Its not too late to sign up to volunteer to work the HSC book sale. Remember to tell everyone that the book sale will be in Bigelow Hall Wednesday-Friday! HONORS CALENDAR
March 25 HSC Lecture: Dr. Bob Meyer, "Multiple Personality Disorders," 5-6 p.m., Ekstrom Library, rm. 254. March 26-28 March 31 April 2 April 7-April 11 Undergraduate Research Symposium abstracts due Honors Modes of Inquiry staff applications due April 10 Congrats to our Award-winning Honors Student! Emily Robinson was recently awarded the Carolyn Krause Maddox award (undergraduate prize) for her essay on “The Renaissance Midwife: From Benevolent Healer to Malicious Witch.” We are very proud of her! Be sure to let her know how proud of her you are, too.
Interested in a Free Haircut? Locks of Love,a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis, would love to have your lovely locks. If you are considering a shorter hairdo for spring I would like to help you to get a free haircut at Z salon and spa or another hair care salon. If you have 10 inches or more that you would like to have donated to this wonderful charity please contact Nichole Burruss for more information. HVP -- Honors Volunteer Program The next HVP meeting will be held in the Etscorn Honors Center Classroom on March 25, 2008. Pizza will be provided. All HVP meetings will be held the last Tuesday of each month at the same time and place. Those who wish to be notified about HVP events by listserv, please send your name and e-mail address to anmart03@louisville.edu. Volunteers for Academic Tournament Mortar Board Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, one of UofL's most prestigious organizations, is now accepting applications for the 2008-2009 year! All students who will have at least 90 credit hours by August 2008 are eligible to apply. Mortar Board provides opportunities for continued leadership development, promotes service to colleges and universities and encourages lifelong contributions to the global community. Please feel free to email Recruitment Chair Allison Martin if you have any questions! U of L Makes a Strong Showing at Kentucky Honors Roundtable (KHR) Spring 2008 KHR this Spring was a fantastic treat. I have participated in KHR for the last 3 years and this was my last opportunity to participate before graduation. My fellow Honors students who also presented were Drew McClure, Alvin Rentsch and Emily Robinson, with Dr. John Richardson and Luke Buckman also in attendance. This semester KHR was held on Eastern Kentucky University’s campus, so the group from U of L drove to Richmond where we were welcomed to a wonderful banquet and lots of hospitality from Dr. Bonnie Gray, EKU's outgoing Honors Director, and her staff. After the banquet and subsequent entertainment for the evening, which was an impressive performance of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, staged by EKU students and their Theatre Department, our own Honors Program paid to put us up for the night at the Hampton Inn in Richmond. On Saturday, the conference took place. Alvin, Drew and I all presented abbreviated versions of our senior Honors theses, and Emily presented on research she conducted during her study abroad last semester in Quebec. Other Kentucky universities were well-represented in the Roundtable conference schedule, including notable sessions by students from Western Kentucky University, University of Kentucky, Morehead State, Kentucky State, Murray State and of course Eastern Kentucky University. I feel that U of L made a very strong showing this semester with our research and we also were able to meet quite a few interesting and dedicated Honors students from other programs. After our last session, we had a closing meeting with all of the attending students to update each other on student activities at our respective schools. Emily represented us at this meeting and shared our Honors Student Council activities such as the upcoming Book Sale, and also discussed our ongoing Green seminars. After this and final words from Dr. Gray, we piled into the rental van and Luke drove us home to Louisville, playing excellent tunes the whole way. This fall Kentucky Honors Roundtable will be held on U of L’s campus so its never too early to think of presentation ideas! REMINDER As we near the end of the springt semester, please note that in addition to food and drink being prohibited in the Honors House computer lab, we also kindly request you refrain from eating and drinking in the Etscorn Honors Center classroom, rm. 132. Exceptions to this rule will be made for meetings, study sessions and other events, but only as approved by Dr. Richardson. |
If there are corrections or omissions, e-mail honors@louisville.edu to update information.
