The 80-minute class will convene on Wednesday evenings in the Neihardt Residence Center between 7-8:30 PM. In this course, students will be exposed to a variety of interesting subjects presented by distinguished faculty members. Since many students often enter college with a narrow vocational path in mind, we hope to expand and enrich their thoughts about life, careers, and learning. Here are a few discussion ideas that faculty will present:
1. How are both intellectual inquiry and intuition central to creative activity in the arts and in the sciences?
2. Why is it important to find a "career of heart".
3. What experiences do they enjoy as a scientist, scholar, artist, ...?
4. When and why did they choose a particular discipline and career?
5. What advice do they have for students about how to enrich their university experience (for example, how to pick the best professors and the most rewarding classes)?
The students will also be asked to submit a short written report on each of the discussions. They will be asked to answer the following general questions:
1. What were the topics of discussion? (provide a very brief description).
2. What did you learn? (three points is sufficient).
3. What did you agree with and what did you disagree with?
4. Input on improving this event. What could/should have been done differently?
You are invited to join in the campus-wide conversation informed by the presentations scheduled in the Nebraska Colloquium and enriched by your participation. Building on the theme selected for the E. N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members will complement those lectures in the Honors Forum. Colleges and departments and campus units will also contribute to the Colloquium schedule that will be updated on-line every week by the Office of Undergraduate Studies. The Colloquium schedule will include a listing of additional events that address the annual theme.
Students are invited to register for 1 academic credit by registering for UHON 198H, sect 002 - "The Honors Forum: Nebraska Colloquium." Registration is limited to 100 students. Students will attend at least five lectures in the semester selected from the Thompson Forum and Honors Forum presentations and write reflection papers on each lecture. Dr. Berger, Director of the University Honors Program (pberger1@unl.edu) will supervise the course.
