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

Oct. 18 -- Peace Corps information meeting, Threlkeld 132, 6 p.m.

Rachel Hart gave a presentation at KHR, which was held at Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky. Rachel was one of six students who represented the University of Louisville. HONORS CALENDAR OCT. 18 Peace Corps general information meeting, Threlkeld 132, 6-7 p.m. Study Abroad Fair, Red Barn, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. OCT. 19 University Wide Career Fair, Student Activities Center (SAC) Multipurpose Room, 12:30 p.m.- 4 p.m. OCT. 22 Halloween at the Zoo with HVP, 3-9 p.m. OCT. 23 LeaderShape© Institute information session, Floyd Theater, 1 p.m. OCT. 25 HSC Lecture Series featuring Dr. Mark Blum, "Discerning the Lived Experience of History: Personal Time and Personal Understanding of the Historical Event," Ekstrom Library, rm. 254 (LIC), 4 p.m. HSC Meeting, Overseers Honors House reading room, rm. 103, 6 p.m. OCT. 26 -27 Honors walk-in advising begins at the Etscorn Honors Center OCT. 30 Priority registration begins for Honors students OCT. 31 Halloween party, Overseers Honors House reading room, rm. 103, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The LeaderShape© Institute Are you ready for one of the most dynamic and life changing leadership experiences in the country? The very first ever University of Louisville LeaderShape© Institute is coming May 8 through 13, 2007. LeaderShape© is a six-day intense leadership immersion experience that will take students on a journey in personal and leadership development and potential. Students will learn what it means to "lead with integrity" and will walk away from LeaderShape© with a renewed sense of purpose, passion and a breakthrough in their leadership capacity. Two information sessions will be held for students to hear from past national participants and learn all the details of this institute. Information sessions are: Monday, Oct. 23 at 1:00 p.m. in Floyd Theater Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 5:30 p.m. in Floyd Theater For more information about LeaderShape© visit this link at the Campus Life website or or visit the national site. VOLUNTEER Honors Volunteer Program (HVP) Halloween at the Zoo HVP will be volunteering on Sunday, Oct. 22. Volunteers will need to be available from 3 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. to distribute candy. Please prepare weather appropriate costumes. Snacks and drinks are provided to volunteers. To express interest in participating in this event, or for more information, please e-mail Allie Martin . Those who wish to be notified about events by listserv or would like more information about the posted events; 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. Honors Student Council Next General Meeting The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. in the Honors House reading room (rm. 103). The meeting will last no longer than one hour. If you have any concerns or issues you would like added to the agenda, please e-mail Clare Gervasi Kalb at cfgerv01@louisville.edu. Snacks will be served. HALLOWEEN PARTY HSC is hosting a Halloween party for all interested souls on Halloween Day, Oct. 31, in the Honors House, from 11:30 a..m. to 1 p.m. There will be tasty (and gross) food of all kinds which we have procured from the apothecaries of witches and goblins.... Come in costume to be registered for a door prize! Lecture Series from the Honors Student Council (HSC) HSC’s Lecture Series is going well. There have been three lectures so far, by Dr. Sonya Jones (UK), Dr. Keith Mountain (U of L) and Dr. Frank Nuessel (U of L). The topics have varied widely in an attempt to offer Honors students a short foray into a field of interest that they might not have time to peruse otherwise. Turnout has been good, but can always be improved by your presence. These activities are provided for YOUR intellectual and social life. They only matter if they matter to you. The next lecture is by Dr. Mark Blum of the history department at U of L. Blum will be speaking on Oct. 25 at 4 p.m. about "Discerning the Lived Experience of History: Personal Time and Personal Understanding of the Historical Event.” This lecture will be held in Ekstrom Library, rm. 254 (LIC). Please come, meet faculty up close and informally, talk to other Honors students and think about something with the pleasure that you don't have any homework or expectations attached to it!	If there are corrections or omissions, e-mail honors@louisville.edu to update information. Do you Read The Current? Honors wants your Input! The Current is a valuable resource if you choose to use it. Every two weeks it is e-mailed to you to provide you with useful information including important dates, student activities, research and employment opportunities. It’s also a forum to give voice to your experience in the Honors Program. Please help us to help you by providing your input today! What would you like to read about in The Current? Would you like more student editorials? A comic strip? Or would you like to see a literary corner for book reviews and writing submissions? Please e-mail Nichole Burruss with your suggestions today! Peace Corps General Information Session Life is Calling. How far will you go? If community health, information or environmental technology, business development or international education hold any interest for you, sign up to attend. The Peace Corps' representative from Chicago, Ken Surdin, will meet with Honors students on Wednesday, Oct. 18 from 6 to 7 p.m. in Threlkeld 132 to talk about the Peace Corps and all the different ways it can enhance your life. Got Research? Posters-at-the-Capitol 2007 U of L undergraduate researchers are sought to present research papers to Kentucky legislators at Posters-at-the-Capitol 2007 held in the state capitol building in Frankfort on Feb. 15, 2007, during the legislative session. Research, scholarly and creative accomplishments provide legislators a chance to better understand the importance of faculty-mentored undergraduate scholarship. Online information is available at Posters-at-the-Capitol 2007. The abstract submission deadline is Oct. 25, 2006. Each year 14 U of L undergraduates present in the capitol. Please call (270) 809-3192 or e-mail urse@murrystate.edu with questions. Now Taking Submissions for: Honors Student Council’s New Student Guidebook This is a new initiative from HSC intended to accommodate new students at our school, especially those who may be new to the city of Louisville. This guidebook will be filled with useful indices of items of interest to the (Honors) college student at U of L, including restaurants, music stores, live shows, study spots, parks, outdoor activities, newspapers, festivals, shopping, freebies, TARC schedules and directions to various points of interest, radio stations etc. -- pretty much anything related to what is great about Louisville. The final form of the guidebook is undecided, but we hope to have a community webpage on which anyone can post. If you are a native Louisvillian or an upperclassman with useful advice, tips, cool places to know about, etc., please submit your picks with a paragraph highlighting a store, event, organization or place. Please e-mail submissions to Clare Gervasi Kalb at cfgerv01@louisville.edu. If you don’t want to write a paragraph, just submit a suggestion and contact information. Even the front desk of the Honors Center can be a canvas for artwork! If you have art you'd like us to feature, please send it along to us. Calling all Honors Students! Calling all Honors Students! The Current is now taking art submissions. Art submissions can be of 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@lousiville.edu with questions and submissions. REMINDER Keep Our Classrooms Clean! 