University Honors Program Newsletters: The Current and With Honors e-Zine

WELCOME TO THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR!

Participants in the fall 2006 Modes of Inquiry enjoyed food catered by the Bristol at the Sculpture Court of the Speed Museum as well as a music demonstration/concert by members of U of L's Early Music Ensemble. Pictures from Modes of Inquiry are posted on the window in the Etscorn Honors Center reception area. HONORS CALENDAR Aug. 26 HSC trip to the Kentucky State Fair, 10:00 a.m. Aug. 28 Honors picnic, Honors House, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Aug. 29 HSC meeting, Honors conference room, 7-8 p.m. Sept. 8 Deadline for Honors Scholars banquet RSVP Sept. 7 Senior Honors Thesis meeting, 4 p.m., rm. 254, Ekstrom Library (LIC) HSC Movie Night, Threlkeld 132, 6 p.m. Sept. 18 Honors Scholars' fall banquet by invitation, 6 p.m., Masterson's Restaurant Sept. 25 Dean Wiegman, Associate Vice-President for Health Affairs, pre-med discussion, Threlkeld 132, 5:30 p.m. Sept. 29-30 Kentucky Honors Roundtable, Morehead State University Welcome Nichole Nichole Burruss joined the University Honors Program June 12 in a new position as administrative assistant to Dr. John Richardson. Nichole's office, located in the Etscorn Honors Center, is adjacent to the classroom. A former Honors student who graduated in May 2005, she is currently pursuing a master's degree in comparative religion. "I'm ecstatic to be working for the Honors Program, and I look forward to contributing to many of the wonderful projects that make Honors so great!" THANK YOU! Honors staff wishes to thank those who helped make possible the academic orientation, Modes of Inquiry, on Aug.16 and 17. Professors James Beggan, Karen Hadley, Joy Hart, Buddy LaForge, Alan Leidner, Michael Johmann, Joseph Steffen, Mary Ann Stenger and Deborah Wilson served as instructors. Student assistants were Tia Alton, Cole Eidson, Koree Fugate, Scott Howard, Dustin Kostalek, Miranda Mattingly, Becky Popham, Shivani Reddy and David Soleimani-Meigooni. HVP - HONORS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Those who wish to be notified about events by listserv, please send your name and e-mail address to tmalto01@louisville.edu. Before every event you will receive e-mail with the exact time, locations, car pool instructions and directions. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Meet Next Year's (07) Honors Freshmen Volunteers are needed to help with Accolade, U of L's invitational event for high school achievers, on Saturday, Sept. 9. To volunteer, please contact Tia Alton at tmalto01@louisville.edu for more information. Purrfect Internship The Kentucky Humane Society is looking for a public relations intern this fall. Please read the following pdf for a complete job description or contact Michelle Ray at mray@kyhumane.org. Children's Hospital Kosair Children's Hospital is currently looking for volunteers to work shifts in their gift shop.The shop provides an important service to patients, families and hospital visitors and raises much needed funds that go directly back into assisting the hospital. Those interested please contact Jenny Stith at (502) 629-5298. Second-year Honors student Paul Mick helped freshmen move into Threlkeld. This year Paul is the social chair for Honors Student Council activities; see the following entry for information on Honors Student Council events. HONORS STUDENT COUNCIL (HSC) HSC is proud to sponsor the following regular monthly events: the outing, movie night and the dining club night. Please see below for details, and check The Current regularly for updates on activities, as well as the Facebook group Honors Program Announcements at http://louisville.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204853946 Save the date. Thursday is HSC night! Most HSC activities will be taking place on Thursday evenings, so that those who travel out of town on weekends can still participate. Hopefully not many of you have early Friday morning classes. You can plan for Thursdays to be a time to hang out with Honors people and relax. That’s the logic; we hope you’ll come! It’s going to be great! August events theme is the Kentucky State Fair. For this reason, our outings are on Saturdays because of the Fair’s calendar of events. Saturday, Aug. 26, Group Trip to the Kentucky State Fair Admission is 7 bucks and parking is 5 bucks per vehicle. Gates open at 9 a.m.; Honors students interested in going will carpool. Let’s meet in front of the Etscorn Center at 10 a.m. (not too early on a Saturday morning!). Please RSVP to Paul Mick if you think you want to go (paul.mick@louisville.edu, or Facebook).	If there are corrections or omissions, e-mail honors@louisville.edu to update information. PICNICKING WITH HONORS! Welcome Back Honors Picnic Honors Student Council would like you to join us for a celebratory picnic in honor of our terrific University Honors Program and the wonderful new freshman class joining us. We won't be hard to find -- check in the grass near the Honors House Monday, Aug. 28 between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Honors students tend to be hungry, and they do come early. If you want to eat heartily, arrive before noon. We'll be inside if the weather is wet. Attention Pre-Med Students Especially Freshmen Dean David Wiegman, Associate Vice-President of Health Affairs, visits the Honors Program Monday, Sept. 25 for a pre-med discussion. The program is in Threlkeld room 132 at 5:30 p.m. Freshmen can especially benefit from this