Student Spotlight
Cohen Honors Student Max Gosch Records Historical Evidence
Dr. Matt Howland, MA student Doug Kressly, and undergraduate students MJ Jacobs and Max Gosch visited Planeview Park in Southeast Wichita on Tuesday this week for a UAV survey investigating the archaeological remains of the historic neighborhood that once stood on the site. By taking hundreds of aerial photographs and stitching them together into a 3D model, the group was able to record evidence of historic features at the site and supplement the recent cultural resource management survey conducted at the site, directed by Dr. Crystal Dozier, Department of Anthropology.
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Events & Deadlines
Join Honors for a Fall Pause: Cookies and Cocoa | Friday, Oct 27
Take a study break and join us in the Cohen Honors College for some cookies and cocoa. Drop by between 3pm-4pm on Friday, October 27 at the Honors College located in Shocker Hall Building A for a warm beverage and a sweet treat before you head into the weekend. Cookies, cocoa, hot tea, and coffee will be available.
BILL'S Trip - Location Announcement - Applications Open! | Nov 15
We are headed to the Grand Canyon! This year BILL鈥橲 Trip (Building Investment in Lifelong
Leadership & Service) has partnered with Grand Canyon National Park for a week (January 6-13, 2024) of service-learning, exploring stewardship and servant leadership in partnership
with the National Park Service. Named in honor of Bill Cohen, Bill鈥檚 Trip is an academic
service-learning experience in which students travel to a selected National Park Service
unit and spend the week serving and learning about the National Parks. Students will
enroll in HNRS398J-Leading Through Serving (1 credit or 3 credit option). All student
travel is funded through a generous gift in honor of Bill Cohen. Students will only
be responsible for course tuition. We have also expanded our capacity for this program
and are excited to have space for even more awesome Honors students!
Applications are currently open and due Wednesday, November 15.
For more information and to access the online application please visit .
For questions, please reach out to Dr. Chelsea Redger-Marquardt (chelsea.redger@wichita.edu), faculty director and Assistant Dean
Interest in Seeing the Film "Killers of the Flower Moon"? | Nov 15
The Cohen Honors College is sponsoring a film screening of the film 鈥淜illers of the
Flower Moon鈥� for Native American Heritage month in November.
鈥淎t the turn of the 20th century, oil brought a fortune to the Osage Nation, who became
some of the richest people in the world overnight. The wealth of these Native Americans
immediately attracted white interlopers, who manipulated, extorted and stole as much
Osage money as they could before resorting to murder. Based on a true story and told
through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle
(Lily Gladstone), 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon鈥� is an epic western crime saga, where
real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal. Also starring Robert De Niro and
Jesse Plemons, 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon鈥� is directed by Academy Award winner Martin
Scorsese from a screenplay by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, based on David Grann鈥檚
bestselling book.鈥� 鈥� description taken from AppleTV+
Let us know if you are interested so we can plan the size of the theatre!
Paraguay Honors Service-Learning Study Abroad Program | Nov 17
Come study abroad in Asuncion, Paraguay with other Honors Students and WSU faculty!
Students will have the chance to learn about Paraguayan Culture and South American
Culture through observation.
The application deadline is November 17, 2023.
Honors Education At Research Universities Conference CFP | Dec 1
The Honors Education at Research Universities (HERU) conference 鈥淒ialogue, Debate,
and Discourse: Having the Hard Conversations鈥� takes place at the University of Kentucky May 20-22, 2024.
Proposals for papers and panels due December 1
Decisions will be made by mid-January 2024
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Consider topics such as the following:
- Admissions and recruitment
- Assessment
- High impact practices: research, internships, pedagogies, experiential learning, community engagement
- Student engagement: mental health, well-being, residence life, belonging (co-curricular education)
- Philanthropy, development, fundraising, engaging foundations and boards
- Administrative leadership
- Advising: retention, best practices, strategies
- Dialogue: having hard conversations
Spring 0f 2024 Honors Classes
Check out the upcoming courses for the Spring Semester!
History Beyond the Headlines | HNRS 305N | CRN 24218
When: Wednesday 12:30-1:45
Who: Keith Pickus
This course provides students an opportunity to study the historical context of contemporary
events around the world. This subject matter is derived completely from current online
news sources. Dive deeper into these stories and develop an understanding of both
historical and current events.
Survey of Leadership | HNRS 351 | CRN 23723
When: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00-3:15
Who: Dr. Chelsea Redger-Marquardt
The main leadership theories and a history of leadership thought are presented, leadership
perspectives are debated, and examples of leadership in various contexts are discussed.
After completing the seminar students should be able to recognize the main leadership
theories, identify different leadership perspectives, recognize applications of leadership,
and understand the benefits and challenges of leadership.
Earlier This Week
A Sunrise at Sunset Point | Martin Ratcliffe
Honors professor Martin Ratcliffe captured a magnificent photograph of this week鈥檚 annular eclipse that was featured as the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day on Thursday. Click here for the
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Poem of the Week | Neighbors in October by
O hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;
Tomorrow鈥檚 wind, if it be wild,
Should waste them all.
The crows above the forest call;
Tomorrow they may form and go.
O hushed October morning mild,
Begin the hours of this day slow鈥�
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