An Honors College at Perimeter Update

Welcome to The Honors College at Perimeter Update! 
In this email, you will find information about:

• A Message from the Associate Dean
• Congratulations, Graduates!
• STAR Award Winners
• Daffodil Festival Scholarship Recipient: Gideon Melvin
• Student Spotlight: Esther Adewumi
• Job Opportunity: Honors College Student Assistant
• University Assistantship Program
• Honors Mentors Wanted for 21-22 Academic Year
• Spotlight on Honors Classes
• Registration for Fall Classes Now Open
• 2021 Spring Speaker Series
• Give Feedback on Your Experience at Perimeter
• The Developmental S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Laboratory
• Apply Now: Perimeter-to-Atlanta Transition Scholarship
• Mark Your Calendar

As they say in Hollywood, that’s a wrap! It’s been a great semester, despite all of the challenges we have encountered, and I’m incredibly proud of all of you for staying the course and finishing strong! I’m also incredibly proud of our Honors College team: the amazing campus coordinators we have, our awesome support staff, and the top-notch faculty. During a time when the pandemic stopped so much, your momentum carried us forward. Thank you.

I hope you were able to attend our inaugural Spring Speaker Series with four outstanding experts talking directly to you, our honors community. We hosted an incredible STAR awards ceremony, where we honored 30 students (18 of whom are honors students!), two faculty/staff members, and one student organization. We are already hard at work planning amazing programming for you in the coming year.

If you are graduating, congratulations! You’ve made it! We hope your time at Perimeter and in the Honors College has been all that you’ve hoped for and more. We wish you great success in your next steps, and we hope you will stay in touch with us.

If you are just ending the semester of your first year, don’t think the Honors College takes the summer off! We will be hosting some virtual events this summer, so keep watching and reading the newsletter. The summer is the perfect time to reach out to us and build your fall schedule to include honors classes.

We will be offering honors study abroad trips next summer, so be thinking of that as a possibility for you if you’d like to go to Greece or Amsterdam. More on that in coming newsletters.

Regardless of where you are in your academic journey, we are so honored that you’ve chosen to spend part of it with us, and we hope to see you all again soon.

Best wishes for a happy, healthy, and safe summer,

Dr. Goodling

Esther Adewumi is a high school senior and dual enrollment student in her first year at Perimeter College. Since her freshman year of high school, she has been involved in student organizations including Future Healthcare Professionals and Future Business Leaders of America, while co-founding two community service clubs: Crochet for a Cause and the Recycling Club. Last year she was awarded the Georgia Certificate of Merit – an honor reserved for high school juniors ranking in the top 5% of their class. In her spare time she loves to draw, sing, play guitar, edit videos, and delve into scientific research news. After graduating from high school, Esther plans to attend Mercer University to study Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.

Esther’s favorite Honors course at Perimeter has been Honors Macroeconomics. “As a young adult without much knowledge about economics,” she says, “I really enjoyed learning more about it! It opened my eyes to how money flows through the economy according to the human spirit.”

Asked about her inspiration, Esther says, “Although I have several wonderful people who have poured into my life, my most significant mentor and inspiration has been my mother. As an immigrant, she and my father had to overcome several obstacles to get to achieve success. My mother is a powerful woman of wisdom who has always pushed me to be the best that I can be. I specifically admire her hardworking spirit and strive to be like her in my academics.”

If you missed any of our 2021 Spring Speaker Series events, click the button below to view the event recording on our iCollege page.

Speakers

• Will Anderson: Life of a Death Investigation Specialist
• Dr. Carrie Reed: Influenza Vaccine: Opportunities and Challenges
• Dr. Brian Holloway: How to Translate Your STEM Degree Into a Successful Career    
• Dr. Bernard Lafayette: A Conversation With Civil Rights Icon

Perimeter College wants to know about your experience as a student! Earlier this semester, you received an email titled "The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)", with a link to begin the survey. Search your email for CCSSE to fill it out before the deadline on May 12.

Survey results are used to help Perimeter College students persist and be more successful, to inform college decisions going forward, and to measure the impact of college initiatives targeted at student learning and retention. Help yourself, your classmates, and future Perimeter students by tapping the button below.