visit, but sophomores may also find it helpful. Anyone interested in pre-med is welcome. MCAT MEOW In August, the computerized MCAT will be administered through Prometric's full network of domestic testing sites and an expanded offering of international sites. The examination content of the paper-based and computerized MCAT will be identical and all MCAT scores will be released at the same time, in approximately 60 days following the administration. The test day for these examinees will be as much as 2.5 hours shorter due to reduced administrative overhead, flexible-length breaks and self pacing within the time allocations. Please register early as space is limited. Read the following word doc for more information. DANCE MARATHON Executive Staff Applications Applications to be a part of the University of Louisville Dance Marathon (ULDM) executive staff are now available. The ULDM is a 24 hour event sponsored each spring to benefit Kosair Children's Hospital. Applications are available in the Etscorn Honors Center and are due to the Student Life office by Sept. 4 at 5 p.m. For more information please contact Bill Brammell at whbram01@louisville.edu or by phone at 593-4201. Computer TECHniques New computer equipment will soon be available in the Etscorn Center lounge. Also, remember that both Etscorn and the Honors House now serve those with wireless laptops. Just a reminder that the Honors lab computers are primarily to be used for homework and research and NOT for games. Students should not drink or eat around the PCs. Should you experience any problems, please contact Will Armstrong in the Honors House so he can address any issues. Paper is available at the Overseers Honors House reception desk on the first floor for $.25/25 sheets. Senior Thesis Thursday, Sept. 7, at 4 p.m. is the date for the Senior Honors Thesis information meeting held in Ekstrom Library, room 254. Anyone beginning a Senior Honors Thesis during the 2006-2007 academic year needs to attend. Come find out about the latest in Senior Honors Thesis support resources. Meet the faculty readers and ask questions. A good deal of Senior Honors Thesis information is posted online; please review this information prior to the Sept. 7 meeting. If you have questions, contact Melissa Stordeur at melissa.stordeur@louisville.edu or call 852-0025. Honors Scholars' Banquet Attention sophomores, juniors and seniors! The Honors Scholars' fall banquet is Sept. 18 at 6 p.m. at Masterson's Restaurant. If you are active in the Honors Scholars program watch for an e-mail invitation coming soon for your dinner choices and make sure you RSVP by Sept. 8. This is an opportunity for you to take a break from studying for a nice dinner, mingle with your classmates and hear about the exciting Honors Seminars that are being offered in the spring of 2007. Freshman Honors students may sign up for Honors Scholars following the first semester grading period. If you have questions, please contact Tony Robinson at tony.robinson@louisville.edu or call 852-0025. Also, if you are planning to graduate in the fall 2006 semester and are completing Honors Scholars requirements, you need to make sure you come by the Etscorn Honors Center to see Tony Robinson. There is a form you will need to fill out to ensure that you are given the graduation distinction: University Honors Scholar. HONORS CONFERENCES REMINDER Kentucky Honors Roundtable The fall 2006 Kentucky Honors Roundtable hosted by Morehead State University is Sept. 29-30. Transportation is available for those attending. Freshmen, don't hesitate to jump right in and participate. Roundtables are fun and a great place to develop your Honors Program connections. Applications available soon in the literature rack in the Etscorn Honors Center. Proposals are due Sept. 1, 2006. For more information contact Tony Robinson at tony.robinson@louisville.edu or 852-6293. COOL Justice The Southern Region of the nationally known organization COOL (Campus Outreach Opportunity League) will be hosted by U of L this year. This conference is an attempt to bring together students from the South to educate them on matters of social justice on a local and global scale. U of L's chapter of COOL meets every Friday from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in the Service Learning Office in the SAC. For more information contact Jennifer Wallin at jlwall06@.louisville.edu. Honors Web Pages Longtime Honors students will notice some changes in our Honors website. The design has changed to help visually impaired students use automated readers. In addition, we now comply with the new U of L website look. With a few new and some old elements, we hope to serve you better; and yet maintain the Honors website you already know well. One new feature is the Academic Opportunities menu item offering you information about the Honors Scholars Program and the Senior Thesis. We usually update the whole website -- more than 50 pages -- twice a year, once in late summer and again between semesters. If you wonder about the timeliness of the information, check below the footer for this information: Last content review: 21-Aug-2006. This gives you the most recent revision date. If you have questions about the deadlines published on some pages -- scholarships come to mind -- remember that deadlines are announced by different organizations at different times of year. We try to keep up with everything, but perfection is not possible. It is usually safe to remember that deadlines are about the same each year. But it is even safer to track down the date yourself. Honors students in a library session during Modes of Inquiry.	