Honors Students enjoy festive snacks during HSC's annual Halloween Party in the Overseer House. HONORS CALENDAR Nov. 3 Nov. 4 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 15 Nov. 18 Nov. 20 Break the Silence, HIV/AIDS awareness event, Red Barn, 6-9:30 p.m. Graduating in December?The deadline for ordering your academic apparel (cap, gown, hood, etc) s midnight, Oct. 31, 2008. Graduation ceremonies are scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. at the Kentucky International Convention Center. Anne and William Axton Reading SeriesThe Fall 2008 Anne and William Axton Reading Series features Brock Clarke, poet Jeffrey McDaniel and the University of Louisville’s first slam poetry event, 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz, and nonfiction writer Susanna Sonnenberg. Susanna Sonnenberg is the author of Her Last Death, a memoir which Kirkus Reviews calls “a worthy companion to Simone de Beauvoir's and Vivian Gornick's explorations of the complicated mother-daughter dynamic.” Her essays have appeared in Elle, O, and in the collection About What Was Lost. She lives in Montana with her family. Reading: Thursday, Nov. 13th 7:30 p.m., Bingham Poetry Room
(Ekstrom Library, Belknap Campus) Human Trafficking Awareness Training Marissa Castellanos, the Project Manager of Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking, will lead a workshop on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008 on Human trafficking. This training will provide information concerning victim identification strategies, screening for human trafficking, definitions and statistics, case response, and available programs and services for victims. This training will be held in the Chao Auditorium in Ekstrom library from 2-4 p.m. For more information on this training or to register please contact Melissa Castellanos at 502-974-4947 or at mcastellanos@archlou.org. HVP -- Honors Volunteer Program HVP is an organization that seeks to give Honors Program students opportunities to volunteer for university-sponsored activities, and in the greater Louisville community. HVP hosts a monthly lunch meeting in Etscorn Honors Center to distribute information about each month’s activities. The next HVP meeting of the fall semester will be held in the Etscorn Honors Center Classroom, Nov. 6, 2008 from 12:20- 12:50 p.m. All HVP meetings will be held the first Thursday 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 krtrim01@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. Volunteer Opportunities Break the Silence ticket sales in the SAC The Salvation Army has these seasonal needs in November and December: For the Angel Tree program volunteers are needed to staff tables at malls anytime between Nov. 28 and Dec. 14. Volunteers are needed to sort gifts at the Holiday Center throughout the month of December and to distribute gifts to families from Dec. 18-23. Call 671-4920 to volunteer as a group or as an individual.
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If there are corrections or omissions, e-mail honors@louisville.edu to update information. Break The Silence Peer Health Advocates and Honors Student Council present Break the Silence in collaboration with Interfaith Ministries of Kentuckiana. Join the fight against HIV/AIDS on Thursday, Nov. 20 from 6-9:30 p.m. in the Red Barn. For ticket information please contact Len Mariani at 502-473-8088 or lenzom@aol.com.If anyone is interested in purchasing tickets or volunteering, please contact HSC Vice President David Song @ ddsong01@gwise.louisville.edu Deadlines for Senior Honors Projects Dec. 8 is the deadline for submission for December 2008 graduates’ Senior Honors Projects. In addition, Dec. 8 is the deadline for initiating forms and proposals for August 2009 graduation. For more information visit the Senior Honors Project web page or e-mail Melissa Stordeur at melissa.stordeur@louisville.edu. Teach for America Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college
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Honors Students catch up on current events during the HSC Halloween party. The lounge area in the Overseer house has current periodicals for students to read and offers a nice place to study between classes. Got Honors? 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 a part 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. Honors Online 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.
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Honors Students spend their Saturday in class. Students enjoyed three simultaneously played Halo games during a Halo party held in the Etscorn classroom Sat., Nov.1, 2008. Upcoming Deadlines Summer Opportunities Critical Languages Scholarships The Critical Languages Scholarships for Intensive Summer Institutes (CLS) program provides fully-funded seven to ten week group-based intensive language instruction and extensive cultural enrichment experiences held overseas at the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels for U.S. citizen undergraduate, Master’s and Ph.D. students. More information and the online application can be found at: http://www.clscholarship.org/home.php . The national deadline is Nov. 14, 2008. Any application materials received by Dr. Patricia Condon by the campus deadline of Nov. 12, 2008 will be Fed-Ex'd at the expense of the University. Attention Juniors Summer 2009 English Speaking Union (ESU) summer scholarship applications for study in Great Britain are now available; the campus application deadline is Nov.17. The scholarship, open to juniors (junior status now with graduation no earlier than May 2010), provides tuition and room and board for one week in London followed by a three-week summer school program for studies in English literature, creative writing, history, politics and society at Oxford, Cambridge or Edinburgh for the summer of 2009. It is highly suggested that interested students make an appointment with Dr. Patricia Condon at patricia.condon@louisville.edu or call 852-0024. More information and the application forms are available at the Kentucky ESU website. Applications are due in the National Scholarship Office in the Honors House by Monday, Nov. 17. Any student interested in competitive scholarships should contact Dr. Patricia Condon immediately. Her e-mail is patricia.condon@louisville.edu or call 852-1515. 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 groups Honors Program Announcements and HSC Social Projects. HSC Snack Center The fridge and pantry in the Honors House has been restocked and is better than ever! Honors Student Council would like to thank everyone for their support. We hope you all enjoy the items for sale in the house. If you have any suggestions for items to purchase, please contact David Song (ddsong01@louisville.edu), the Honors Student Council Vice President. Please remember to pay for any purchases you make. This helps to ensure that the fridge and pantry remain stocked throughout the year. Thank you once again for your support. HSC Events Dining Club HSC's wants you to join them for dinner for one of their monthly dining club meetings! Join your peers at Havana Rumba Monday, Nov. 3. All interested students should meet outside of Threlkeld Hall at 7:15 p.m. For more information about Havana Rumba please visit http://www.myhavanarumba.com/ HSC's next Dining Club outing will be to The Cheesecake Factory on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Interested students should meet outside of Threlkeld Hall at 8p.m. For more information about The Cheesecake Factory, directions or a menu please visit http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/ Lecture Series from the Honors Student Council (HSC) If your professor had one last chance to address a group of students, what would he or she say? On November 15th, 7:00 p.m. at the Chao Auditorium in Ekstrom Library, come hear Dr. Joe Steffen of the Biology Department in Honors Student Council's Inaugural Last Lecture, "All Who Wander Are Not Lost." Ready, Set, GRE! Review sessions & Practice tests for the GRE, GMAT, and MCAT! HSC is offering Kaplan practice exams for $2 on November 15th at 8:30 a.m. in the Bingham Humanities Building. Students may register by calling 1-800-KAP-TEST or by visiting www.kaptest.com. We will be offering the MCAT in HM 106 and 108, the LSAT in HM 119 and HM 121, and the GMAT in HM 103 and HM 223. For more information please contact John Guardiola at jjguar02@louisville.edu. All proceeds will be used by Honors Student Council to provide more social and academic activities to Honors students. Show your Honors Program Pride in Style! HSC T-Shirts can be purchased from Luke Buckman in the Etscorn 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.” |
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Volume
8, Number 6 University of Louisville ARTS & SCIENCES
November 3, 2008
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4. No classes will be held.
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 October 20, 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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