HP NEWS November 7, 2007 In This Issue: -- Honors Program Dates and Deadlines -- New Announcements -- Reminders -- Honors Program Dates and Deadlines AY 2007-2008 Fri. Nov. 16: Thesis completion forms due (Dec. graduation) Mon. Dec. 10: Honors Thesis submission deadline (Dec. graduation) Fri. Dec. 14: Statement of Academic Interest due (4th semester students) Fri. Dec. 14: Memorandum of Study due (6th semester students) Fri. Mar. 7: Honors contracts due (second semester) Fri. Apr. 4: Thesis completion forms due (May graduation) Fri. Apr. 25: Statement of Academic Interest due (4th semester students) Fri. Apr. 25: Memorandum of Study due (6th semester students) Mon. Apr. 28: Honors Thesis submission deadline (May graduation) Note the above Honors Program Dates and Deadlines, and be sure to meet them when they apply. See the Honors Program website or the UNL website for the UNL calendar. -- New Announcements: E.N. Thompson Forum tickets: "Changing Nature in an Unchanging World", Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science and the Environment, New Delhi, India Monday, November 12, 7:00 pm at the Lied Center. Tickets required. A limited number will be available in the main Honors office this week, on a first-come, first served basis. They are also available at the Lied Box Office. Attention seniors graduating in December: By November 16, please inform Dr. Berger (pberger1@unl.edu) and include the following information: your exact thesis title, the name of your thesis advisor. Registration reminders: First year students: You must complete at least 6 H hours with a grade of B or better in this academic year. Second year students: You must complete at least 6 H hours with a grade of B or better in this academic year, regardless of the number of H hours you completed in your first year. You must complete at least 15 H hours with a grade of B or better by the end of your 4th semester. You must also complete the Statement of Academic Interest by the above date. Third year students: You must complete at least 3 H hours with a grade of B or better in this academic year. 198H Class - Scholarship Workshop - 2 credits Spring semester When: Mondays, 4-5 Where: Neihardt Class limit: 12 , by permission P/F only This is a class intended for juniors or seniors (those graduating later than May 2008) to work on their personal statements for scholarship application, for graduate school, or for professional school. We will examine a few scholarships: Rhodes, Marshall, Gates-Cambridge, Truman, and Fulbright, but the main focus of the class is the creation of a strong personal statement and the opportunity to interact with other students who are going through the same process a completed personal statement is the goal at the end of the class. UHON 395H: a new section has been added to the offerings for spring semester: Physics. See the HP website for a full description. Russian 482: Women in Russian Writing (authors and characters) No knowledge of Russian required-literature in translation 2:00-3:15 TR, Call No. 8216 Prerequisites: Junior standing or permission of the instructor, Dr. Balasubramanian Fulfills ES Area F, Humanities, Women's and Gender Studies, Russian major/minor Honors contracts welcome English 239 Film Directors: The Swinging Sixties: An International Explosion Call #3062 Meets Tues/Thurs 11AM-12:15PM See films by Warhol, Godard, Antonioni, Truffaut, Corman, Lester, Varda and others, including THE MANUCHURTIAN CANDIDATE, EASY RIDER, THE 400 BLOWS, LE BONHEUR, BLOW UP, THE TRIP, BELLE DE JOUR and A HARD DAY'S NIGHT. UHON 298H Literature and Place: London and Her Environs We will focus on the importance of place in literature, specifically London and surrounding areas. Our reading will include a variety of authors who made place so central to the work that it could have taken place nowhere else, or whose lives were so deeply immersed in place that the location became inexorably mingled into their work. We will also briefly examine London itself as a place: her history, growth, importance in world affairs through the centuries, and explore how and why authors might have considered this city so important. The culmination of the course will be a trip to London, with opportunities to explore both London herself and important areas nearby, such as Canterbury, Oxford, Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon. Students will not be required to complete the trip, but will plan it as part of the course requirements. The reading list will include (but is not limited to) Dickens, Oliver Twist; Austen, Persuasion; Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral; Sayers, Gaudy