Matt Flairty, Allie Martin, Justin Tooley, Ashley Howarth and Laura Bishop pose at the Colosseum in Rome. In the next issue, we feature a story about the "Roots of the Republic" Overseers International Seminar trip to Italy and Great Britain. Upcoming Deadlines SCHOLARSHIPS and FELLOWSHIPS Watch this spot for campus and national deadlines Campus deadlines for: JET Program, Please check their website in September (Japanese Exchange Teaching Program) Gilman Study Abroad Scholarship, Sept. 26, 2006 (Sophomores to seniors with Pell Grants) See also language initiative. Rhodes Scholarship, Oct. 2, 2006 (Outstanding scholars attend two years at Oxford) Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, Oct. 3, 2006 (Arts, humanities and social sciences, graduate study in U.S.) Marshall Scholarship, Oct. 4, 2006 (Two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom or Ireland) Mitchell Scholarship, Oct. 6, 2006 (A year of graduate study at one of nine universities in Ireland) Gates Cambridge, Oct. 15, 2006 (Outstanding scholars study at Cambridge) Freeman-Asia Scholarship, Oct. 18, 2006 (Study in Asia in spring semester) Fulbright Scholarships, Oct. 20, 2006 (U.S. Government's premier program to every corner of the world) Paul & Daisy Soros Graduate Fellowships, Nov. 1, 2006 (Fellowship for new Americans. For grads and post grads) If you plan to apply for any of these scholarships and have not already made an appointment with the director of the Scholarship Office, Dr. Patricia Condon, you should do so immediately. Her e-mail is patricia.condon@louisville.edu or call 852-6293. Check Out Our Brilliant Borens Congratulations to our David L. Boren scholarships for yearlong study abroad. Scholars include Ben Arterburn studying in China, Monica Marks studying in Tanzania and Paul Meinshausen studying in Turkey. In addition, graduate student Adam Marlowe, a recent U of L Fulbright Scholar, received the graduate Boren scholarship for study in Korea. For more information on our Boren Scholars see "Students are talking Turkey -- and Tanzania, too." FYI Freshman Guides Freshman Guides is an initiative from the Honors Student Council to help freshman and transfer Honors students navigate the social aspects of the Honors Program and the campus at large. If you have at least 24 hours earned at the University of Louisville and have taken at least one Honors course, we invite you to sign up to be a Freshman Guide. If you have any questions about the program, please contact Clare Kalb at cfgerv01@louisville.edu or Luke Buckman at luke.buckman@louisville.edu or stop by the Etscorn Center. NEW FEATURE: FACE TIME (Facilitating the growth of a cohesive Honors community.) Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you. Neil Gupta joined the University Honors Program this fall as an incoming freshman. Prior to enrolling at U of L, Gupta participated in the Kentucky Governor's Scholar Program and served in various volunteer activities in the Louisville area. Neil's scholastic achievements have earned him the distinction of National Merit Finalist, National Writing award winner and Kentucky Colonel amongst others. He is passionately committed to serving others, and would like to become a physician. For more information about Neil's volunteer efforts, see the Courier-Journal article featuring him, and then share some face time. JOB OPPORTUNITIES Admissions Office The Office of Admissions is looking for shadow students to host prospective shadow students on campus for a day. We match potential students and their U of L hosts by academic discipline. Take the student to one or two classes and then to lunch, paid for by the Admissions Office. This is a great opportunity for service hours and to spread your enthusiasm for U of L to possible incoming students! Shadow Host interest meeting and training is Tuesday, Aug. 29 from 3:00 to 4:15 p.m. in the Admissions Office. Refreshments will be served. Contact: Megan Adams, 852-7540 or megan.adams@louisville.edu. Electric Employment GE Industrial Communications Internship GE - Consumer & Industrial is looking for a communications intern. Duration: Sept. 2006 to Aug. 2007. Hours worked per week may be a maximum of 40 hours, or a minimum of 20 hours. The internship is at the GE Appliance Park, GE-Consumer & Industrial Headquarters in Louisville, KY. Salary range is $8 to $12 per hour (exact wage will depend on experience). Please see attached job description for more details. Submit all resumes to communications@ge.com. Honors Online Newsletter Geography Notice of our bi-weekly newsletter, complete with a link to our website, should come to your e-mail twice a month, eight issues a semester. In the left-hand column, look for the calendar and the Honors Volunteer Program. In the center, you'll usually find the core Honors stories -- Honors events, conference announcements, registration news, special seminars -- the sort of news and activities you don't want to miss. In the right-hand column we feature news about people, Honors student research and Honors faculty as well as scholarship and fellowship news, jobs and internships. If money interests you, keep an eye on the right column. Pictures Pictures of Honors-related activities for our web pages and bulletin boards are welcome. If you have something you would like to share, bring in an extra copy or a copy we can color scan. If you take digital pictures, send a URL site location (preferred) or a digital copy to Ruth Spangler at ruth.spangler@louisville.edu.