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Advising begins Monday, Sept. 22

Honors Students enjoy dinner at Masterson's Restaurant during this falls Honors Scholars Banquet. HONORS CALENDAR Sept. 22 Honors advising appointments begin Sept. 23 HSC sweet tooth outing at Dairy Kastle, meet outside of Threlkeld Hall, 8 p.m. Sept. 26-27 Kentucky Honors Roundtable Fulbright Session with Faculty, Ekstrom Library 254, 2-5p.m. Sept. 30 Honors Student Council (HSC) Lecture Series, Stu Pollard, Hollywood filmmaker, Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 HSC Lecture Series, Dr. J. Richard Gott, Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University, Etscorn Honors Center Classroom, 7p.m. Oct. 6 HSC Dining Club at Kashmir Restaurant, meet outside of Threlkeld Hall, 7:15 p.m. 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. Slam poetry has been alternatively praised as a vital, democratic form of poetry and, in the words of Harold Bloom, condemned as “the death of art.” Despite its controversial status in the academy, its popularity has spread from its emergence in Chicago in the mid-1980s to films, a series on HBO, and nation-wide competitions. The Axton series is pleased to present University of Louisville’s first community-focused slam event, hosted and accompanied with a reading by NEA-recognized slam and page poet Jeffrey McDaniel, who currently teaches at Sarah Lawrence and is the author of three books of poetry, Alibi School, The Forgiveness Parade, and The Splinter Factory. Judges will include Pat Lawler, a former Axton reader, as well as other poets to be announced. McDaniel Reading: Oct. 2, 7:30p.m., Bingham Poetry Room (Ekstrom Library, Belknap Campus) 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, Oct. 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 The Salvation Army Wants You...To Volunteer HVP will be volunteering at the Salvation Army on Friday, Oct. 3. Please meet at the SAC circle at 3:30 p.m. to participate. Banned Books Week. I dare you to read. Volunteers readers are wanted to do 15-minute readings from some of their favorite banned works.The event will take place at Ekstrom Library from Sept. 29 - Oct. 3 from 11a.m.-1p.m. each day.Interested students should contact Terri Holtze at 852-4477. 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. Operation Smile Recently senior honors student Elizabeth Self created a Kentucky chapter of a charity called Operation Smile. This charity raises money for craniofacial surgeries (especially cleft lip/palate surgeries) for children in third world countries. Many times the surgeries are vital and there is no way that the parents of these children can afford the expense. The people in the countries Operation Smile goes to have hardly any money or possessions. In the case of the cleft lip/palate, many of these children never learn how to speak and have extreme difficulty swallowing without choking. In many of the other situations, the children have been ostracized and are unable to get an education. They are often not even treated like human beings. Operation smile can perform one surgery for only $240. The money pays only for the materials needed for the surgeries. All of the physicians that perform the surgeries volunteer their time and skills and take no commission. If you are interested in volunteering with this charity please contact Elizabeth Self at emself01@louisville.edu. Love Science? We do! Volunteer at Edison House. If you are interested in History, Science or Communication, or all of the above we would love for you to join our team. We are looking for volunteer docents to help us share the incredible story of Thomas Edison's life and work. Located in the thriving Butchertown neighborhood, Thomas Edison House is the only site in Kentucky devoted to the inventor. No prior experience is necessary but you must be comfortable working with the public, especially children. For more information contact Kristen Lutes, Executive Director, at (502) 585- 5247 or edisonhouse@historichomes.org	If there are corrections or omissions, e-mail honors@louisville.edu to update information. Advising Sign-ups Time to plan for spring 2009 courses Advising appointments will begin Today, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. If you have yet to secure an appointment, you need to log on to the AdvisorTrac website and sign up for an appointment. If you are have difficulty logging in please stop by the Etscorn Honors Center as soon as possible to schedule your appointment with Dr. Richardson, Melissa Stordeur, Luke Buckman or Tony Robinson. Who needs to see an Honors advisor? If you are an A&S major who has less than 30 hours; if you wish to take an Honors course, regardless of the school or college you are enrolled in; or just want guidance about your collegiate career, you'll want to stop by for an appointment. Appointments generally take 30 minutes. Important: non-A&S majors will also need to make advising appointments with their home colleges (Business, Education, Nursing, Music, Speed, Dental Hygiene). Make sure you review the schedule of courses for spring 2009 before you come to your appointment. As descriptions become available for spring Honors courses, they will be made available on our website. By reviewing these websites, you will help make the most of your time with your advisor. *Priority registration is scheduled for Oct. 27, 2008.