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Intellectual Omnivores Unite
A student asks:
Dear Sherpa,
I’m in a really tough science class right now. It’s so hard, I’m actually getting a bad grade! That is to say, it’s not an A. Here’s the problem: I have to take the second half of the class next semester, too! It’s a requirement of the program, so I can’t just bail on it if I don’t want to get kicked out. I’m freaking out. I don’t think I can do it. What should I do?
Yours,
Avogadro’s Blunder
Continue reading “Difficult is Doable [Ask the Sherpa]”
“I don’t know what it is, but boy, have you got it.” If that sounds like you, then you might want to be CI staffer.
Is there such thing as a spectator culture? Anyone who’s ever been to a tailgate party can attest: oh yes, there is. But are spectators tied together in more ways than just the thing they… spectate? Is there really a culture behind it? Come find out!
Dennis Kennedy, a distinguished scholar working on performance and cultural studies will be visiting GW. On Monday, November 12, from 1-2 pm, in Rome Hall 771, Dr. Kennedy will be presenting an illustrated lecture on “The Culture of the Spectator.” Continue reading “The Culture of the Spectator [Recommended Event]”
You’ve got until December 3, 2012 to nominate your professors for one of several presitigous teaching awards. UHP Profs have been known to win these awards before (they’re pretty great, NBD). Even if they don’t win, just being nominated means a lot. So show a little love to your fav. profs and nominate!
Continue reading “Nominate Your UHP Prof.”
If you’re an Honors student with privileged registration: tomorrow is your big day! Some UHPers get privileged registration so that they can register for their required Honors courses.
Here are some savory, meaty, beefy tips to help you through: Continue reading “9 Tips for Privileged Registration”
UHP Alum Marni Karlin passed on this great opportunity with her organization, the Organic Trade Association:
Continue reading “Organic Internship with UHP Alum [Internship]”
Prof. Grier (who also happens to be a former director of the UHP) is teaching a course for the UHP this semester and he’s doing something particularly cool: using podcasts to supplement dialogue.
What’s cooler? He posts them on a public site, so you can check them out. I know what you’re thinking, “Why in the world would I listen to a podcast for another class?” Well, here’s why:
Of course, it’s also a great way to check out Prof. Grier’s course if you’re thinking to register for one of his courses in the future. Check out all the podcasts here: http://dando.dagrier.net
The Royal Norwegian Embassy, the Norwegian American organizations of metropolitan Washington and the George Washington University are joining forces to present
An opportunity to hear Irene Levin Berman, Child Holocaust Survivor and Author of “We Are Going to Pick Potatoes”: Norway and the Holocaust, The Untold Story speak.
Continue reading “Norway and the Holocaust – The Untold Story [Events]”
We’re also fans of Halloween! That’s why we had an awesome Halloween Party last Friday. If you weren’t able to make it, check out the pictures of the event.
If you’re itching for a little voting that an absentee ballot didn’t fix, check out this link to look at, and vote for, the best pumpkins!
Vote by liking the pumpkin(s) you like best in the album.
Shameless begging to get your friends to vote for your pic is fine — just make sure they know to “like” the photo in our album (and not accidentally “like” a re-share or re-post. HEY WE DIDN’T MAKE FACEBOOK, WE JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.)
While we’re always a fan of you liking our content (speaking of which, you should like us on facebook to keep getting great updates and important information), votes must be cast by 10am on Monday, November 5th to count. Remember, just like a regular election, if you don’t vote by the time the polls close, your opinion won’t be heard. So vote now!
The winner of this contest doesn’t get to be president, but they do win a prize!
This post is written by Cassandra Good. Cassandra Good graduated from the University Honors Program with a bachelor’s in American Studies in 2004 and with her master’s in American Studies in 2005 through a combined BA/MA program. She interned at the Smithsonian while at GW, then worked there for two years after graduation in new media and research. She received her PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2012 and is now Assistant Editor at the Papers of James Monroe at the University of Mary Washington.
My path at GW, and especially in the UHP, was unusual—but then, part of what’s great about GW is the opportunity to follow the path that works best for you. I arrived planning to major in English, but by my second semester I realized that my real passion for literature was understanding how it reflected and shaped history and culture. I found American Studies, a major I had never even heard of, and dove headlong into courses in that department. So I had two intellectual homes at GW, in townhouses then down the street from each other on G St, at the UHP and American Studies. Continue reading “What's Up Alum?: Cassandra Good”
