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Seminars with Space

A number of Fall '17 Honors seminars (see below) still have spaces remaining. Seminar info, including reference numbers, are located on the Honors website or by clicking on the specific seminars below. If you are considering an Honors seminar next semester, sign up before you leave for the semester - all the remaining spaces will be taken up by incoming freshman during June orientation.

HON 321D: The Power of a Story
HON 321F: Ethical Eating
HON 321G: Entrepreneurship
HON 321J: Habits of Mind – HoM Work for the Brain
HON 321K: Building Biopsychosocial Muscles
HON 321L: Feminism and the Media
HON 321N: Human Trafficking in the United States
HON 321P: How We Tell Stories: Storytelling Through New Media
HON 321Q: Cultural Perspectives and the Built Environment
HON 321S: Music and Health
HON 321U: Publish or Perish: The Relation of Publicity to Propaganda
HON 321V: Exploring the Historic Built Environment
HON 321Y: Socrates Café
HON 321Z: What’s In a Word? The Origins of Words and Phrases

Apply to be a Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader

The Academic Success Center is currently in the process of recruiting, interviewing, and hiring Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leaders for the fall 2017 semester - applications are due April 19.

The SI Leader position is a paid position. SI Leaders typically enjoy the extra knowledge they gain, and appreciate the skill development that comes from facilitating group study sessions. This position is an excellent resume/skill builder, especially for students who want to teach or go to graduate school. Additional details about the SI Leader position and the application form are online.

If you are interested, please submit an application through the link on the website. Contact Academic Success Center staff with questions at sistaff@iastate.edu or 515-294-6624.

If your cooking skills are bad at best, check out the "College Student Cooking" tag on the Honors blog. See how Honors Ambassadors get creative with apartment kitchens, conjure meals from cans of condensed soup, and the agony and ecstasy of Tasty videos and Pinterest boards. If you have a cooking specialty, email us and we'll post them in future blog posts.

Save the Date for the Spring Honors Poster Presentation

Wondering what on earth [insert your major here] majors do for an Honors project?\
Are you curious as to what an Honors project looks like in poster form?
Concerned that your idea for your Honors project is too "out there"?
Do you want to see what your old FHP leader did for their Honors project?
Is your roommate forcing you to attend the poster presentation so they'll have someone to talk to when they're presenting?
Want to eat 67 ISU catering brownies?

If you answered YES to any one of those questions, mark your calendar for the Honors poster presentation from 3:00-5:00pm in the MU Great Hall on Wednesday, April 26. Stop in between classes to support your friends, learn about others' research, see what Honors projects are like, and enjoy some refreshments.

Around Jischke: Spring has arrived, in a big way! Jischke is surrounded by many of the most dramatic (and fragrant) trees on campus.

Spring '17 Honors Award Winners

University Honors Program Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring/Advising:
David Peterson, Professor of Political Science; University Honors Program Award for Excellence in Mentoring/Advising
Andrea Wheeler, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Environments; University Honors Program Award for Excellence in Teaching

W. Robert Parks Honors Commendations
Kourtney Kostecki, Student Recipient
Holly Dunlay-Lott, Friend Recipient
Kathleen Hilliard, Faculty Recipient

Outstanding University Honors Program Member Scholarship
Courtney Beringer, Sophomore in Mechanical Engineering

Outstanding First-Year Honors Program Member Scholarships
Abby Mankins, Statistics and Economics (Section C1 in Fall '16)
Carissa Moyna, Civil Engineering (Section A2 in Fall '16)

Outstanding Honors Student Board Member Scholarship
Jackie Blaum, Sophomore in Physics

University Honors Program Freeman Memorial Scholarship
Ashley Harris, Sophomore in Chemical Engineering
Hannah Bouvin, Junior in Chemical Engineering

A few HSB activities remain this semester:

FHP Ice Cream Reunion: Thursday, April 20 from 6:30-7:30pm. Catch up with your FHP friends and leaders before Dead Week.
Amazing Race: Saturday, April 22 from 2:00-4:30pm. The weather will be amazing this Saturday - come out to compete all over campus! Sign up online.
Philanthropy food drive: during Dead and Finals weeks, use your leftover Cycash or meal plans to purchase nonperishable food/hygiene items and bring them to 2130 Jischke (or give to your Honors house chair)

April 21: Michael Bootsma (J.D., Accounting) will speak about "The Misnomer of Happiness: Attributes of the Highly Successful" at 3:10pm in the Jischke Lounge. Know of people who would be great Salon speakers? Send their names to us!