* 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. insite. By reviewing these websites, you will help make the most of your time with your advisor. 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. Kentucky Academy of Science The Kentucky Academy of Science 2008 Annual Meeting that will be held on Oct. 31- Nov. 1 2008 at the University of Kentucky is requesting research presentors to present on Nov. 1. Interested students should submit abstracts by Sept. 30 and pre-registration is on Oct. 8. For more information visit: http://www.kyacademyofscience.org/content/information.php Students in the South Asian Culture and Society seminar try Indian foods at Kashmir's Restaurant in order to prepare for thier end of the semester trip to India. 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. Career Center Corner Volunteer to be a UofL Career Peer Leader Are you an Arts & Sciences student looking to gain some excellent volunteer experience on campus this year? Do you need to build your marketable skills and enhance your resume with professional development opportunities like this? The Career Development Center at UofL is looking for a few undergraduate student volunteers. Volunteer Career Peer Leader's will work individually and as part of a team, building skills in communication, organization, planning, and promotion. To find out more information or to apply you must register and log-in to Symplicity then click on "jobs/CSM jobs," select "volunteer" from the "Position Type" drop down menu, and click on the job title "Volunteer Career Peer Leader." 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.	Honors Student Joseph Kerns, poses in front of the Plaza Mayor of Salamanca in Spain where he is currently studying abroad. Salamanca is a college town in Spain, home to the University of Salamanca, the oldest university in Spain, where I am studying. Salamanca is in eastern Spain close to Spain's border with Portugal. Perhaps the greatest image of the city is that of the Plaza Mayor, the largest plaza in Spain and one of the largest plazas in all of Europe. Upcoming Deadlines SCHOLARSHIPS and FELLOWSHIPS Watch this spot for campus and national deadlines Japanese Exchange Teaching (JET) Program Please check their website in September Gilman Study Abroad Scholarship, Oct. 7, 2008 (Sophomores to seniors with Pell Grants) See also language initiative. Rhodes Scholarship, Oct. 6, 2008* (Outstanding scholars attend two years at Oxford) Marshall Scholarship, Oct. 2, 2008* (Two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom or Ireland) George-Mitchell Scholarship, Oct. 6, 2008* (A year of graduate study at one of nine universities in Ireland) 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)) Fulbright Workshops: Sept. 26, from 2-5 p.m. in Ekstrom Library 254; session with faculty Oct. 3-4; Fulbright candidate interviews Oct. 20; Fulbright national deadline Interested students can log in as UofL students on the Fulbright website and receive more extensive access. 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) 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 Dining Club HSC's wants you to join them for dessert for their monthly sweet tooth outing! Join your peers at Dairy Kastle this Tuesday, Sept. 23. All interested students should meet outside of Threlkeld Hall at 8 p.m. For more information about Dairy Kastle please visit http://dairykastle.com/index2.html 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/ Lecture Series from HSC HSC will kick off its 2008-2009 Lecture Series with Dr. J. Richard Gott, Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University, and Stu Pollard, Hollywood Writer, Director and Producer. Gott is a leading cosmologist and author with a particular interest in astronomy, gravity and time travel. In 2001 his book, Time Travel in Einstein's Universe was published by Houghton Mifflin and is an excellent read for even the less science savvy. Pollard is a Louisville native and business major from Georgetown University.His feature film debut, "Nice Guys Sleep Alone" was set here in Louisville. On Tuesday, Sept. 30, he will be speaking about what goes on behind the scenes of film making. The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the location is the Chao Auditorium in Ekstrom Library. For a photograph and lots of biographical information, click here. Documentary Film Series from HSC This is a new initiative, a Documentary sponsored by HSC will be shown at the Floyd the first Thursday of every month.The next film in the series in Standard Operating Proceedure directed by Errol Morris. This documentary explores the abuse of suspected terrorists at Abu Ghraib prison. 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.” Employment Opportunities Kaplan Part-time teacher Kaplan test services is looking for part-time teachers. If you scored in the 90% on any standardized test Kaplan would like you to apply now to become a part of the Kaplan team! 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