Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College Weekly Update

Honors Community News

Attend the Civic Engagement Seminar featuring Mayor Brandon Whipple and hosted by HCSC

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From the Dean: Spring Forward

Spring is the semester of engagement in Honors. Attend a campus event to broaden your perspective and engage in dialogue with students, faculty, and community members. The February 13th Civic Engagement dialogue hosted by the Honors Student Council with special guest Mayor Brandon Whipple 4-5pm in RSC 262 is a great place to start conversation. The Tilford Symposium on February 27th and 28th engages the WSU campus, private industry and non-profit organizations to promote the legacy of equity, diversity and inclusion in our community. 

Find volunteer opportunities organized by , the Honors student organization, or check the 耻苍颈惫别谤蝉颈迟测鈥檚  platform. Work toward earning recognition for your service with Honors Community Engagement award. Above all, keep dreaming of the world ahead of you and moving confidently in that direction. As American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau reminds us, 鈥渙ur truest life is when we are in dreams awake.鈥

Happy springing forward into February!

Remember you can stop by Shocker Hall anytime for study space or an advising conversation. Email honors@wichita.edu with ideas, questions, or concerns.

 

Apply for the Outstanding Cohen Honors Student Award 2020 by Feb 11th

adThe Outstanding Cohen Honors Student Award recognizes a high-achieving senior leader who takes on challenges and demonstrates commitment to academic excellence in Honors. Awards are presented each year at the spring Senior Honors Banquet. For more information, visit the Current Students section of the Honors webpage and click on Outstanding Honors Student Award. Applications are due by February 11th. 

 

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Graduating Senior who has completed at least 90 credit hours by the end of the summer prior to award being selected
  • Active standing in Honors  

 

Campus News

Students are invited to participate in new logo design

WIFA logo competition

WSU students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the competition for a new logo for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism鈥檚 popular (and now renamed) Walk-In Fishing Access program or WIFA. This program provides fishing access to private lands on thousands of acres of Kansas waters. The logo competition runs from now until Sunday, March 1.

The designer who wins will receive $2,500. Entries must be submitted at . Only original artwork will be considered, copyrighted images may not be used. Only Electronic submissions will be accepted.

Entries must be submitted in black and white. A color version of the logo may be submitted in addition to the black and white logo.

Participants must be at least 18 years of age by March 1, to participate. To learn more about this program and contest rules, go to .

 

Ulrich Museum's free film series resumed downtown today

Ulrich Film Series Feb. 7, 2020

The Ulrich Museum of Art鈥檚 free film series resumes downtown at 6 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 7) at mamafilm at The LUX, 120 E. 1st Street North, with films examining technology out of control. Admission is free.

Emotions Go to Work: The Film Series, is co-curated by Zoe Beloff and Rebecca Cleman. The theme is 鈥淚t鈥檚 Gonna Blow 鈥 Gadgets Go Mad.鈥 This group of films focuses on the home and household gadgets gone wild.

 

Kick off Black History Month with art that will touch your heart

Celebrate black art Feb. 2020

Join us at 6:30 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 7) for the 9th Annual Art That Touches Your Heart (ATTYH) at the Cadman Art Gallery in the Rhatigan Student Center. This is a two-day art experience you don't want to miss.

ATTYH celebrates black art while informing and educating the attendees on the history and traditions of black art and culture, while presenting and celebrating local and global artists. Many times the black experience is seen as a monolith, but this art show exemplifies the beauty and the differences in blackness through artistic expression.

Black art has always been around us and we are proud to kick off Black History month with art that truly touches your heart! This event is free and open to the public; however, vendors and artists will have items available for purchase. You are encouraged to support black art, especially in the local community. Learn more at wichita.edu/attyh. This event is co-sponsored by the Art That Touches Your Heart Foundation, ODI, Cadman Art Gallery, Wichita Chapter of The Links Inc., and Wichita Public Schools.

 

Honors Office News

Advising Appointment protocol 

To schedule an Honors Advising Appointment email Honors@wichita.edu or Jessica.Raburn@wichita.edu. If you happen to be in the Honors College or nearby when a question occurs to you, please feel free to stop by to see if the Honors Academic Advisor can visit with you immediately.  

-Jessica Raburn, Assistant Director and Academic Advisor

 

Dean Engber's open office hours -for students

Wednesdays 3-4:30 p.m.

Shocker Hall RA-A118