September 17, 2003 In this issue: -Dates & Deadlines -Attn: Seniors -Resource & Study Rooms -Computer Lab -Meet Our New Receptionist -Participants for MLK, Jr. Celebration -UCARE Information -Chancellor's Comminssion on the Status of Women -National Collegiate Honors Council -- Dates and Deadlines: Friday, September 19: Last day to withdraw from a class with 25% tuition refund Friday, September 26: Degree application deadline Wednesday, October 8: Tuition and fee payment deadline Friday, October 17: Last day to submit Honors Contracts Last day to change a class to P/N (Honors classes must be taken for a grade) Monday, October 20-Tuesday October 21: Fall break Friday, November 14: Last day to submit Thesis Completion Forms for December graduation Monday, December 1: Completed Theses for December graduation due Friday, December 12: Statement of Academic Interest due for those completing their 4th semester Friday, December 12: Memorandum of Study due for those completing their 6th semester Saturday, December 20: Commencement Saturday, December 20: FINAL DAY TO RETURN TEXTBOOKS -- Look for a special HP News detailing many points about the changes in the textbook scholarship and answering an number of FAQ's about it. -- Attention seniors graduating in December: Friday, Sept. 26 is the deadline for applying for a degree to be received on Dec. 20. A $25 non-refundable degree application fee must accompany the Application For Degree form. Applications are to be filed at the Graduation Services Office, 109 Canfield Administration Building. -- The Resource Room contains such things as a dictionary and thesaurus, foreign language dictionaries, publications, graduate and professional school preparation books, information from international affairs, Honors Program forms and information, and will continue to grow as we receive suggestions from you. Please DO NOT remove publications from this room: they are there for all Honors students. Study Rooms: All Honors Program students may reserve and use them. Please observe the 2 hour limit. Reservation forms are in the notebook in the Resource Room. -- Computer lab, a few requests, please: pick up after yourselves?boxes for recyclable paper are provided conserve paper--do not print out one-line emails or entire web sites, do use recyclable paper for drafts. Thanks! -- Stop by to meet Rene Oestmann, our new receptionist. She'll begin full time on September 29, but will be in and out afternoons this week and next. -- The committee which plans the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration in January is looking for students to participate in the committee. Contact Dr. Lyons at klyons2@unl.edu if you are interested. -- Call for NEW UCARE Project Proposals, AY 2003-04 The Office of Undergraduate Studies is announcing a call for the next round of UCARE proposals for the academic year 2003-04. These one-year only awards will be available to students from October 15, 2003 until June 30, 2004. The application deadline for these one-year only awards is Friday, October 3. Applications are available on the UCARE website (http://www.unl.edu/ucare/forms.html) and online application submission issuggested. For more information, to post a UCARE opportunity, or to discussthe feasibility of a proposal please contact Laura Damuth, UCARECoordinator, at 472-5024 or email Ldamuth1@unl.edu. Two examples: Dr. David Cahan, History, is looking for a UCARE student to be involved with a project in European History. Contact the UCARE office or Dr. Cahan. The Walt Whitman Archive (www.whitmanarchive.org) is looking for an undergraduate assistant who is interested in computing and literature to assist in encoding Whitman manuscripts in XML (eXtensible Markup Language). No previous experience with markup or knowledge of Whitman's writings is required, though a familiarity with either would be helpful. If Dr. Lyons also has more information on the latter. -- The Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women is newly reorganized to comprise 3 Councils: Faculty, Staff and Students. Anyone interested in serving on the Council of Students should apply through ASUN and Student Involvement or contact Dr. Lyons. -- Information on the National Collegiate Honors Council Semester: Science and Society in Coastal Environments, is available in the Resource Room or from Dr. Lyons. Application deadline is October 10. -- Information on campus-wide events previously included in HP News is available on the UNL web site and will be posted on the Honors website.