Honors Wednesday Memo
Opportunities and Information for Honors Students
edited by Lakin Stevens
Volume 5, Issue 25
March 23, 2022
Dear Honors College students, departmental Honors students, faculty, staff, friends,
I never repeat myself; I just stay "on message"!
In last week's Memo (3/16), I promised to send our Fall 2022 HON course list and descriptions soon, and last Friday (3/18) I did: here! And I noted that this list of HON seminars is arguably the richest we have ever offered, full of innovative + experimental + cutting-edge course experiences.
Here are the titles as teasers: Living Nonviolence; Servant-Leadership; Media Literacy and the Environment; Introduction to Research; Democracy: An Owner's Manual; Public Spaces and Public Bodies in Modern Latin America; Voyages; Ethics of Travel and Adventure; (Mis)Reading Poetry; Arts-Based Research Methods; What Do We Owe Each Other?; Law, Power and Equity; The Global Water Crisis; RAMP (Research to Action): the Wicked Phosphorus Challenge; Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism; Transnational Indigenous Studies; Tycoons, Titans, and Blaggards; Trauma-Informed Approaches to Leadership; Collaborations: Local and Global; AI, VR, and Religion; Global Travels, Global Encounters; Human Rights and Post-conflict Resolution; The First Amendment.
Have fun choosing!
Jeff
Photo features Honors student MaryAnn Sanders as pictured in App Builds A Home’s (ABAH) February Newsletter where Sanders was introduced as the new marketing coordinator. Sanders’ responsibilities include managing ABAH’s social media, website, and monthly newsletter. In addition to her marketing role, Sanders aids in planning events, outreach, education, and coordination with other student organizations.
Sanders highlighted a few of ABAH’s upcoming Spirit Week events held April 2 – 9 to kickstart the construction of their third home: a 5k on April 2 with the National Residence Hall Honorary, walls up event on April 7-8 at Grace Lutheran Church, and a build day at the Habitat Greenwood neighborhood on April 9.
Upcoming Opportunities:
Dean Jeff is happy to help you apply; send him an email at vahlbuschjb@appstate.edu.
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.
Serve Team in the Office of Community-Engaged Leadership
Apply to join the 2022-23 Serve Team in the Office of Community-Engaged Leadership to gain leadership experience through planning and facilitating service opportunities for the App State community. The Serve Team has five branches of programming: Alternative Service Experience Executive Board, App State Voter Coalition, Blood Drive Committee, Community Fellows, and Days of Service Committee. Explore the positions here and apply here by March 27. Contact here with any questions.
Inclusive Lit Book Club
The Inclusive Lit Book Club meets twice a month to discuss books with intersectional, positive, and diverse identities. Their February book pick is Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert. Bring your book to their next meeting on March 28 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. for snacks, tea, and discussion in the Community-Engaged Leadership (CEL) Outreach Center. If you are unable to get a copy of the book, reach out to Cori Ferguson, graduate assistant for inclusion and engagement, in the CEL office or email here for a free copy of the book.
Join the Student Conduct Board
The Student Conduct Board is a team of students who serve on panels to hear alleged violations of the Code of Student Conduct and determine educational sanctions as appropriate. Members of the board receive training and professional development. This gives students the opportunity to grow as a leaders, analyze information, work as a team, and earn valuable professional skills. Apply here by April 1.
Call for Papers: 17th International Conference on the Arts in Society
The Arts in Society Research Networkr will be hosting its Seventeenth International Conference on Arts in Society with its special focus titled “History/Histories: From the Limits of Representation to the Boundaries of Narrative.” The conference will be held at San Jorge University, Zaragoza, Spain on July 4-6, 2022. Proposals addressing the following themes are invited: pedagogies of the arts; art histories and theories; new media, technology, and the arts; and the arts in social, political, and community life. Submit your proposal here by April 4. Explore more about the themes here.
Stay in the Know:
Semicolon Week
Wellness and Prevention Services is hosting Semicolon Week from March 20 – 28 with events throughout the week to raise awareness about mental health. Upcoming next, register for Koru Mindfulness Class on March 23 to learn skills to feel less stressed, get better sleep, and increased focus over four weeks. On March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Ballroom of the Plemmons Student Union, “y(OUR) Story” will present a collaborative production of actors, dancers, painters, poets, and other artists to share y(our) mental health journey. Explore Semicolon Week here.
Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series Spring 2022
The Spring 2022 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series will feature authors throughout the Spring semester. Author Robert Morgan held a virtual reading of his short story “Judaculla Rock” available here through May 10. Upcoming next on March 24, poet Annie Woodford for the 2022 Juanita Tobin Memorial Reading. Woodford will host a craft talk at 3:30 p.m. titled “Carrying Back the Music to its Source: Naming the Sacred Place” as well as a reading at 6:00 p.m. in Table Rock Room of the Plemmons Student Union. Learn more about the authors here.
Israeli Historian Professor Shmuel Feiner on the Haskalah
The Center for Judaic,Holocaust, and Peace Studies welcomes the public to the in-person lecture by Professor Shmuel Feiner on “The Haskalah Project of Secularization: Challenging ‘The Religious Turn.’” Professor Feiner is one of the foremost authorities on the Jewish Enlightenment among Israel’s most distinguished historians. At Bar Ilan University, he holds professorship in Modern Jewish History and is also the Samuel Braun Chair for the History of Jews in Prussia. Attend on March 24 at 4:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 124 ABC of the Reich College of Education building. Learn more here and contact here with any questions.
Career Development Center Talent Jam
The Career Development Center presents Talent Jam: Work it Watauga on March 31 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Ransom. The event is a talent matching process for those seeking work and internships to pitch their talent to prospective employers. The event targets Watauga County businesses and organizations seeking interns, part-time, and full-time employees. General admission is free. A talent pitch is $10 and talent search is $20. Explore more here.
14th Southeast Studies Consortium Workshop
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies will co-host the Fourteenth Southeast Studies Consortium Workshop on Appalachian State’s campus. The 2022 workshop will focus on “The Haskalah and European Enlightenment Revisited,” “Teaching German and German-Jewish Studies in the Twenty-First Century,” and “Democracy: Past, Present, Future.” The event also includes a cooperation with the Samuel Braun Chair for the History of the Jews in Prussia at Bar Ilan University in Israel. The programs are open to the public and free of charge. For more information, click here and contact the center here with any questions.
In the Honors Spotlight
Dr. Peaches Hash published research of Honors teaching
Dr. Peaches Hash, has just published “Visual Journaling as a Method for Critical Thinking in Writing Courses” in the journal Double Helix, Vol 9 (2021). The publication features the coursework of two anonymous Honors students, “Avery” and “Margot.” Dr. Hash wrote that in their visual journaling, these students “illustrate hooks’s (2010) engaged pedagogy and demonstrate critical thinking as discernment in decision-making.”
Read more about Dr. Hash’s work here.
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