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Nina Faghri poses with her “Up All Night” gift basket that she won while participating in the Honors donation drive for U of L cares. HONORS CALENDAR
Nov. 27 HVP -- Honors Volunteer Program The next HVP meeting will be held in the Etscorn Honors Center Classroom on January 29, 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. Before every event, you will receive e-mail with the exact time, locations, car pool instructions and directions. Please also check out the Facebook group Honors Volunteer Program. Holiday Decorating Weds., Nov. 28 at 1:30 PM: Holiday Decorating at Chapel House (meet at SAC circle at 1 PM to carpool) America Reads Training Nov. 29 4-5:30 p.m. PM in the Dean of Students Office (SAC W301) Caroling Tues., Dec. 4 at 3:30 PM: Caroling at Franciscan Sisters Home (meet at SAC circle at 3 PM to carpool) Interested in an Internship? The Frankfort Legislative Internship Program was established to provide University of Louisville students with an opportunity to work and learn in a hands-on legislative environment. Each year around 30 students participate in this program to learn about leadership responsibilities as well as develop legislative process skills. The interns work in individual legislator’s offices and assist with their activities and work functions. Interns will be appointed for the 2008 session to serve from Jan. 8 until one week after the adjournment of the legislative session (early April). Students will need to travel to Frankfort on each Tuesday and Thursday from approximately 9-5 for this time period. Any student applying for the program must be willing to commit for the entire time of the internship. A stipend of $500 per semester will be paid to each intern. If there is any change in the amount of the stipend paid to each intern, the students will be notified prior to their arrival. The internship counts for 3 academic credit hours.
The Americorps Vista program is an excellent opportunity for a student who is interested in working within a community setting with non-profits and diverse populations. The student will assist this office in bridging community needs with support from UofL students/faculty and service learning programs. Applicants must have a 4 year college degree. The student will receive a 10,000 stipend, health insurance, $500.00 professional development, and a $4500 educational award (towards grad school or student loans upon completion of the program). Students are now allowed to take 6 hours of grad courses each semester; however, they would be responsible for the tuition costs. How to Apply: Go to www.nationalservice.org You will see how to register & apply. You will need two references who have known you more than a year and they will also need to go online to provide references. Questions? Contact Dale Tucker, dtucker@cns.gov or 502-582-6384 Students graduating in December can apply immediately. Please contact the Office of Civic Engagement, Leadership and Service or Service Learning Coordinator, Kim Shaver at 852-4333. The office of Governor of Kentucky wants you! The Governor’s Scholars Program is looking for bright, energetic college students to serve as resident advisors during the summer of 2008. Applicants should have completed at least one year of college and have served as resident advisors in a dormitory or had similar experience. The position will last six weeks and Resident Advisors will receive a stipend of $2,500, plus free room and board. Interested students should visit www.kygsp.org for more information and to download an application. All application materials must be postmarked on or before Jan. 11, 2008. Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs Coro Fellows learn about the real world in the real world - by actively questioning, interacting with diverse constituents, finding resources and creating innovative solutions to community challenges. Run for over sixty years, the Fellows Program in Public Affairs is an intensive nine-month, full-time, graduate-level program. Sixty-eight Fellows are chosen annually to participate in one of five center locations: Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco or St. Louis. Fellows work on individually tailored field assignments in a variety of industries, participate in examinations of various aspects of public affairs, complete group projects involving real world issues and meet community leaders- from members of Congress to CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies to grassroots community leaders. The program runs from September, 2008 through May, 2009. Applications are due Jan. 11, 2008. Visit the Coro website for more information and an application. Contact Amira El-Ghobashy, Coordinator, Outreach and Strategic Partnerships with questions.
