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

Be advised, priority registration is on Oct. 27

Honors Student Whitney Goldsberry presented research on FXIII Activation Peptides at KHR Saturday, Sept. 27, here on U of L's campus. HONORS CALENDAR Oct. 6 HSC Dining Club at Kashmir Restaurant, meet outside of Threlkeld Hall, 7:15 p.m. Oct. 7 Fall Graduation Fair, Red Barn, Noon- 6 p.m. Oct. 8 Fall Graduation Fair, Red Barn, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Oct. 17 Halloween at the zoo Oct. 18 Colorfest, Bernheim Forest, TBA Oct. 21 HSC desert outing at Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen, meet outside of Threlkeld Hall, 7:45 p.m. Oct. 23-24 Walk-in Advising begins Oct. 27 Priority Registration begins Oct. 31 HSC sponsored Halloween party, Overseers Honors House , 11:00 a.m.- 1p.m. Fall Graduation Fair The Fall Graduation Fair will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 7 from noon until 6:00 p.m. and on Wednesday, Oct. 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Red Barn. The graduation fair is designed to make the transition from student to alumnus as simple as possible. Your attendance is encouraged. Graduation photos will be made at the Grad Fair. Make your photo appointment today. A proof will be mailed to your address with information and pricing should you wish to place an order. Go to www.louisville.edu/commencement from the left hand menu select Information under Fall Graduation Fair, click on photo near the bottom of the page to make your appointment. Anne and William Axton Reading Series The 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. Junot Díaz’s books are the 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and the critically acclaimed story collection Drown. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Story, The Paris Review and Best American Short Stories, and he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lila Acheson Wallace Readers Digest Award, the 2002 Pen/Malamud Award, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters’Rome Prize. He won the 2007 Sargant First Novel Prize and teaches creative writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Reading: Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m., Chao Auditorium (Ekstrom Library, Belknap Campus) Master Class: Friday, Oct. 24 at10 a.m.-noon, Humanities 300 HVP student volunteers took time out to serve a warm, delecious meal at the Salvation Army. 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. 2, 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 Halloween at the Zoo Just a reminder to volunteers interested in participating in Halloween at the Zoo on Oct. 17 that the meeting time and details for this event will be discussed at the next HVP meeting so be sure to attend.	If there are corrections or omissions, e-mail honors@louisville.edu to update information. HONORS ADVISING CONTINUES Walk-in Advising Begins Oct. 23 If you haven't signed up for an advising appointment via AdvisorTrac, please come in on Oct. 23 and 24 for walk-in advising. Honors priority registration begins Oct. 27. Honors spring course schedules are available online. Please come prepared and on time to appointments. Registration in each Honors course requires prior approval from the Honors director or an academic counselor. All students with fewer than 24 hours must see a University Honors academic counselor to register for any classes. 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 Got Research? Undergraduate Research Opportunities Present Your Research in Frankfort at the Annual Posters-at-the-Capitol U of L undergraduate researchers are sought to present research papers to Kentucky legislators at Posters-at-the-Capitol 2009 held in the state capitol building in Frankfort on Feb. 5, 2009, during the legislative session. Research, scholarly and creative accomplishments provide legislators a chance to better understand the importance of faculty-mentored undergraduate scholarship. Poster presentations are being sought from undergraduates in ALL DISCIPLINARY AREAS! Online information is available at Posters-at-the-Capitol 2008. The abstract submission deadline is Oct. 22, 2008. Please call (270) 809-3192 or e-mail ursa@murrystate.edu with questions. 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 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. REMINDER Keep Our Classrooms Clean! 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.	Dr. J. Richard Gott, Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University, spoke about space colonization during HSC's Wed. Oct. 1lecture. Upcoming Deadlines SCHOLARSHIPS and FELLOWSHIPS Watch this spot for campus and national deadlines Gilman Study Abroad Scholarship, Oct. 7, 2008 (Sophomores to seniors with Pell Grants) See also language initiative. Gates-Cambridge , Oct. 15, 2008* (Outstanding scholars study at Cambridge) Freeman-Asia Scholarship , Oct. 15, 2008 (Study in Asia in spring semester) Fulbright Scholarships, Oct. 20, 2008 (candidates must exhibit both financial and academic merit to study in Asia)) Any student interested in graduate study in the UK by means of the Rhodes or a similarly competitive scholarship should contact Dr. Patricia Condon immediately. Her e-mail is patricia.condon@louisville.edu or call 852-1515. HONORS STUDENT COUNCIL (HSC) Serving You in 2008-2009 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 Events Dining Club HSC's next Dining Club outing will be to Kashmir Restaurant on Monday, Oct. 6. Interested students should meet outside of Threlkeld Hall at 7:15 p.m. For more information about Kashmir Restaurant, directions or a menu please visit http://www.kashmirlouisville.com/ HSC's wants you to join them for dessert for their monthly sweet tooth outing! Join your peers at Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen Tuesday, Oct. 21. All interested students should meet outside of Threlkeld Hall at 7:45 p.m. For more information about Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen please visit http://www.piekitchen.com/ Colorfest 2008 Join HSC in enjoying the fall beauty of Bernheim Forest during Colorfest 2008. There will be a wide variety of activities and hiking during this fall festival.Embrace this beautiful opportunity for exercise and socializing on Oct. 18; time to be announced. Happy Halloween Honors HSC is hosting a Halloween party for all interested souls on Halloween Day, Oct. 31, in the Honors House, from 11:00 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! Student packed into the Etscorn classroon to hear Dr. Gott in the HSC lecture series. Be sure to support HSC and HVP activities because these programs are for you! 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.”