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. REMINDER TO FRESHMEN If you are new to U of L, please remember to check your netmail e-mail account. HSC has been having difficulties contacting some of you because we either don't have your school e-mail address or because you are not responding to our e-mails. All Honors correspondence goes through this account and it is very important -- and in fact required -- that you check it. All university-related materials and correspondence will be sent to your netmail account so, unless you have properly routed your e-mail, you will be missing out.	U of L's KHR contingent cools down after square dancing to the complementary bluegrass concert on Oct. 5, the first night of KHR. Kentucky Honors Roundtable (KHR) Our own Honors Program participated in the semi-annual statewide symposium, Kentucky Honors Roundtable. This semester it was held at Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky. Members of the Kentucky Honors Council offer the Roundtable and each participating institution takes its turn hosting the conference on a rotating basis. Other institutions of higher learning who participated included the University of Kentucky, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Western Kentucky University and Eastern Kentucky University. The next conference is scheduled for the spring semester at Western Kentucky University. This fall U of L gave four different presentations and six U of L students participated. These students were Faraz Jeelani, Laura Bishop, Clare Gervasi Kalb, David Soleimani-Meigooni, Rachel Hart and Jennifer Wallin. They were accompanied by Dr. John Richardson and Tony Robinson. Students from all over the state had a chance to meet, exchange ideas and research and visit a new college campus. All of this went a long way to meeting a few of the main goals of the conference, which are fostering social and academic growth among honors students as well as giving different Honors programs a chance to develop relationships and team up. The U of L group had a fabulous time taking in the beauty of Morehead, and in absorbing the ideas and enthusiasm of other groups. Entertainment at dinner was probably the highlight. Morehead State University chose to serenade the attendees with an informative (unexpected, but amazingly fun) bluegrass performance followed by square dancing, in which all attendees participated. It was a great way to meet other students at the Roundtable, and quite a workout! Upcoming Deadlines SCHOLARSHIPS and FELLOWSHIPS Watch this spot for campus and national deadlines National deadlines for: Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, Nov. 1, 2006 (For both grads and post grads) The purpose of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is to provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. The program is established in recognition of the contributions New Americans have made to American life and in gratitude for the opportunities the United States has afforded the donors and their family. Watch for announcements in the Nov. 14 issue of The Current regarding the English-Speaking Union Summer Scholarships to Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh; and the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program (JET). NEW FEATURE: FACE TIME (Facilitating the growth of a cohesive Honors community.) Allison (Allie) Martin a.k.a. Smiles-a-lot Allison Martin, a chemistry and psychology double major with concentrations in biochemistry and natural sciences, has been an active presence in the Honors Program since fall of 2004. Allie thinks the best thing about U of L and Honors is the advisors. “I can talk to anyone of them about anything!” She participates in Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED), Golden Key, NSCS, Honors Student Council (HSC), Honors Volunteer Program (HVP), Society of Undergraduate Chemistry Students (SUCS) and serves as chair of the University of Louisville Dance Marathon. In her free time she enjoys going out…to the mall, to U of L games, to musicals and to eat (especially at Chili’s and Homemade Pie Kitchen). She also participates in U of L club gymnastics, browses MSN Entertainment daily and avidly watches “Desperate Housewives” and “Grey’s Anatomy.” Some things that people do not typically know about Allie are that she likes the country better than the city, thinks salsa and chips are the perfect anytime food and regularly stands on her head in her bedroom. Talk to Allie about food, or shit tzu dogs or “Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry," but be sure to stop and share some face time with her. Chris Heiniger Chris is a freshman with an intended major of economics. He is currently taking Honors Microeconomics and Business Mathematics and next semester will take "Honors World Religions," macroeconomics and political science. Chris considers Ultimate Frisbee as his favorite sport. “I like it,” he says, “because you just get out and play it. All you need is an open space and a Frisbee, and a lot of unlikely people can be really good at it.” So far he says that he has really enjoyed taking Honors classes and meeting new classmates. Chris is also a Grawemeyer Scholar. Grawemeyer Scholars are required to do a research project during their undergraduate career. He says that he is looking forward to exploring the various opportunities for undergraduate research that U of L has to offer. In his free time Chris enjoys basketball and other sports, reading books, cooking and hanging out in the lobby of the Humanities building. Some things that people do not typically know about Chris are that he knows how to juggle and he can not fall asleep while wearing socks. Look out for Chris swinging his key lanyard around campus and stop him to ask him about his research plans or why the end of “The Shawshank Redemption” makes him smile, but be sure to spend some face time with him.