in Human Evolution” For more information about the Brown Bag Series, click here.
Sustainable Energy Speaker: Tommy Williamson
Tommy Williamson, Utilities Engineer at the NC Utilities Commission Public Staff Electric division will come to Appalachian on November 18 from 4 to 5 p.m. in room 201A Price Lake. Williamson will speak about the evolution of the U.S. electrical grid, energy legislation and much more. For more information, visit our website.
International Alternative Service Experience
Apply to go on an International Alternative Service Experience (iASE) on your Spring break in 2020! You can perform intentional service while studying abroad in places like Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. For more information, click here.
Accepting Graduate Application for 2020-2021
The Appalachian State Graduate School is accepting applications for 2020-2021! Visit our website to learn more about available programs, or how to get in touch with a Graduate School representative.
Lyle Lovett Coming to Appalachian
Singer, songwriter and actor Lyle Lovett will perform at the Schaefer center on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at 7 p.m. Reduced ticket prices are available to students! For more information, click here.
In the Honors Spotlight
Honors Mackenzie Millet works with App Builds a Home
The photo above shows volunteers working on the weekend of September 21 – 22 during the ABAH blitz build. Appalachian students, staff, and faculty joined community volunteers and a group called the Habitat for Humanity Crazies to contribute 1,636 volunteer hours in two days. Photo by Chase Reynolds.
In her first semester, Honors Mackenzie Millett, an exercise science major from Amelia Island, Florida has been volunteering with App Builds a Home (ABAH). Millett is also working to facilitate a deeper relationship between the Honors College and ABAH. She hopes to create even more opportunities for Honors students to get involved.
For more on Millett’s work and how to get involved with ABAH, click here.
Honors Jonathan Kappler ’05 receives Young Alumni Award
The photo above features Honors alumnus Jonathan Kappler ’05, the 2019 recipient of the Appalachian Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Award. Photo by Marie Freeman
The Appalachian State University Alumni Association named Honors alumnus Jonathan Kappler '05 as the 2019 Young Alumni Award winner. This award is given to individuals under 40 years of age for their exceptional service to the university and accomplishments in their career.
To read more about Kappler, his accomplishments and service, click here.
To Stay in the Know and Learn About All Opportunities in Honors, please visit https://honors.appstate.edu/announcements
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Have news to share? Submissions to the Honors Wednesday Memo can be made by emailing honors@appstate.edu. Any content received by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday will be considered for the following week’s issue.