April 8, 2020

Honors Wednesday Memo

Opportunities and Information for Honors Students

edited by Brad Rentz

Volume 3, Issue 28

April 8, 2020 

Message from Dean Jeff Vahlbusch

 

Please Tell me What & How you are Doing!

Dear Honors students, parents, faculty, staff, friends,

I miss you, and I would love to hear what you are doing because of COVID-19, in response to COVID-19, in spite of COVID-19.  How are you meeting the upheaval that the pandemic has caused and is causing in your life, your family's life, your community's life.

Are you doing new and/or exciting things to deal with new necessities, creating opportunities, meeting—or helping family, friends, fellow students, or your community meet--new challenges and needs?  

Please write me a line, a paragraph or two, or more, and send to me at vahlbuschjb@appstate.edu. I will collect them, respond to each, and we'll publish some in a future Honors Wednesday Memo!  

"Honors College" means support!

Jeff

 

Photo above from Dean Vahlbusch’s mobile work-station, featuring his cute companion Bingo. 

 

Upcoming Opportunities:

Fulbright Application Process Open

The 2021-2022 Fulbright National deadline to apply is October 13, 2020. The Fulbright Student Program offers robust online resources to assist students through the application process. There will be webinars, the next on April 13, to further assist students through the application process. For more information, click here.

WE COACH Wellness Coaching

WE COACH (Wellness Educators Creating Opportunities and Casting Hope) is now offering virtual wellness coaching to students. Members of WE COACH are undergraduate students who have been trained in motivational interviewing techniques and making appropriate referrals. To learn more, and how to request an appointment, visit our website.

INTAPP’s Virtual Coffee Buzz

International Appalachian (INTAPP) announced that the 8th annual Coffee Buzz 5K race, in support of the Landon Hill Memorial Study Abroad Scholarship, will be held virtually. Participants can join in now at their convenience, through April 18. For more information, and how to register, click here.

Summer Fellowship Opportunity

Project Scientist, a non-profit located in Charlotte, NC, is an organization that works to support and advocate for girls in STEM. Students can apply for their paid STEP Summer Fellowship where they will spend up to 6 weeks in a classroom with girls engaged in STEM learning. To learn more and how to apply, visit our website.

Intercultural Student Affairs

The office of Intercultural Student Affairs has several updates for April with the move to completely virtual events. On April 25, there will be a virtual ceremony for students involved in intercultural clubs/organizations and are graduating this May. For more information, click here.

 

Stay in the Know: 

Wellness and Prevention Services Events

Wellness and Prevention Services has transitioned upcoming events to virtual meetings. The next event, “Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention” a virtual fundraising walk will be held on April 18 from 12 pm to 1 pm. For more information and a complete list of upcoming events, visit our website.

Tips for Stress Management

The National Safety Council (NSC) has produced a 5 Minute Safety Talk that can help reduce stress while you’re completing this semester virtually. To read the entire flyer, click here.

Aportfolio Updates

The Aportfolio team is available to students via email and zoom or phone conferences that can be made by appointment between 10 am and 7 pm. For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit our website.

Visiting Writer Series Rescheduled

The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writer series has been rescheduled for Fall 2020. The first visiting writer, Poet Jacinta White, will come to Appalachian on September 17, 2020. For more information, and a complete list of rescheduled events, click here.

UREC Virtual Programs

University Recreation is offering a variety of classes designed to keep you active despite the virtual world we all work in now. UREC is offering several classes this week, and the rest of the semester taught by their experienced group fitness instructors. To register for a group fitness event, visit our website.

  

In the Honors (Appalachian) Spotlight 

Three Honors students run in 2020 student body presidential Race

 

The Honor College’s Michael Davis, Karolyn Martin, and Devin Mullins are each running for positions in the 2020-21 student body election. Click here for the full news story on this election published on March 8, 2020, by Moss Brennan, Editor in Chief of The Appalachian. To read campaign platforms and full information on the Student Government Association's 2020-21 presidential/vice-presidential election, click here. 

 

Election voting is active from April 6 to 15, 2020. You may vote at the SGA Election AppSync portal.

 

Wellness and Prevention Services is open, offers mindfulness classes and other services online

  

Students can register for and participate in online Koru Mindfulness classes through Appalachian’s Wellness and Prevention Services. Photo by Linda Coutant.

Appalachian State University’s Department of Wellness and Prevention Services is open by providing its services online instead of in person so that students, no matter where they may be,  can access them safely.

For the full story by Linda Coutant in AppalachaianToday, click here.

  

To Stay in the Know and Learn About All Opportunities in Honors, please visit https://honors.appstate.edu/announcements

 

Appalachian State Honors College on Social Media!

Check us out on Instagram also! Find us by searching “Appalachian Honors College”

 

Don’t forget to “like” us on Facebook at Appalachian Honors: https://www.facebook.com/Appalachian-Honors-482157301971520/ 

 

 

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.