Join us for this lunchtime event on Thursday, April 11th at 1pm in the UHP Clubroom in Foggy Bottom. Prof. Lori Brainard presents on police department use of social media, with the help of her research assistant, UHPer Andrew Beauregard.
Lunch is free, but seats are limited. So sign up now!
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You Can Know What's Going On
Don’t miss out on events and deadlines for the rest of the semester: Use our calendar! It’s online, but thanks to the magic of the Interwebz, you can just add our calendars right into yours!
It’s really easy to do. Just make sure you’re logged into your GWmail account, and then just click this link to add our calendars to yours.
Message From the Director: New Senior Capstone
Dear University Honors Program Students,
A month or so ago I met with a small group of UHP students for one of our semi-regular “lunch with the director” gatherings. Those students were excited when I told them about a new curricular direction for the program, and I hope you all are too. Over the past year the UHP faculty, staff, and I have decided to revamp the capstone course designed for seniors. While we recognize the value of the senior thesis or project as one key component of a capstone experience, we felt for a variety of reasons – some philosophical, some logistical — that our capstone course could and should take a new form and direction.
The new capstone course will continue the ideal of bringing UHP students together during their senior year to reflect on what they learned during their four years at GWU and what direction their future lives and careers might take. Rather than develop a single course on a single, if broad, theme, we will now offer a series of very short courses – month long mini-seminars. You need only register for one such “mini seminar” during your senior year. These mini-seminars will tackle a big theme – an “enduring question” – from whatever disciplinary perspective a faculty member might represent, or from a variety of perspectives that interest seminar participants. One goal is for you to be able to study again with a faculty member who taught you earlier in the program. Another goal is for you to have a more relaxed academic experience –to engage in intellectual discussion without the “carrot or the stick” of grading. The new capstone course will not have any written requirements or tests associated with it. While it will carry one credit, the only expectation will be that you read material assigned and come prepared for a lively, but informal, conversation with each other and with the faculty member. We are choosing themes that are broad enough to interest all of us. This fall the theme will be love; next spring it will be time. This fall, Professors Winstead, Ralkowski, and myself will offer mini-seminars; next spring, Professors Creppell and Christov will offer mini-seminars, and Professors Kung and Aviv will team-teach one. Each will meet only 4 times over the course of a month.
When registration for Fall 2013 courses appear, you will see descriptions for this fall’s offerings, and next fall the descriptions will be available for the spring offerings. We hope you find the new format enticing and that you will look forward to this component of the senior capstone experience with as much enthusiasm as we feel about it. We have a ways to go in developing our ideas between now and next fall, but with Registration Season upon us, we wanted to let you know right away of the coming change.
-Maria Frawley, Director, University Honors Program
Apply for 2013 Research Assistant Opportunity
From climate change to healthcare IT to economics to the use of growth hormones in food to presidents at war, next semester’s research assistant opportunities are great! Don’t miss out!
The deadline to apply is Friday, March 29th, 2013!
Why would you want to be a research assistant? You get an opportunity to do advanced scholarly work, partnering with a research faculty member here at GWU. Pick a topic that’s interesting to you (or go out on a limb and try exploring something completely new!) Some of these can even be complete for credit.
Check out the opportunities for fall 2013, and apply now!
UHP's Relay for Life T-Shirt Decorating [Event]
Are you on the UHP’s Relay for Life team? Want to represent? Have a white t-shirt? Then come to our Relay for Life Team t-shirt decorating party! We’ll be meeting 5 to 7 in the Foggy Bottom Townhouse basement on Thursday, March 28.
Come and hang out with the team and decorate a t-shirt to show off the UHP’s collective swag. Don’t worry about bringing markers, we have ALL the colors. Just bring a white t-shirt (make sure to wash it first) and your lovely selves. Not on the team yet? Don’t worry about it. Come anyway and we can even help you sign up there. Don’t forget your white t-shirt! And don’t forget Relay for Life on April 20!
UHP, Camp Kesem GW, and GW Club Cross Country [Event]
Check out Camp Kesem GW and GW Club Cross Country’s Caterpillar Crawl!
Join UHPers Kimya Forouzan, Brittany Harvey, Sydnee Fielkow, Shailly Gaur and many many others on March 23rd at 10:30 am to kick off cherry blossom season with a Campus Recreation sponsored 6K on the National Mall.
Registration will be $15 and all proceeds will go towards Camp Kesem GW, a free one-week summer camp for the children of cancer patients.
Stop by Kogan Plaza after the race for a barbecue with food and music for all racers and their friends! This 6K also offers points for all Greek organizations and kicks off the Campus Rec Cup – a three part series extending from March to late April.
Come out to support a great cause, see the cherry blossoms, and enjoy some food with your fellow UHPers!
Join UHPers Kimya Forouzan, Brittany Harvey, Sydnee Fielkow, Shailly Gaur and many many others on March 23rd at 10:30 am to kick off cherry blossom season with a Campus Recreation sponsored 6K on the National Mall.
Registration will be $15 and all proceeds will go towards Camp Kesem GW, a free one-week summer camp for the children of cancer patients.
Stop by Kogan Plaza after the race for a barbecue with food and music for all racers and their friends! This 6K also offers points for all Greek organizations and kicks off the Campus Rec Cup – a three part series extending from March to late April.
Come out to support a great cause, see the cherry blossoms, and enjoy some food with your fellow UHPers!
More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/379315022176189/?fref=ts
Lunch with the Director
***UPDATE*** This event is being rescheduled! We’ll let you all know when the new date is set! ***UPDATE***
Maria Frawley, Director of the University Honors Program will meet with students over lunch for a direct conversation about the University Honors Program. Bring your questions, concerns, and great ideas for the program! But sign up fast, because seats are limited!
Lunch with the Director: Tuesday, March 26th at 12pm in Ames 101Q.
Sign up now! (Students only, please.)
Tomorrow: Food for Thought w/ Prof. Sides
Never put off tomorrow what you can do today! Particularly apt in this case, since today’s your last chance to register for this free lunch and lecture with Prof. John Sides!
Food for Thought: The Story of the 2012 Presidential Campaign (in Graphs!)
“Game changer.” We heard it so many times during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. But what actually made a difference—and what was just hype? John Sides will tell the story of the election in just a few graphs — using a “moneyball” approach that gets beyond the anecdote, folklore, and conventional wisdom that often pass for election analysis.
Tuesday, March 19th from 11:30am-12:30pm in Ames 101Q (MVC).
Seats are capped at 15, so register now!
Freshmen: Small Group Advising!
Now that spring break is over, jump back into things by signing up for a freshmen small group! They happen in a hurry, so don’t miss out. Continue reading “Freshmen: Small Group Advising!”
Wait, When Do I Register?
If you’re an Honors student a little confused about when you register, this might help. (Don’t forget to check out the complete registration guide, too!) Continue reading “Wait, When Do I Register?”
