HP NEWS January 14, 2009 In This Issue: --Honors Program Dates and Deadlines --New Announcements -- Dates and Deadlines: Mon. Jan. 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, no classes Tues. Jan. 20: Last day of drop/add Tues. Jan. 20: Last day to drop a full semester course and receive 100% refund Fri. Jan. 23: Last day to drop a full semester course and receive 75% refund Fri. Jan. 23: Last day to file a drop without a W appearing on your record Fri. Jan. 30: Last day to withdraw from a full semester course and receive 50% refund Fri. Jan. 30: Last day to apply for a degree in May ($25 fee due with application) Fri. Feb. 6: Last day to withdraw from a full semester course and receive 25% refund Wed. Feb. 11: Tuition and fee payment deadline Fri. Feb. 13: UCARE application deadline Mon. Feb. 23: May graduating seniors please e-mail your thesis title and thesis advisor's name to Dr. Berger at pberger1@unl.edu Fri. Mar. 6: Last day to change a class to/from P/N Fri. Mar. 6: Last day to submit Honors Contract* for Second Semester Mon. Mar. 9: Early registration for summer sessions begins Sun. Mar. 15-Sun. Mar. 22: Spring break (UNL offices open) Mon. Mar. 30: Priority registration for fall semester begins Fri. Apr. 3: Last day to submit Thesis Completion Form* for May Graduation Fri. Apr. 3-Sat. Apr 4: Great Plains Honors Council Conference Fri. Apr. 10: Last day to withdraw from one or more courses for the term Fri. Apr. 10: Statement of Academic Interest* due for students completing the fourth semester of study in the Honors Program Fri. Apr. 10: Memorandum of Study* due for students completing the sixth semester of study in the Honors Program Sun. Apr. 26: Honors Convocation Mon. Apr. 27: Completed thesis due for May Graduation Thurs. Apr. 30: Reception for seniors graduating from the Honors Program Sat. May 2: Last day of classes Mon. May 4-Fri. May 8: Final exams Sat. May 9: Undergraduate commencement *All Honors forms are available to print from the HP website or in the HP computer lab. The Statement of Academic Interest can be submitted to Renae Oestmann via email (instructions are on the website) or turned in to the main HP office in hard copy. The Honors Contract, the Memorandum of Study, and the Thesis Completion Form all require a faculty signature, so don't leave these till the last minute! Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful break and are ready once again to challenge and engage yourselves! -- New Announcements: Consider this option for an additional hour of Honors credit: The Nebraska Colloquium, consisting of Honors Forums, E.N. Thompson Lectures and Lied events, is open to all students. If you are interested in receiving 1 hour of Honors credit for attending a majority of the events and writing response papers to them, please contact Dr. Berger at pberger1@unl.edu for more information. Honors Overnight: This event is very early this year: on Sunday, Feb. 1. We will be looking for hosts very soon, so please consider participating in this valuable opportunity to invite prospective students into the Program. If you have not already received a registration form, see Ann Koopmann or pick one up outside the main HP office. Computer lab: If you are having difficulty accessing the HP computer lab, please see Marlene or Ann Koopmann in the main HP office. Only those students in good standing in the Honors Program are eligible to use the computer lab. Paper usage in the lab has been extremely high, and a great deal of waste is occurring: we have found several reams of paper discarded daily. 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 to conserve paper and protect your privilege: -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 lost them last semester. 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 and/or email them to yourself, just in case a jump drive should disappear. UCARE application deadline: The application deadline for the UCARE program is fast approaching. This year the deadline is Friday, February 13. 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