Night; Doyle, Sherlock Holmes; Shaw, Pygmalion; Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, Greene, The Ministry of Fear; Tolkien, selections from Lord of the Rings; at least one Shakespeare play. Other opportunities: Wanted: Four students to assist with the spring alumni newsletter. Two strong writers (one in the sciences preferred), a photographer and a layout person. Small stipends are available. Please contact Dr. Lyons by Nov. 12 for more information. NSE Leaders wanted for 2008: The New Student Enrollment Office is in search of at 28 great UNL students to be NSE Orientation Leaders for the upcoming summer. For many students, being an Orientation Leader has been one of the most rewarding experiences of their college career. Living in Lincoln during the summer for free while making an hourly wage, gaining new friends, working with other leaders on campus, and impacting the lives of incoming freshmen are just a few of the benefits. Orientation Leaders have the opportunity to work with and get to know faculty and administration from the University. Therefore, we invite and encourage applications to be a 2008 New Student Enrollment Leader (NSE). Application information is available on-line: www.unl.edu/nse The application deadline is 5:00 pm on Monday November 12. Be sure too look at the right side of the webpage for the application information. Edythe Wiebers Scholarship for Study Abroad: Thursday, Nov. 15, 4:00 pm., Nebraska Union International Affairs will host a brief presentation for the recipients of the Wiebers scholarship. All students interested in study abroad are encouraged to attend. Historically students who attend this annual presentation are likely to be awarded the scholarship the following year (all of the 2007 winners were present at the 2006 presentation). Upcoming programs in the A&S Advising Center available to meet with students in individual appointments to answer student questions regarding their programs as well as discuss application process, preparedness for application, and answer general questions. Pre-registration is required by calling 472-4190. Monday, November 19th, 9:30-2:00: UNMC Physician Assistant Program, Ms. Diane Landon Wednesday, November 28, 9:00-3:45: UNMC College of Medicine, Ms. Gigi Rogers Wednesday, December 5, 9:00-3:00: Creighton University School of Medicine, Mr. Garland Jarmon (Director of Admissions) Monday, December 10, 1:00-5:00: UNMC College of Dentistry, Dr. Curt Kuster Interested in the Czech Republic? The 9th International Student Symposium commences on January 6, 2008. For further information about the application process and the conference, please contact info@student-symposium.com or visit the conference website at www.student-symposium.com -- Reminders: Attention all seniors: Most of you are in the process of applying to graduate and professional schools or are active in the job market. When you have made a decision concerning which school you will attend or which job you will take, please email Dr. Lyons (klyons2@unl.edu) with that information. Honors Program Computer Lab: Please follow these simply protocols to enable us to maintain free printing and a safe environment in the lab: Print only what is absolutely necessary for academic purposes. Do not print emails, information for co-curricular organizations, etc. Print only the necessary page(s) of a website-select the ones you need, rather than printing the whole site. Or copy and paste the necessary sections into a word processing program, then print. Recycle paper: when you are printing notes for classes, Blackboard information, drafts of papers, etc., please recycle paper if it is available. Be patient with the printers-if your work does not print immediately, check the printer before hitting "print" again. Do not allow non-honors students access to the computer lab. This lab is for Honors students only. Do not force the stapler. If it jams, unjam it, and if you are unable to do so, leave a note on the stapler and contact the main Honors office during business hours. Do not put your own staples into the stapler if it is empty. We have already had to replace the stapler once this year, and we will not do so again. Study abroad: Passports: If you are planning to study abroad at any time in this academic year or in the summer of 2008 and do not have a passport, apply for one immediately. Because Mexico and Canada now require US citizens to present passports to enter those countries, the demand has increased astronomically. It can take 6-9 months for passport applications to be processed. Don't delay!