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Honors Conference Call for Papers This year's KHR conference will be held at Eastern Kentucky University, Feb. 29- Mar. 1, 2008. If you have a current project, work it up for an individual presentation or coordinate projects for a panel discussion. Proposals for KHR must be in the Etscorn Honors Center likely Feb. 1, 2008. Remember that research presentations range from data-rich projects to those reporting on Honors-related activities such as our Overseers International Seminar trips. Too often students pass by the Honors conferences because it is hard to recognize your own work as conference material. Another misconception about conferences is that the papers are heavy and the presentations large. Not so. Presentations are given in small venues with small groups of interested and friendly listeners. Check the Etscorn Honors Center literature rack for application forms (coming soon) and return to the Etscorn Center. Please also be thinking about the regional and national conferences that are coming in the spring semester. REMINDER The deadline for oral examination completion for students graduating in December is Dec. 7, 2007. If you have not yet delivered copies to your faculty supervisor to be distributed to your readers please do so as soon as possible. For students who are submitting a thesis for graduation in the spring, please note that copies of your thesis will need to be delivered to your faculty supervisor by the week of Mar. 10-14, 2008. Students graduating in August or later please see the honors website for more information. The Best Thing about Honors is… Success for the Standardized Test REACH is offering new seminars to assist the preparation of students for the GRE, LSAT, and GMAT exams. These will be offered several times in January prior to the month of February when many students prefer to take the exams. These are free to any UofL student. Also, for students who wish to receive further review in content areas such as mathematics, we are glad to review practice exams and to help tutor students with the GRE, LSAT and GMAT exam preparation books in our centers (and also in the Overseer’s Honors House). Tutors in the Learning Resource Center and in the Math Resource Center will assist with content- specific review. Review session dates include: -LSAT: Thurs 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. -GMAT: Wed. 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. -GRE: Mon. 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. Thurs. 12:30 – 1:20 p.m. FACE TIME Honors House Computer Lab Hours During Winter Break As advanced warning to students: The Honors House Computer Lab will not be opened during the winter break, December 12, 2007-January 7, 2008. This is a time that updates will be made to the computers. If you will be on campus, and need computer lab services during the break, you will find stations available at Ekstrom Library. Alternative Spring Break Louisville, Kentucky (limited to 25 participants) Asheville, North Carolina (limited to 20 participants) Each of the above options consists of five pre-service orientation meetings, the service dates, and a post-service wrap-up meeting. If selected, you are making a commitment to attend all meetings. Limited financial assistance is available. For further information please contact the Service Learning Program at 852-3436; via email contact Kim Shaver, Service Learning Coordinator, or Joe Frey, Service Learning Graduate Assistant. Calling all Honors Students! The Current is now taking art and writing submissions. Art submissions can be in any medium, but a picture will need to be taken in order to include the work in The Current. All submissions must be original and are subject to content review by the Honors staff. Share your talent, share your passion, and share your hobby! Please contact Nichole Burruss with questions and submissions. REMINDER Please also 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. JOB OPPORTUNITIES REACH is hiring new tutors for the 2008 spring semester at this time. Tutors are needed for the following: Latin, Italian, Chinese, Arabic, ASL, Biology, Social Work (SW), Computer Science and Mathematics. Applicants must fill out the online application, have a 3.0 cumulative or semester GPA, and provide two recommendations. Selected applicants will be contacted for interviews. For more information including pay rates and to apply, visit REACH’s website. To learn more about REACH, check out the December REACH newsletter online.
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Art of an anonymous honors student. Please remember that you can submit written and visual art for The Current.
Honors Reading Day Lunch Join Honors for Read and Feed with lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Overseers Honors House on Reading Day Dec. 4. The lunch will be first-come, first-served. Upcoming Deadlines This scholarship provides selected students with tuition, room and board for three weeks of intensive study in an international program at one of the institutions listed here. Students also experience a week in London, which is intended to give students the opportunity to absorb British culture and history and acclimatize in general to being away from home. Campus deadline, Nov. 28, 2007 Mary Churchill Humphrey endowed the University of Louisville Centenary Memorial Scholarship in the 1940s to enable graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences an opportunity to pursue two years of post-baccalaureate study in the United Kingdom or Ireland. Competition for the scholarship is open to students in all disciplines within the College of Arts & Sciences. Candidates may apply to study at any English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish University. The 2008 MCH scholarship will cover $37,500 annually or $75,000 for two years toward the cost of tuition, room and board, college fees, other living expenses and transportation. Eligibility and the application: Academically distinguished College of Arts & Sciences seniors, graduate students, and recent graduates (since 2003) are encouraged to apply. More information, and an application, are available online. Campus deadline, Dec. 18, 2007 Candidates for all of the scholarship below need to meet with Dr. Condon before the winter break! The Goldwater for Researchers Campus deadline, Jan. 8, 2008 Campus deadline, Jan. 9, 2008 Truman Scholarship This scholarship requires three years of work in this area after the completion of your education in return for the $30,000 graduate or professional school scholarship it provides. Each university is allowed to nominate four candidates each year. Campus deadline, Jan. 10, 2008 Campus deadline, Jan. 7, 2008 Scholarships to consider and speak with Dr. Condon about at the beginning of the spring semester Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship Campus deadline, Feb. 18, 2008 Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Fellowship Campus deadline, Feb 18, 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. Finals Blitz REACH is conducting FINALS BLITZ, now through Dec. 7. Exam reviews are offered for many 100, 200, and some 300 level courses. An online exam review schedule is available. 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 Events 10 for $10,000 On Mar. 27, 2008, the Honors Student Council is planning to have a large book sale, open to the general public, with all proceeds going to the Kosair Children's Hospital. Our goal is to raise a minimum of $10,000, but to do so we need to collect a substantial amount of books. Although we are calling it a book sale, donations are not limited to books. We are also collecting CDs, DVDs, LPs, and other forms of media. At this point, the council members have collected a few thousand books and CDs, but we obviously need many more to meet our goal. We would be incredibly grateful if you took the time to look through your books, music, and movies in your room and home to select a few items to donate to this sale. Any amount of donations will be accepted, but the only items we are unable to accept are older textbooks. Books, or other items, can be dropped off Luke’s office at the Etscorn Honors Center with your name and e-mail address. 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!
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