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A Message from the Dean
Support our Medical Professionals


Dear students, faculty, and staff,

We are organizing a campaign to support the many members of the Wilkes Honors College community who are on the front lines of this COVID 19 crisis serving in medical professions, as first responders, or in other ways. Please consider taking a few moments to create something shareable to show your support. It could be any the following:
  • A photo of you holding a message of support or inspiration
  • A photo of one of our community members working as a medical professional or first responder
  • a brief video clip
  • a song
  • an inspirational quote
  • a piece of art
  • anything else you feel would help to demonstrate support to members of our Wilkes Honors College family
We ask that you send your materials directly to Vikki Salick at: dsalick2014@fau.edu or share with her via google drive or other platforms any content too large for email. Please be sure to send it in an editable format such as a jpeg, google doc, etc. and avoid sending in PDF format.
We are stronger together and we thank you in advance for helping us to remain strong as a community by supporting each other through this difficult time.
 
Dr. Timothy J. Steigenga
Interim Dean, Wilkes Honors College
Florida Atlantic University
561-799-8579
tsteigen@fau.edu
 
 
Campus Announcements

Textbook Returns
The FAU Bookstore will not be coming to campus this semester for the Pop-up Bookstore. Students that need to return rental books can print off a free shipping label by logging into their faustore.com account and click on their rental account. An option to return rentals will appear and students just need to follow the prompts.  Questions?  Contact the FAU Bookstore at 561-297-3720.


New Course: Is our Democracy Broken?
New course:  Is our Democracy Broken?, 1 credit team-taught class to meet the middle 5 weeks of Fall 2020, Fri 10-12:40 (Prof. Lanning and Prof. Tunick)
A democracy is supposed to fairly represent its citizens and adhere to principles such as one-person one-vote, majority rule, and equal opportunity to express one’s views. But our democracy has come under criticism: with gerrymandering, district boundaries in a state are drawn up to disproportionately favor certain groups; the electoral college has selected Presidents who lost the popular vote; and obstacles to voting such as burdensome voter registration requirements, voter ID laws, and felon disenfranchisement, make it hard for many Americans to vote. Is our democracy broken? We approach this question by drawing on readings in psychology and political science, and legal decisions. Depending on student interest, we may also discuss biases favoring the wealthy (super PACs and billionaire candidates), males (can everyone really grow up to be President?), and incumbents (should there be term limits)?

Mac Trivia Time

Show your knowledge about ...well everything!
 Tuesday, April 14 @ 7:00 pm
 Trivia Time! REAC Mike Russo will be hosting trivia night for all who wish to participate! Students, Faculty and Staff will answers a wide variety of questions via Kahoot!
 Every participant will be playing for themselves.
 No teams are necessary!
 All you will need access is to a smartphone or computer and internet connection!
 Sign Up bit.ly/JupMACTrivia
 Deadline to Sign Up :April 13!
 Northern Campus Achievement Awards (NCAA)
Monday, April 13-Thursday, April 16

Every year the Jupiter Campus Life team hosts the Northern Campus Achievement Awards (NCAA) to provide recognition of outstanding work and accomplishments for students, staff, and faculty on the Jupiter campus who have been outstanding members of the campus community.  Please follow Faujupclife on Instagram to participate.
 

Student Government is here for you.

Students please use the google doc below for reaching out to Student Government with any questions or suggestions you may have:
 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCK2NfsyjtD-7HmQjovBYGj2TDmIHYrXIL7BnTp9_m907ZOQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

 
Calling all visual artists and poets!
No matter if you are an expert artist or a passionate expert-to-be, this contest is for all students, staff, or faculty who are passionate about the arts.
 
Both of these contests will be open starting on Monday, March 30, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. 

Contest submission date has been extended to Monday, April 20th at 5:00 pm. The winners will be announced on Instagram FauJupCLife on Monday, April 27th.
 

For additional details and instructions on how to submit your works of art, please go to the corresponding google forms: Confinement Poetry Contest or/and Quarantine Are Contest
 
Please show us your artistic creations that have been inspired by these times of social distancing!

Jupiter SAVI - Virtual Community Service


National Poetry Month

This month is National Poetry Month.  FAU Libraries is sponsoring an online spoken word poetry contest.  They are asking students to submit a 2 minute or less video featuring an original spoken work poem.  Any student that submits a video will receive a gift of appreciation.  For more details about this, you can go here, https://library.fau.edu/external-relations/poetry-contest.

This contest will run the entire month of April and any student can submit. 
 


Stay Connected

With the recent news that we will neither be returning to campus anytime soon nor be having a formal commencement ceremony in May, WHC Senior, Christy LaFlamme started a Facebook Group to serve as a space for the Wilkes Honors College (WHC) Class of 2020 to stay in touch, exchange ideas, plan virtual gatherings, and share memories. 

Link to join to graduating WHC seniors: https://www.facebook.com/groups/229714311754845/

Campus Life has created a community Spotify playlist. Feel free to listen while studying or relaxing and add your own song contributions to the list! 
Jobs and Internships!
You can see our up to date list of internships on the Honors College website here!

Scholarship Opportunities
View current scholarship opportunities here.

Study Abroad Office Hours
Madison McShane is our Study Abroad Advisor who visits the Jupiter Campus to advise students on the many opportunities available. To schedule an appointment phone 561-297-1080 or email mmcshane@fau.edu.  

FAU Career Center
Appointments through (Skype, phone, email) via Handshake available M-F 8 AM to 5 PM. 
 
To schedule an appointment, please log on to your Handshake account – fau.joinhandshake.com.
Helpful Links
Honors College page for Current Students.

WHC Guidelines for Pass/Fail
 
Current internship opportunities here.
Go to Student News to read more about upcoming events here.
Click here for today's library hours. 24/7 access to the lobby and computer lab is available to all students with a currently activated owl card.
We hope you are all taking care of yourselves and staying positive.

If you'd like to include an announcement in next week's newsletter please email the name, time, and location of the event to holmesa@fau.edu
by 5pm on Thursday. 

 
Click here to submit announcements. The deadline is
5 PM Thursday.
WHC TUTORING IS AVAILABLE
For updated remote tutoring hours, click here.