Honors Wednesday Memo
Opportunities and Information for Honors Students
edited by Lakin Stevens
Volume 5, Issue 24
March 16, 2022
Dear Honors College and departmental Honors students,
I have THREE important messages today! Please read all:
1. Please watch your inboxes for our HON seminar course list and descriptions for Fall semester 2022, which I will be sending most likely tomorrow (3/17). This is very possibly the largest, richest, and most varied selection of Honors seminars in the history of the Honors College, with opportunities for wonderful growth.
Honors College students: Always choose HON courses to challenge and to stretch yourselves, to take you places in your mind and heart that you have not yet been, and remember: you are not limited to three HON seminars! Departmental Honors students: See an HON course you would like to join this fall? Please write me directly here!
2. Priority registration for Honors College students and seniors will happen on April 5th, and all students can find their individual registration times by logging into AppalNet!
3. Please RSVP for the Honors Formal: this Saturday, March 19th, from 7 to 9 p.m. Find the sign-up links in the Memo, below! If you have problems with the registration link, please use the Guest RSVP form (even if you're not bringing a guest :-). We'll get you registered one way or the other!
In gratitude,
Jeff
Photos feature Honors students’ spring break adventures. Photo on the left features Kara Haselton’s trip to New Orleans, La. Photo on the right features, from left to right, Skyler Strzelecki, James Auwn, and Matthew Mair at the 12:30 Club in Nashville, Tenn. Photos submitted.
Upcoming Opportunities:
Dean Jeff is happy to help you apply; send him an email at vahlbuschjb@appstate.edu.
25th Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors
The Office of Student Research will be hosting their 25th Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors. Undergraduate and graduate students in consultation with their faculty mentors are invited to submit abstracts. Abstracts are due by March 18. The Student Poster Competition will highlight the top 10 undergraduate and graduate posters as well. Visit here for more details.
Education Career Fair
The Career Development Center will host the Education Career Fair on March 18 from 12:00 – 2:30 p.m. in the Holmes Convocation Center. This is your chance to connect and network with organizations from the education professions field. Register and explore the organizations attending here.
Peer Academic Coaching Opportunities
The Peer Academic Coaching program has several opportunities to support students. Community and Academic Strategy Hours (CASH) are workshops offered with new topics weekly. No appointment required. Upcoming this week is time management followed by organization the following week. Individual Peer Academic Coaching sessions are available by appointment to help students struggling in class, organizing, and more. Explore these opportunities here.
Red Flag Campaign
The Red Flag Campaign is a peer educator group focused on interpersonal violence prevention and will be offering three open campus trainings. Tier 1 will be “Introductions to Ending Violence” on March 25 at 11:00 a.m. Following up in April will be Tier 2 “Active Bystander Intervention” and Tier 3 “Combatting Rape Culture: a Guide to Activism.” RSVP here.
International Student and Scholar Services International Careers Panel
The Office of International Education and Development, OIED, will be hosting a series of short talks for globally minded students who are considering careers in international education, whether in study aboard or international student advising. Join the next talk virtually on Zoom on March 25 at 3:00 p.m. to hear Trivia Eggers, Interim Assistant Director of International Student and Scholar Services and Outreach, speak about her experiences working in international student advising and cultural program outreach. Email Karen Binger Marshall here to register.
Stay in the Know:
ARTtalks at the Turchin
The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is hosting its Spring Semester 2022 ARTtalk series with its next event titled “In the Garden of Healing” in relation to the current display at the Turchin Center. Dara Mark will share the artistic practice and insights behind her exhibition featuring paintings made over the five-year period after Mark’s husband died, with each painting reflecting her emotional state during the process of grieving and healing. Join on March 16 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Register for free here and explore the series here.
GenHERation Campus Connection Tour
The Career Development Center presents the GenHERation Campus Connection Tour on March 16 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. GenHERation is a network for young women and companies to connect and empower young women in their careers. This event, open to all students, will include a panel of female executives working in fine and performing arts, entertainment, communication, and broadcasting. Students will participate in skill-building simulations, explore career opportunities, and learn how to meet innovative leaders. Register here.
Boyles Distinguished Lecture on Family Business
The 63rd event in the Boyles Distinguished Lecture Series will feature Ms. Pamela Mars Wright of Mars, Incorporated, who will speak on “Family Business: Lessons Learned and Successful Strategies.” Mars Wright holds 35 years of business experience from operations to governance at Mars, Incorporated. Join on March 17 at 2:00 p.m. in the Holmes Convocation Center. To register for this free public event, click here. More details here.
Kappa Delta Annual Shamrock n’ Run 5k
The Kappa Delta sorority at Appalachian State announces its first Annual Shamrock n’ Run 5k to support two non-profit organizations, with all profits donated. 20% of profits will go to Prevent Child Abuse America, Kappa Delta’s national philanthropy, and 80% will go to The Children’s Council of Watauga County. Their goal is to reach $20,000 for their philanthropic organizations. To donate or register, click here.
Invitation to the Honors Formal
AHA! is inviting Honors College and Departmental Honors students to the Honors Formal on March 19 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in Blue Ridge Ballroom. Attire should be as formal as you are comfortable with. Attendance is free. Honors students are able to bring one non-honors guest. If bringing a non-honors guest, please indicate this on the Guest RSVP here. To RSVP, click here and direct any questions to Sophia Lang here.
In the Honors Spotlight
Honors Alumna Jenna Elliott ’21 has passed the DELE Spanish Language Certification Level C1 exam
Photo of Jenna Elliott submitted.
Jenna Elliott ’21 has successfully passed the Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera (English: Diplomas of Spanish as a Foreign Language), or DELE Spanish Language Certification Level C1 exam. Elliott graduated in May of 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in languages, literatures, and cultures: Spanish, and double minors in applied linguistics/Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and communication sciences and disorders. Currently at Appalachian, she works on her Master of Arts in romance language with a concentration in Spanish college teaching. Also, in her role of graduate teaching assistant, she is teaching Beginning Spanish (SNH 1010).
Read the full story here.
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