10 for $10,000 -- Honors Student Council book sale On Wednesday and Thursday, Mar. 26-27 from 9 a.m.- 5p.m. and Friday, Mar. 28 from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., the Honors Student Council will be holding a large book sale in Bigelow Hall (Miller IT), open to the general public, with all proceeds going to the Kosair Children's Hospital. Although we are calling it a book sale, we will also have CDs, DVDs, LPs, and other forms of media for sale. Volunteers are greatly needed for this event. 100% of the proceeds from the book sale will go to the University of Louisville Dance Marathon (ULDM), which donates 100% of its proceeds to the Children's Hospital Foundation, which directly benefits Kosair Children's Hospital. Please email David Song with the hours that you are available to work and with any questions that you may have. Your participation is greatly appreciated. Walk-in Advising Begins April 7 Students who missed an opportunity to meet with Dr. Richardson, Melissa, Luke or Tony, can do so on or after April 7, 2008, when Honors Walk-in advising commences at the Etscorn Honors Center. Walk-in advising will end on April 11. Undergraduate Research Symposium Summer Employment Opportunities Honors Peer Advisors Needed for Summer Orientation Peer Advisors are needed for the 2008 summer orientation session. The University Honors Program will be hiring Peer Advisors to help incoming freshmen plan and schedule their courses during the 2008 Freshman Orientation Program. This is an outstanding opportunity for Honors students to learn more about the university, discuss their experiences in the University Honors Program with interested new students and parents, and earn some money along the way. Students will be expected to work approximately 20-25 hours each week from mid-May to July 2, 2008. In order to apply you must have completed at least 30 hours and have a 3.35 or higher cumulative GPA. Applications are due March 31 by 4:00 p.m. IMPORTANT NOTE: Both the Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) and Summer Term II classes will conflict with the required work schedule for a Peer Advisor. Please take this into consideration when applying for the Peer Advisor position. Please download this application. Once you have completed it, please return it to the front desk at Etscorn Honors Center. Student Staff Applications for Honors Modes of Inquiry Honors Modes of Inquiry is an academic orientation that introduces freshmen to academic disciplines and campus life before the fall semester. The program is largely staffed by Honors students. The student staff is selected through an application process, with applications now available in the literature rack at the front desk of the Etscorn Honors Center. If you would like to assist with the event before school starts and get paid, fill out an application and return it to the Etscorn Center by 4:30 p.m., April 11. Student Ambassador The Visitor Information Centers are accepting applications for Student Ambassador positions, 10-20 hours week. They are looking for students to represent the university as a front-line customer service representative and official tour guides for prospective students. Applications are available at North Visitor Information Centers (next to Davidson Hall). Contact: Chris Cherry Davis for more information. Student Worker needed! Two Student workers are needed for flexible hours, May 1-11, 2008. The pay is $7.50 an hour to assist with a group of visiting students from U of L's campus in Panama, Central America. (Yes, we have a campus there!) From May 1-May 6, hours are very flexible and work will be mainly
helping with preparations for the visit. From May 7-11, duties will include driving a van that will take the
Interested in learning more about presenting at a conference, or what that experience is like? Clare Kalb, right, talks about her recent experience in the left-hand article. Got Honors? With nicer weather right around the corner now is the time to free yourself from your self-imposed hibernation and get active. There are many wonderful ways that you can participate in the honors program beyond taking an honors class. If you enjoy giving back to your community then HVP is for you. If you want to be apart of the changes in honors then HSC is for you. The Honors program also offers student worker positions during the academic year and summer. Would you like to expand your scholastic horizons with research? If so Honors offers four wonderful opportunities a year to travel, meet other students, and earn valuable experience presenting research to your peers. If you would like more information on any of these opportunities contact an honors advisor, staff member, or read The Current. Attention Pre-Med and Pre-Dental Students The Pre-med Undergraduate Mentor Program (PUMP) at University of Louisville has several medical students interested in mentoring students at your school. As your may already know, the goal of the program is to help undergrads explore medicine as a career, and help them make their goal of getting into medical school a reality. Each med student is paired up with a premed undergrad and acts as a mentor for the student, providing info about what classes to take, what to do during the summer, how to study for the MCAT, how to apply, interviewing tips, etc. The program can also help find undergrads shadowing opportunities as well. This can be done via email, phone or some students have met for coffee or lunch. Some med students have also invited their undergrad to come to class and tour the medical school. If you are interested please provide your name, email, and medical interest (if anything specific) to Parul Barry by March 28. MCAT/DAT Summer Workshop Students preparing to take the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) or Dental Admissions Test (DAT) may participate in our residential four week intensive program from Sunday July 6 through Friday Aug. 8, 2008. Students will receive intensive instruction and review in science and quantitative reasoning, take diagnostic and weekly MCAT or DAT practice tests learn study and test taking strategies and receive medical and dental school application preparation. Interested students should complete the following application and return it to University of Louisville, School of Medicine-Office of Minority and Rural Affairs, Room 502 Abell Administration Building, 323 E. Chestnut Street Louisville, KY 40202 by March 31, 2008. Preference is given to the following qualified students: Kentucky residents from medically under-served areas (see the attached list of designated Kentucky counties/areas), students from ethnic or racial groups under-represented in medicine or dentistry, alumni or current SMDEP participants and students planning to take the 2008 DAT.
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The beauty of the Florida Everglades at sunset is only one of the beautiful sights that students taking the Urban Water national seminar will be able to experience this fall. Paddle the Everglades Right before Christmas, 2008, the U of L Honors national travel seminar is going to paddle in Everglades National Park, the largest sub-tropical wilderness in the continental United States. We will camp on islands, chickees and beaches as we compare and contrast the water quality, flora and fauna with Kentucky’s aquatic habitats. The 08’ Everglades expedition is the culminating trip with the U of L honors seminar “Urban Water”. This course will investigate urban water quality and what is being done to improve our local streams and rivers. During the semester we will paddle on Beargrass Creek, Harrods Creek and the Ohio River. There will also be a special weekend canoe camping trip on the Green River through Mammoth Cave National Park. Stop by the Etscorn center for a course flyer and application, or feel free to contact either of the sponsoring professors for more information: Russ Barnett at 852-1851 or David Wicks at 485-3295.Upcoming Deadlines Gilman Study Abroad Award National deadline: for fall study, April 15, 2008 Freeman-ASIA Study Abroad Award National deadline: for fall study, April 2, 2008 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 852-0024.
