University Honors Program Blog
Intellectual Omnivores Unite
Interested to know more about Professor David Alan Grier’s “How We Now Think” course? Check out this video he made giving a quick introduction to his brand new Self and Society course! HONR 2048.12 meets Wednesdays from 3:30 to 6. Check it out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNTNzmoQtv8&feature=youtu.be
P.S. 10 points to anyone who can identify the Victorian novel being parodied by the course’s title!
Are you worried about graduation requirements? Not sure what an honors thesis is all about?
Are you a Business student who’s a little anxious about trying to fulfill your GWSB, required minor, and UHP requirements?
We’ve got good news! The Honors Program satisfies GWSB’s minor requirement for BBA students entering Fall 2014 or later.
Are you a SEAS student who’s a little anxious about trying to fit Honors requirements into your somewhat rigid curriculum?
We’ve got good news! The Honors program will now allow PHIL 2135 (Ethics in Business and the Professions) to fulfill your HONR 2054 Arts and Humanities requirement. **Please note this substitution will only be granted for biomedical, electrical, mechanical, and computer engineering students.**
Do you study European Studies, Cultural Studies, History, International Relations, Interdisciplinary Studies, Law (International Law, European Law, Comparative Law, Arbitration), Political Science, Economics, or German? The University of Vienna is offering its Annual Summer Program to all GW students, and especially those with interests in any of the fields above.
This four week long program offers classes in European Studies in the morning (focusing on the emerging New Europe), in addition to extensive opportunities to study German in the afternoon. The campus is located on the shores of one of Austria’s most scene lakes, Lake Wolfgang, in the picturesque Salzkammergut region. Students will have ample opportunities to explore the surrounding region and experience Austrian culture.
Applications are being accepted for this program until April 30th. Partial scholarships will be awarded to those with outstanding academic standing and demonstration of financial need, the deadline for that application is March 21st.
For more information, visit the programs website: www.univie.ac.at/sommerhochschule or if you have any additional questions or requests, email the Program Coordinator Ms. Nina Gruber at sommerhochschule@univie.ac.at.
This weekend, UHP Sophomore Amelia Speight makes her directorial debut with Generic Theatre Company’s Production of Proof by David Auburn!! Covering the often-walked line of genius and insanity, this play is sure to be thought-provoking to any honors student.
The play focuses on a young woman named Catherine, who has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, Robert. When he dies she has more than grief to deal with: there’s her estranged sister, Claire, and Hal, a former student of her father’s who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that Robert left behind. And a further problem: how much of her father’s madness or genius will Catherine inherit?
The show is this weekend in the Lisner Downstage. Come out and support GW’s student theatre community and a fellow honors student! Show times are: Thursday, March 19 at 8 PM, Friday, March 20 at 7 PM & 10 PM, and Saturday, March 21 at 7 PM & 10 PM. Tickets are $5, cash or credit and are available for presale Tuesday, March 17th and Wednesday, March 18th from 4-6 in the Marvin Center, across from the first floor elevators.
Can’t wait to see you there!
Commencement Fair 2015
Tuesday, March 24–Saturday, March 28
Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday: 12-4 p.m.
GW Campus Store, Marvin Center Lower Level
Visit the fair and take care of all of your Commencement needs. Purchase caps/gowns and diploma frames. Save on the shipping and handling charges on diploma frame purchases the week of the fair only. Pre-order personalized announcements and class rings; pose for your Cherry Tree Yearbook portrait (undergraduates only); make your Senior Class Gift; learn more about the GW Alumni Association; Grad Week; Green Graduation Pledge/Green Move-out; Center for Career Services programs; and enter daily drawings to win cap/gown, a diploma frame and other great prizes! For more information, visit commencement.gwu.edu.
FB CF Flyer Final 3.11.15
Fall registration is just around the corner! Please pay close attention to the following registration guidelines! Registration begins each day at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 8:00 p.m.
Fall 2015 Early Registration Schedule
***Tuesday, March 24: Honors rising Sophomores (Privileged Registration)
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March 25
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Wednesday
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90 or more hours (credits) earned
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March 26
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Thursday
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70 or more hours (credits) earned
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March 27
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Friday
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50 or more hours (credits) earned
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March 30
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Monday
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30 or more hours (credits) earned
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March 31
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Tuesday
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0 or more hours (credits) earned
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Advising Hold Removal Schedule
While all honors students are encouraged to see a Honors Program Officer before registration, Columbian College students who have not declared a major may meet with one of the Program Officers in order to remove your advising hold BEFORE registration. Make sure you are prepared with a tentative course schedule using the Fall 2015 Schedule of Classes and Honors course offerings. As new course information and revisions become available we will update the website. Please re-check the information on the Schedule of Classes and the Honors site before you register to ensure that you’re up-to-date!
Please use our wide selection of dates to your advantage – plan on meeting with an advisor at a time that is most practical given your registration date. Students may discuss registration and remove advising hold by one of the following options:
Attention ALL Students: Urgent Hold Information
Check your record via GWeb regarding holds prior to your scheduled registration time. Any hold on your account will prevent access to registration. Elliott, Business, and Engineering School students should meet with their school advisors for hold removal, if they have holds, and for registration advising, but are always welcome to Honors advising about their course selection!
Course Descriptions
Please find the Fall 2015 UHP Course Descriptions here. Please note that we are still working with the Scheduling Office to work out a couple of glitches with the schedule of classes, so you will notice that a couple of CRNs are listed as TBD. As soon as those courses are finalized, we will update the document with CRNs.
Get your CCAS advising holds removed and eat for free. Catherine and Mary can remove advising holds for CCAS students, and are also available to give anyone advice and scheduling help.
If you’re a CCAS student planning to get your advising hold removed by Catherine or Mary, you’ll need to fill out an Advisor Approval Form. Stop by the Club Room on Foggy Bottom during any of the following times:
Take a break from the weekly routine and do something good for yourself! On Saturday, March 21st from 10AM-12PM there will be a 5K run/walk at the Mount Vernon campus. For those interested in participating, you can do so at this link: http://FLY5k.eventbrite.com
For more information, contact the Mount Vernon Events Services: mvevents@gwu.edu (202-242-5117)
