The weekly update for September 15, 2023
Student Spotlight
Jaci Charbonneau
Hometown: Smith Center, KS
Major/Minor: Finance with an emphasis in Real Estate and minoring in Honors with Leadership Focus
Honors Distinction: Honors with Leadership Focus.
Favorite Honors Benefit: Smaller class sizes
Favorite Honors classs: Survey of Leadership. Survey of Leadership teaches different leadership styles, examples in the real world,
and it also had a small classs with a great professor.
Involvement on Campus: Honors Ambassador, Director of Recruitment for the Honors College, and President of
the Barton Business Ambassadors
Fun Fact: I went on vacation to the Dominican Republic this summer with all my immediate family
which included 20 people!
Events & Deadlines
NSF/Goldwater Workshop | Sept 15
Interested in funding your undergraduate or graduate studies in a STEM field? The
WSU Graduate School and McNair Scholars program are offering a workshop to give you
insight into the application processes and timelines for the National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship and the Goldwater Fellowship for undergraduates. Come
prepared to ask questions! Friday, September 15 at 11am in RSC 142.
RSVP by calling 316-978-3139 or email mcnairscholars@wichita.edu!
Honors and CID Faculty & Staff Townhall Meeting | Sept 18
Monday, September 18: 1:00-2:00PM
Criminal Justice Student Association | Sept 20
The Criminal Justice Student Association (CJSA) is a student organization that strives to promote academic awareness of Criminal Justice students, Pre-Law students, and students interested in related academic fields of study; assist in the networking of information related to Criminal Justice career opportunities; organize education experiences (trips, lectures, tours, etc.) to enhance knowledge of the Criminal Justice field; participate in career, academic and social activities; and establish and maintain a professional and socially favorable rapport with fellow association members, department staff, campus staff, fellow students, and community members.
On September 20th, 2023 we will be hosting a Q&A Panelist Meeting with members of Law Enforcement including: 红领巾瓜报 Police Department, Sedgwick County Sheriff鈥檚 Office, and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
CJSA holds general meetings on the first Wednesday of each month and panelist meetings on the third Wednesday. Meetings are held at the Law Enforcement Training Center here on the main campus at 12:30 p.m.
Come join us in exploring the criminal justice field and the Criminal Justice Student Association!
Honors Induction | Sept 23
Honors Induction for new honors students will take place Saturday, September 23rd in Wilner Auditorium at 12:30pm with an open house reception in the Cohen Honors College Shocker Hall Building A at 1:30pm during Family Weekend. No RSVP required.
Paraguay Honors Study Abroad Program Informational Meeting | Sept 28
There will be an informational meeting for the Paraguay Honors Service-Learning Study Abroad Program on Thursday, September 28 at 4pm in RSC 007 right next to the Shocker Bowling Office. The meeting will cover information for studying abroad in summer 2024 and scholarship opportunities.
FYRE | Oct 10
The First Year Research Experience ((FYRE) is open to new WSU students from all majors.
Through a competitive application process students are matched with ongoing research
projects led by WSU professors in numerous STEM disciplines. Selected students will
participate in active laboratory research for 8-10 hours per week, culminating in
a poster presentation about their work.
The FYRE applications are due October 10th with interviews and selection occurring in November. Students earn 3 hours of Honors
credit and a letter grade for successful completion of FYRE in the Spring 2024 semester.
More information here:
Questions? Moriah.beck@wichita.edu
Paraguay Study Abroad Program Application | Nov 17
Interested in studying abroad? The Paraguay Honors Service-Learning Study Abroad Program is offering a two week summer program to study in Paraguay. The deadline to apply is November 17, 2023.
Information
Honors Advising (in-person or virtual)
For an appointment, schedule with Andrew Myers through the or email him at andrew.myers@wichita.edu
Have a question outside of drop-in hours? Check our FAQs page at .
24/7 Honors Student Space in Shocker Hall
Cohen Honors students have 24/7 access to the Honors student lounge and kitchen in Shocker Hall Building A!
- Staff are available during office hours Monday-Friday from 8:00am-5:00pm.
- Use your Shocker ID card to get into the lounge anytime outside of office hours. Scan your ID at the box with the red light. When the light turns green, the door is unlocked.
- Free printing is now available to you! To access your free printing, you will need to login to one of the computers in the student lounge. Your login is your WSU ID and password.
- Lockers are currently not working properly. You can still use them to store your belongings, but you will not be able to lock it. It is your responsibility to make sure nothing is left behind.
If you have issues with door access or printing, please submit a form
Poem of the Week | Sunflowers by Jose Antonio Rodriguez
No pitying/鈥淎h鈥� for this one
鈥擜lan Shapiro
No, nor a fierce hurrah
for what it does without choice,
for following the light
for the same reason the light follows it.
Just a thing rough to the touch, a face
like a thousand ticks turning their backs,
suckling at something you can鈥檛 see,
and a body like a tag off the earth
so that my child hands couldn鈥檛 tear it out
from the overgrown lot next door.
My palms raw with the shock
of quills and spines. Its hold like spite, and ugly
except when seen from a distance鈥�
a whole field of them by the highway,
an 80-mile-per-hour view
like a camera鈥檚 flash.
All of them like halos
without saints to weigh them down.
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