HP NEWS December 2, 2008 In This Issue: --Honors Program Dates and Deadlines --New Announcements -- Dates and Deadlines: First Semester 2008-09: Monday, December 8: Completed thesis due for December Graduation Friday, December 5: Statement of Academic Interest due for students completing the fourth semester of study in the Honors Program Friday, December 5: Memorandum of Study due for students completing the sixth semester of study in the Honors Program -- New Announcements: Welcome Back! We hope your break was restful and enjoyable. Good luck on final project, papers, and exams! Nebraska Honors Forum Upcoming Event Fall Semester: Dec. 9: Professor Thomas McGowan: Educating for Democracy: The Real and the Ideal of American Public Schools Spring Semester Registration reminders: First year students: must complete at least 6 H hours with a grade of B or better in this academic year. Sophomores: 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 completed in the first year. Must complete at least 15 H hours by the end of second semester. Must submit the Statement of Academic Interest by Fri. Apr. 10. Juniors: must complete at least 3 H hours with a grade of B or better in this academic year, regardless of the number of H hours completed previously. Must submit Memorandum of Study by Fri. Apr. 10. Seniors: to graduate from the HP, must complete at least 24 H hours over the course of your academic career, including 189H, 295H, and Honors thesis. Must take at least 3 H hours in this academic year. Must submit thesis completion form by Fri. Apr. 3. Must submit completed thesis no later than Mon. Apr. 27. Mortar Board and Innocents Applications Apply for Mortar Board! Mortar Board is the only national honor society at the University of Nebraska recognizing college seniors for distinguished ability and achievement in scholarship, leadership, and service. We are currently seeking a new class of incoming senior leaders to carry on the tradition Applications are available at our website and due January 23 by 4 pm. http://www.unl.edu/mb Sponsored by Mortar Board, mbselections@gmail.com Be a Mortar Board Notable! Mortar Board is a national honor society at the University of Nebraska recognizing college students for distinguished ability and achievement in scholarship, leadership, and service. We are currently seeking freshman, sophomore, and senior applicants for Mortar Board Notables. Applications can be found at our website and are due January 23 by 4 pm. http://www.unl.edu/mb Sponsored by Mortar Board, mbselections@gmail.com The Innocents Society is the Chancellor's Senior Honorary at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Founded on April 24, 1903, and uniquely Nebraskan, the Society has been leading the campus in all aspects and promoting school spirit for more than 100 years. In the spring, 13 new members are chosen from the junior class to carry on the Innocents Society's traditions and goals. Membership is based upon superior academic achievement, unparalleled leadership, and selfless service to the university and community. Applications are available now and are due no later than 4:00 pm Friday, January 23, 2009 to 106 Canfield Administration Building. Computer lab privileges: Only those students in good standing in the Honors Program are eligible to use the computer lab. We will be removing from access to the lab those students who are not eligible very shortly. Computer lab: Paper usage has been extremely high, and a great deal of waste is occurring. Free printing is a privilege, not a right, and if the high level of waste continues, we will have to limit the amount of paper we place in the computer lab. Some tips: Print ONLY information relevant to academic issues. Print ONLY what you need from a website: copy and paste that portion into a Word document and save pertinent information only. Hit the "print" button ONLY ONCE: you may have to wait a few minutes if other people are in the print queue ahead of you. DO NOT admit non-Honors Program students into the lab, and DO NOT print information for them. Recycle and use recycled paper for drafts of papers. DO NOT take paper from the lab for use in your own printers. Please be certain to pick up only your jump drives-several people have lost them recently. Check any you have to be sure they're yours, and return any which aren't to the main HP office. It's also wise to save any documents to your student account or email them to yourself, just in case a jump drive should disappear. Dig a Castle in Belgium! (July 2009) Eastern Illinois University School of Continuing Education, in partnership with the University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium, invites applications for the seventh season of its Summer Archaeology Program. The dates are June 29-July 31, 2009, and the program centers on the excavation of medieval Walhain Castle. Honors students may receive Honors credit, awarded in either History or Earth Sciences. The course is open to all students in good standing; there are no prerequisites, and no previous background in archaeology is required. The cost of the program, which includes tuition and fees, board and lodging --but not overseas airfare-- is $4799. The deadline for applications is December 5. For more information please contact Professor Bailey Young at bkyoung@eiu.edu. or write c/o History Department, 2744 Coleman Hall, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL 61920. Consider an adventure in learning Environment, Society, and Culture of Ecuador ECUADOR SUMMER STUDY ABROAD July 21 - August 9, 2009 Eastern Illinois University invites undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, friends and adult family to experience the land and people of the Andes Mountains, Amazon rainforest and the Galapagos Islands July 21 through Aug. 9, 2009. Geography, earth science, culture and history are part of this four-credit course titled "Environment, Society and Culture of Ecuador." Program fee includes first rate lodging, international and in-country airfares, meals, boat and ground transportation, estimated $6,600 plus tuition. Out of state students welcome and pay in-state tuition in the summer. For details, visit http://www.eiu.edu/~edabroad/programs/facultyled/smith or call Betty Smith at 217-581-6340 or 217-549-4900 (cell) or e-mail besmith@eiu.edu Here are a few cool links for pretty posters and a power point viewable on the web http://www.eiu.edu/~edabroad/programs/facultyled/ecuador-poster-8.5X11.pdf http://www.eiu.edu/~edabroad/programs/facultyled/ecuador-poster11X17.pdf http://www.eiu.edu/~edabroad/programs/facultyled/Ecuador2009.html