Honors Wednesday Memo
Opportunities and Information for Honors Students
edited by Lakin Stevens
Volume 4, Issue 7
September 30, 2020
Message from Dean Jeff Vahlbusch
Dear Honors community and friends,
I want today to acknowledge the death of our fellow Appalachian student Chad Dorrill, and to connect all readers of this Honors Wednesday Memo to Chancellor Evert's message from yesterday, with its list of links and resources for support in this time of sadness and mourning. Our thoughts go out to Chad's family, friends, and loved ones. Let's hold them close in our hearts.
Jeff
Editor Lakin Stevens helps spread information about voter registration. Know your deadlines: you can register or update your registration until October 9th, request an absentee ballot by October 27th, early vote between October 15th and October 31st, and vote on election day of November 3rd! If you have any questions about voting, visit vote.appstate.edu for resources and links or feel free reach out directly at stevensll@appstate.edu. Photos submitted.
Upcoming Opportunities:
Dean Jeff is happy to help you apply; send him an email at vahlbuschjb@appstate.edu.
George Williams Garrett Memorial Scholarship
The George Williams Garrett Memorial Scholarship supports Honors students who are pursuing careers in scientific research. Students in good academic standing and performing research in Biomedical fields are eligible to apply by Friday, October 2nd. Further information can be found here.
Fall 2020 Research Grant Applications Open
The Office of Student Research is accepting applications for student Research Grants designed to fund costs associated with outside the classroom, Faculty-mentored, student-based research projects or creative endeavors. The fall deadlines are October 15th and November 15th. For more information, click here.
Health Professions Advising Peer Advisors
The Health Professions Advising Office is looking for students interested in health professions including medicine, PA, pharmacy, PT, OT, and dentistry to serve as HPA Peer Advisors. Apply by October 16th and find more information here.
App Builds a Home Walls-Up Competition
Join App Builds a Home’s first annual AppState Staff Senate Walls-Up Competition where teams will compete to build the most aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound wall. The structures will be used to construct Appalachian employee Shelia Potter’s home. With no previous knowledge or experience required, sign up by October 16th here.
Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Application Open
If you are a PELL recipient and interested in studying abroad, the nationally competitive Gilman Scholarship application window is currently open until October 6th. The Office of International Education and Development (OIED) offers several advising opportunities via Zoom. The next application help walk-in session is Wednesday September 30th from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Click here for the link and to explore all the opportunities!
Stay in the Know:
62nd Boyles Distinguished Lecture features Mr. Jose Minaya
The Walker College of Business will host the 62nd Boyles Distinguished Lecture featuring a virtual, 45 minute lecture with sustainable business leader Mr. Jose Minaya, CEO of Nuveen. Listen to Mr. Minaya on October 2nd at 10:00 am and register here.
Women in Educational Leadership Symposium
The Reich College of Education Fifth Annual Women in Education Leadership Symposium (WIELS) will be held virtually with several keynote speakers focusing on the theme of advancing the leader within: building capacity. Join October 2nd from 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm and October 3rd from 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm and register here.
Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality and COVID-19
The Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies program is hosting a faculty panel on GWS and COVID where panelists will discuss how GWS research addresses vital issues concerning the pandemic. Attend on October 23rd from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm via Zoom and find more details here.
Fall 2020 Season Schaefer Center
The Schaefer Center presents its Fall 2020 season in a free, virtual format showcasing livestreamed and pre-recorded theatre, music, and other events. Events are held from October 9th through December 4th, with the next upcoming event being American Shakespeare Center’s Othello on October 9th at 7:00 pm. Explore all the events and dates here.
Dr. Hank Greenspan Reflects on Holocaust Survivor Testimonies
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies invites all to a virtual presentation by Dr. Henry “Hank” Greenspan, renowned oral historian and Holocaust studies scholar, titled “Reflections from Fifty Years of Listening to Holocaust Survivors: Contrarian Views.” Via Zoom, join in on October 6th at 7:00 pm and read more here.
In the Honors Spotlight
Honors Faculty Selected for Academic Leadership for Women Program
Features above is Dr. Megen Culpepper (left) and Dr. Vick Klima (right).
Two honors affiliated Appalachian State faculty members have been selected for the 2020 BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women program sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr.Vicky Klima, an Honors academic mentor and professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, and Dr. Megen Culpepper, an assistant director for Honors thesis and assistant professor in the A.R. Smith Department of Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences, were two of four Appalachian faculty selected for the program. Through the BRIDGES program, women in higher education are able to develop professionally by identifying, understanding, and building their leadership roles in academy.
To read the full story, click here!
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