edited by Kistler Hunt
Volume 8, Issue 5
September 18, 2024
Hello Honors College students,
This week’s Memo is packed with activities to help you grow: a visit from Hope Jahren, opportunities to get involved with the App State Global Symposium, and more. We’re also thrilled to spotlight Honors student Elliot Sheehan’s work with undergraduate research publications—congratulations, Elliot! Engage in campus life by participating in events like the Climate Resilience Forum. Getting involved doesn’t just build your community at App; it also helps you develop essential skills like teamwork, communication, critical thinking, and leadership that will launch you into your next steps.
Best wishes,
Vicky
Upcoming Opportunities:
Interim Dean Vicky is happy to help you apply; send her an email at klimavw@appstate.edu
Common Reading Author Visit
The Common Reading Program and the Quality Enhancement Plan will welcome Hope Jahren, author of the Common Reading book for the 2024 academic year, “The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here” on September 24 at 7:00 p.m. Jahren will give a keynote address and will also be available for a Q&A and book signing after the event. For more information or questions, contact Dr. Rick Klima.
Dauntless Players Club Meetings
A newly formed club on campus, the Dauntless Players Club, is now open for new members. The club focuses on why playwright William Shakespeare is relevant to theatre arts and literature. Meetings will be held weekly on Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. For more information and questions, contact Kendall Wilson.
Women in Educational Leadership Symposium
The Reich College of Education will host the Women in Educational Leadership Symposium on October 3 and 4. The symposium, themed “Advancing the Leader Within: Building Capacity,” will host various accomplished women who work in the field of educational leadership. There is a $100 registration fee to attend, but for students and public school teachers, there is a reduced rate of $75. The deadline to register is September 25. For more information and to register, click here.
Career Development Center Internship and Job Fair
The Career Development Center will host an internship and job fair on September 25 from 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. Organizations across a variety of career sectors will be present at the fair offering opportunities for internships and jobs. For more information and to register, click here.
App State Global Symposium
The Office of International Programs invites proposal applications for App State’s Global Symposium. The symposium is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to share their work on a global platform and contribute to global learning at the University. The symposium will take place on November 20 with a proposal deadline of October 7. For more information, to register, and to submit a proposal, click here.
Stay in the Know:
Honors College Summer Graduates
The Honors College would like to congratulate its 2024 Summer graduates, Maria Iveth Carballo Funes and Isabella Saliba! Congratulations on successfully defending your theses and all of your hard work! For more information on these graduates and their summer thesis defenses, click here.
Guided Labyrinth Walk
Two permanent meditative labyrinths have been installed on App State’s campus, one on Sanford Mall and one behind the Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences. These physical spaces are carved out for wellness. A scheduled walk for the labyrinth at Leon Levine will take place on September 24 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. For more information and to register, click here.
Appalachian Symphony Band/Wind Ensemble Performance
The Appalachian Symphony Band and Appalachian Wind Ensemble will have a joint performance on September 20 from 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. The performance will include a variety of classical pieces, including one composed by Hayes School of Music faculty member, Dr. Roger Zare. For more information, click here.
Faculty Brass Quintet Performance
The Hayes School of Music will host a faculty brass quintet on September 24 from 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. Five App State brass faculty will perform pieces made by American and international composers. For more information, click here.
Climate Resilience Forum
The Quality Enhancement Plan will host a Climate Resilience Forum on October 3 at 12:30 p.m. The forum will discuss how to prepare and respond to extreme events such as hurricanes and floods and will host many speakers, including App State alumni Brock Long, the former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA). For more information, click here.
In the Honors Spotlight
Honors senior Elliot Sheehan publishes paper in research journal
Photo features Sheehan presenting at the 2023 Southern Regional Honors Council annual conference in Charlotte. Photo submitted
Honors College senior Elliot Sheehan has published his work, “Urban Renewal and the Interstate: Losing Charleston’s Triangle District, 1956—1977,” in the Fall 2023 issue of Crimson Historical Review, an undergraduate journal in the University of Alabama’s Department of History, which is housed in its College of Arts and Sciences. Sheehan majors in history, social studies education. Sheehan serves on the editorial team for the National Collegiate Honors Council’s (NCHC) Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (UReCA), and as the editor-in-chief of History Matters, the undergraduate research journal sponsored by the Department of History. Sheehan attributes this accomplishment to Dr. Peaches Hash, lecturer in the Department of English, with whom he took Honors sections of RC 1000: Expository Writing, and RC 2001: Introduction to Writing Across the Curriculum. Sheehan shared, “Dr. Peaches was the first person to let me know about undergraduate publishing and since then, it has been a major part of my academic career, as I've served as an Associate Editor for NCHC's UReCA and am the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the History Department's History Matters.”
To learn more about Sheehan’s work, click here to read more.