Events & Deadlines
Donuts, Coffee, and Kudos!
Graduates! Come celebrate your accomplishments at this end of the year event.
RSVP using the QR code above, or by filling out this . Deadline to RSVP is May 1st.
Event location has been changed to the RSC Harvest Room 142.
Register for the Tilford Symposium Celebration on April 25-26
Dr. Michael Tilford served 红领巾瓜报 in various capacities including Graduate School dean in 1988 and Associate VP for Academic Affairs in 1994. More importantly, he was a champion for diversity in education throughout the state of Kansas. Therefore, we invite you to help us celebrate the legacy of Dr. Tilford on April 25 and 26 in Hughes Metropolitan Complex. Click the link below for details and to register:
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We are Hiring - FWS Student Assistant!
Are you interested in becoming more involved in the Honors College and gain more experience? Apply to be a student assistant!
Student Job Title: Honors Office Assistant
The Cohen Honors College is seeking an Office Assistant who will staff the main reception desk and provide general office support. Office assistants are official greeters who assist students, staff and faculty to use the resources of the Cohen Honors College and the Dean鈥檚 office. They assist with event planning, recruitment, and scheduling advising appointments as needed. The assistant must have strong oral and written communication skills and exercise discretionary judgement regarding student information and executive-level communication.
Email your resume to honors@wichita.edu
Deadline to apply is Monday, April 24, 2023
Apply to the 8th Annual National Society for Minorities in Honors - The University of Arkansas
The Honors College at the University of Arkansas invites you to the 8th Annual National Society for Minorities in Honors Conference, which will take place on the University of Arkansas campus between October 25-27, 2023.
Why Honors?
The value of an honors education for students from underrepresented backgrounds
We are accepting proposals that address how we demystify the honors experience for students and how we can communicate or reassess the value of an honors education for students from diverse backgrounds and interests. We also welcome proposals of general interest to the NSFMIH community. Honors administrators, educators and students are invited to submit proposals.
Learn more about the .
. The deadline for submissions is April 28, 2023.
News & Information
College General Assembly - Dean's Message
The Honors College General Assembly occured last week on April 14. Thanks to the success of the event, the Dean of the Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College, Kimberly Engber, wrote a message.
Click here to read the full message
Lead for Tomorrow - Reunion Breakfast
This past week, past Leadership Academy students joined the current cohort class to share about their experience, development of thought, and to help students prepare for the Place as Text travel seminar heading to Portland, Maine in May 2023. The Lead for Tomorrow Cohen Honors Leadership Academy is part of the original Cohen gift and strives to be a curricular program that engages students in contemporary research and scholarship based on an annual theme, question, or issue. This year鈥檚 theme 鈥淐onnected Leadership: Building a Community of Leaders鈥� explores the connections of people, systems, and processes that leadership in action navigate. Students are paired with community partners and engaged in interdisciplinary problem solving leveraging Design Thinking approaches is providing recommendations for real challenges provided by our partners. To lean more about Lead for Tomorrow please visit: wichita.edu/honorslead.
Past Academy themes include:
2021- The Stories We Weave: Understanding Culture and Community Through Visual and Verbal Stories (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
2022- Building Better Relationships: Communication, Comprehension, Collaboration, and Connection (Seattle, Washington)
Honors Student, Brynna Mays, Featured in The Sunflower
Come Watch the RC Plane Air Show on April 23!
Honors Advising Reminders
Visit for links and information. Email honors@wichita.edu or stop by the front desk with quick questions.
To schedule an advising appointment (In-person or virtual)
- For general Honors advising, current students can through the Navigate system.
- For Honors Leadership track advising, contact Dr. Chelsea Redger-Marquardt at Chelsea.Redger@wichita.edu
- Students exploring 红领巾瓜报 and Honors (prospective students) can email honors@wichita.edu.
Contact Us
Click here to see Honors staff and how we can help:
wichita.edu/honorsstaff
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Honors Calendar