HP NEWS February 19, 2010 Contents: Dates and Deadlines Honors Program Reminders Contract Forms HP Requirements Nebraska Colloquium Scholarships Available: CASNR and Arts and Sciences students Honors Program T-shirts Study Abroad Opportunity Survey Computer Lab Dates and Deadlines: February 1: Seniors graduating in May, if you have not already done so, please email Dr. Berger your thesis title and advisor's name (pberger1@unl.edu) February 21-22: Honors Overnight March 5: Honors contracts due April 2: Thesis completion forms due for May graduation April 8: Undergraduate Research Conference April 9: Statement of Academic Interest due (4th semester students) April 9: Memorandum of Study due (6th semester students) April 18: Honors convocation (by invitation) April 26: Completed thesis due for May graduates April 26-May 1: Last week of classes (15th week policies in effect) May 3-7: Finals week May 8: Commencement Honors Program Reminders: Contract Forms: Contract forms are available from the HP website or in the HP computer lab. They are due by March 5. Honors Program Requirements: -First year students: you must complete at least 6 H hours with a grade of B or better by the end of this semester in order to maintain your status in the Honors Program and your textbook scholarship. If you are not enrolled in an Honors class and need more H hours, check the HP website at honors.unl.edu for information on contracting classes. -Sophomores: remember, you must complete at least 6 hours of H credit in this academic year, regardless of the number of H hours you completed last year. You must also complete a total of at least 15 H hours by the end of your fourth semester. You must submit your Statement of Academic Interest by April 9, 2010. -Third year students: You must complete at least 3 hours of H credit in this academic year, regardless of the number you have already completed. You must also submit your Memorandum of Study by April 9, 2010. This form must be signed by your thesis advisor, so don't leave it till the last minute. The exception here: any students taking Management 475H do not need an advisor's signature. -Fourth year students: you must complete at least 3 hours of H credit this year, for a total of 9 in the junior and senior years. Your UHON 395H and your thesis hours do count as part of this total. -If you have any questions about registration issues, contact Ann Koopmann or Dr. Lyons. Nebraska Colloquium: Opportunity to earn one credit hour in Honors: Professor Berger is again offering students the opportunity to earn an honors credit hour by registering for the Nebraska Colloquium. The Colloquium offers a series of lectures focused on China and the Silk Road. There are nine lectures scheduled for the spring semester - the full schedule is available on the Honors Program website (honors.unl.edu). In order to earn the credit, students must attend and write brief (1 to 2 page) reflections on 5 of the lectures. Students are free to choose the 5 on which they wish to write. Of course, students are invited to attend all 9 lectures, if they wish. To sign up for the course, use the usual course registration method. The course call number is 7744 - UHON 198H section 002. Students who earned credit in the first semester are still eligible to earn a credit in the spring semester. Contact Berger at pberger1@unl.edu if you need additional information. Scholarships Available: CASNR and Arts and Sciences Students: The Undergraduate Honors Student Research Program supports student research projects. The purpose of the program is to allow outstanding junior and senior Honors Program students to conduct research under the direction of an Agricultural Research Division faculty mentor. Funding is available to participants proposing to work with a faculty member who has an ARD appointment or ARD-associated adjunct appointment. For successful applicants, ARD will provide up to $2,500 per student. Awardees will be selected by a subcommittee of the ARD Advisory Council, based on the quality of the proposal. Proposals must be authored by the student with guidance from the proposed project mentor. A call for proposals is sent in early Spring and early Fall. Proposals for this Spring call must be sent to the ARD Office via email (ardgrants@unl.edu), and must be received no later than 5PM Central Time on March 15, 2010. Funds allocated to students must be expended by June 30, 2011. Guidelines for the Undergraduate Honors Student Research Program can be found at: http://ard.unl.edu/awards#Honorshttp://ard.unl.edu/undergradandgradprog.shtml. It is important that all elements listed in the guidelines be included in project proposals, including the amount of the match provided by the mentor or the mentor's unit. The names of students officially enrolled in the UNL Honors Program may be obtained from the CASNR Office or from Dr. Madhavan Soundararajan, Coordinator of the CASNR Honors Program. If you have further questions, please contact our office or Dr. Soundararajan. Honors Program T-shirts: Are you out of clean clothes? Well here's your chance to put off laundry for at least another week. Honors Program T-shirt sales are going on now! For only $10 ($11.50 for XXL) you can represent the Honors Program with a sweet shirt sponsored by yours truly, the Student Advisory Board. Drop by the Neihardt front desk or Honors Office by February 25th to sign up and pay. Questions, comments, or just bored? Stop by our office, located in Heppner, from 9-10pm, Sunday through Thursday, or shoot us an email at unlhpsab@gmail.com. (Bribe: We have candy!). See the attached picture! Study Abroad Opportunity: The University of Arizona and the Center for Mesoamerican Research (CIRMA) invite you to participate in a study abroad program in Antigua, Guatemala. This is a summer, spring and/or fall semester program. Students receive a University of Arizona transcript. Program highlights include: * a variety of Latin American Studies, History, Anthropology, Literature and Spanish classes, taught by professors, scholars, and practitioners from Central America. Students can also study a Mayan language. Most classes can be taken for honors credit, and some can be taken for graduate credit. * classes give an in-depth and on-the-ground view of contemporary social justice, peace and development issues. * engaging field trips throughout Guatemala related to course material. * opportunities to travel on your own (Guatemala is incredibly beautiful, complex and fascinating!) * a home stay with a Guatemalan family. * for-credit internships at CIRMA and use of CIRMA's extensive research library. CIRMA is located in a stunningly beautiful colonial mansion in the center of Antigua, Guatemala. * internships and volunteer opportunities in the surrounding community. * study abroad students are also doing internships at Safe Passage/Camino Seguro (www.safepassage.org) in Guatemala City. Safe Passage provides life-transforming aid to children of families who live in a shantytown. Study abroad students have found that lending a hand to this incredible organization not only makes a real difference in the world, but that it changes their own lives as well. This internship can be accompanied by a for-credit honors-level directed reading in urban anthropology. * a colloquium series that brings in renowned political, social and cultural leaders to dialogue with the study abroad students. For photos and to read what a recent student has to say about her experience in Guatemala, read the blog "A brief interlude of sensational experience": http://lauraebuchanan.blogspot.com/ Dates: Summer 2010: June 21-July 30; Fall 2010: late August-early December. Application deadline for summer: March 15. Application deadline for Fall: April 15. Survey: If you are a freshman or senior by credit hours, please take the time to complete the National Survey of Student Engagement this semester. Computer Lab: -The Honors Program computer lab is for the use of Honors Program students only. Students who are not members of the Honors Program should use other computer labs on campus, regardless of where they live. Please cooperate with this policy. -Remember the new computer lab policy: you must provide your own paper for the lab. Please be considerate of the other students working on computers hooked to the printer you're using in order to work out the printing jobs successfully. -It is wise to put contact information on flash drives; in the event you leave one in the computer lab, someone will be able to return it to you. -To open PDFs and other documents from Blackboard, you may need to use Internet Explorer, not Firefox. -Please take precautions to prevent the spread of germs: use hand sanitizer before and after using the lab computers. -If the toner is out in one of the printers or if another problem with the printers or the lab arises, please inform the main Honors office.