The following post is written by UHP freshman, SPA member, and West Hall resident Dan Grover. —-
One of the biggest challenges about the college process isn’t the applications, it isn’t the essays, or even getting in. It’s figuring out where to go. Hopefully, by reading this, you’ve already settled on GW, (but just in case you haven’t, totally come to GW). Once I’d finally made that choice and let some relief settle in, I was confronted by an even tougher decision: do I choose to live in Honors Housing?
I’m sure I had some of the same fears that you prospective students are having now; will all of my friends be only Honors kids, will I make no friends outside of West Hall, will I be sad all the time on the Vern and so on. After much agonizing, I bit the bullet and went through with Honors Housing.
I don’t regret it for a moment. Continue reading “What It's Like To Live In West Hall [Honors Housing]”
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Last Call for Honors Contract [Deadline]
If you’re taking a contract course, make sure to get your Honors Contract complete.
This line is where the jokes normally go, but the deadline is this Friday! Ain’t nobody got time for that. Hurry up and get your contract submitted.
How do you know if you need to complete an Honors Contract? Keep reading to find out.
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Lunch w/ the Director of the UHP is Full!
Our Lunch with the Director Friday, February 1st, 2013 at 12pm in the UHP Club Room at 714 21st St. is completely booked! There’ll be another later this semester (and you can always join us at our brown-bag lunches for a casual bring-your-own-lunch event with faculty and staff).
In the meantime, you can check for open spots if anyone has cancelled!
Taking a Contract Course? [Deadline]
If you’re taking a contract course, make sure to get your Honors Contract complete.
It may not be as exciting as signing the “Fun Contract” with the Cat in the Hat. But it should be considerably less terrifying than having to interact with a furry Mike Myers in some kind of nightmare cat costume. So it’s a tradeoff, we guess.
How do you know if you need to complete an Honors Contract? Keep reading to find out.
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Lunch w/ the Director of the UHP
Hey Honors students: got questions, concerns, or great ideas for the Honors Program? Then sign up to have lunch with Maria Frawley, Executive Director of the University Honors Program. We’ll bring the food, you bring your good ideas.
Seats are limited for this event on Friday, February 1st, 2013 at 12pm in the UHP Club Room at 714 21st St.
Sign up now to reserve your spot!
Do I need an Honors Contract?
If you’re taking a contract course, make sure to get your Honors Contract complete.
Don’t worry, the Honors Contract doesn’t have any crazy “no brown M&M” clauses like Van Halen’s famously did.
How do you know if you need to complete an Honors Contract? Keep reading to find out.
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Online Course Evaluations = Save the Planet
If you don’t complete your online course evaluations for your Honors courses, we’ll have to switch back to paper evals. Paper comes from trees. Don’t make us waste all that paper and kill the planet, please. We never get to have nice things and we really want to have a nice planet, just this once.
You have until Wednesday, December 12th to complete your online course evaluations. You can do them here: http://my.gwu.edu/mod/evaluations
If you loved your class, or hated it, or don’t have strong feelings either way, we need to know! Your anonymous response helps us make sure the UHP is on track and it’s an important part of professor evaluation for faculty contract renewals.
THE FATES OF THE PLANET, THE UHP, AND OUR FACULTY ARE IN YOUR HANDS. NO PRESSURE, GUYS. NO PRESSURE.
For real, it takes five to fifteen minutes: http://my.gwu.edu/mod/evaluations
Education Internship Position!
Interested in education? Want to help people learn? Think reading is a valuable skill for future generations to have? For UHPer’s interested in education or service, this internship puts undergrads in the classroom with at-risk third graders. Starting in October, A Wider Circle will work with public schools in Southeast D.C., helping students to reach proficiency in reading through tutoring.
Third grade is a critical year, marking the transition of a student from learning to read to reading to learn. Too often, students who test below proficiency level in reading at the end of third grade fall further and further behind in subsequent grades; this increases the likelihood for behavioral problems and school dropout. An internship in this new and ambitious program is a hands-on, meaningful, and challenging opportunity for those interested in helping underserved students to grow and succeed.
For more information, please contact Dr. Anne Thompson at intern@awidercircle.org.
Do I need an Honors Contract?
If you’re taking a contract course, make sure to get your Honors Contract complete. It takes a little time, so you’d best get started now. It’s our version of the Unbreakable Vow, but not quite as mortally serious.
How do you know if you need to complete an Honors Contract?
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