Honors Student Council (HSC) HSC is proud to sponsor the following regular monthly events: the academic lecture series and social outings. Please see below for details, and check The Current regularly for updates on activities, as well as the Facebook group Honors Program Announcements. HSC Elections All executive positions open for election. These include President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Sergeant-at-Arms. Please see the Honors Student Council Constitution for descriptions of posts and duties entailed. Deadline to announce candidacy is Thurs., Apr. 3. Candidate platforms will be posted in both Honors buildings and on the HSC website from Mon. Apr. 7 - Fri. Apr. 18. Email candidacy platforms to Venkat Ramakrishnan. If you are interested in being appointed to one of the chair positions for Publicity, Fundraising, Academic Events, or Social Events, you will also need to email Venkat Ramakrishnan. If you have questions about the process, please email Luke Buckman. Voting will take place during the end-of-year picnic, April 18. HSC Events Tuesday, March 25, the Honors Student Council Lecture Series will present Dr. Bob Meyer. The topic for discussion is multiple personality disorders. As always, this is a great opportunity to meet a professor in a small learning environment, build personal relationships, and ask any questions you may have about the topic at hand. The lecture will be held in the Ekstrom library in Room 254 from 5-6 p.m. Please bring your fabulous friends and inquiring minds! Robert G. Meyer, PhD, ABPP, is Full Professor in the Psychology Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville. He received his MA (1964) and PhD (1967) in clinical psychology from Michigan State University. After spending approximately 2 years as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he came to the University of Louisville in 1969 as an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychology Clinic. In 1976, he was made a Full Professor. Dr. Meyer is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) in both clinical and forensic psychology, and is a fellow in Divisions 12 (Clinical) and 41 (Law and Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. He has authored or coauthored over 60 published articles, 23 book chapters, and 14 books, including The Clinician's Handbook: Integrated Diagnostics, Assessment, and Intervention in Adult and Adolescent Psychopathology (5th ed.), The Child Clinician's Handbook (2nd ed.), Case Studies in Abnormal Behavior (7th ed.), and, in a lighter moment, The Complete Book of Softball. He was editor of the Bulletin of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, a past-president of the Kentucky Psychological Association, and an associate member of the Ethics Committee of the American Psychological Association. Among his awards, Dr. Meyer was presented with the Distinguished Career in Psychology Award by the Kentucky Psychological Association. P B & J Day April 2 is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! To raise awareness about this important facet of American (college student) life, please come out and celebrate lunch with us. There will be peanut butter-crunchy and smooth (fancy, we know); an array of jams and jellies from around the world Kroger; various kinds of bread-buns, white bread, wheat bread, &c. and all kinds of crazy toppings to make your sandwich your very own! It's coming to you FREE on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in the Honors House Reading Room from 11 a.m. to whenever the food runs out! Be there or be allergic to peanuts! Brought to you by the Committee for Peanut Butter Awareness, from the Department for College Students Love Peanut Butter, a subsidiary of the Honors Student Council. Have Your Say with HSC’s Literary Magazine. HSC is still looking for committed students to create and run a student publication. The planning committee recently met with Dr. Lynell Edwards, a published poet and U of L faculty member who will be helping out with the project. Want your voice heard? Have a message you want to share? Do you have the inside scoop for Honors Students? Share your talents with Honors. All interested students should contact Neil Gupta or David Soleimani-Meigooni. Show another geek your appreciation and give the gift of a Go Geek T-shirt! HSC T-Shirts have arrived! These incredibly stylish T's are on sale in the Honors Center for $10. The front image printed on the black shirt is of the infamous white squirrel. The back of the shirt displays the following text, “Go Geek! ΗΕ Γ Honors Student Council Honors Program University of Louisville.” Box Tops for Excellence!Give us your Tacos, Au Gratin Potatoes and Cheerios! Honors Student Council is collecting Box Tops for Education. The collection box in located in the Overseers Honors House on the window sill of the lounge area (Behind the table where snacks are kept.) HSC will be donating the collected box tops to a local school. Please visit their website for participating products and contact Sarah Jane Bodell at with any questions. |
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7, Number 14 University of Louisville ARTS & SCIENCES
March 25, 2008
Honors Student Council book sale: March 26-28
THE CURRENT, the University Honors Program online newsletter published every two weeks during the fall and spring terms, welcomes submissions. Material should be submitted by the Wednesday preceding the next Monday publication date. Electronic submissions are preferable. Please send to Nichole Burruss by e-mail at nichole.burruss@louisville.edu. Hard copy may be sent to the Honors House c/o THE CURRENT. The next issue of THE CURRENT appears in April 7, 2008! Watch for it!!
University Honors Program
University of Louisville
Office: (502) 852-6293, Fax: (502) 852-3919
E-mail: honors@louisville.edu
University of Louisville
Office: (502) 852-6293, Fax: (502) 852-3919
E-mail: honors@louisville.edu
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