HP NEWS August 25, 2010 Contents: Honors Program dates and deadlines Other important dates Advising update Changes in HP contracting policies Changes in the office UCARE kick off Major Scholarship deadlines Deadline to apply for December graduation Honors Ambassadors Reminder of computer lab policies Dates and deadlines Fall 2010: Mon. Sept. 27: Seniors graduating in December please email your thesis title and thesis advisor’s name to Dr. Berger a pberger1@unl.edu Fri. Oct. 1: Honors Contracts due Fri. Nov. 12: Thesis completion forms due for December graduation Fri. Dec. 3: Statement of Academic Interest due (4th semester students) Fri. Dec. 3: Memorandum of Study due (6th semester students) Mon. Dec. 6: Completed thesis due for December graduation Mon. Dec. 13-Fri. Dec. 17: finals week Sat. Dec. 18: Undergraduate commencement Spring 2011: Mon. Feb. 7: Seniors graduating in May please email your thesis title and thesis advisor’s name to Dr. Berger at pberger1@unl.edu Fri. Feb. 18: Honors contracts due Fri. Apr. 1: Thesis completion form due for May graduation Fri. Apr. 8: Statement of Academic Interest due (4th semester students) Fri. Apr. 8: Memorandum of Study due (6th semester students) Mon. Apr. 25: Completed thesis due for May graduation Mon. May 2-Fri. May 6: finals week Sat. May 7: Undergraduate commencement Other important dates: Sun. Aug. 29: Who’s Who in the Honors Program (for incoming students) Fri. Feb. 11: UCARE application deadline Thurs. Apr. 14: Undergraduate Research Conference Advising update: With MyRed, it’s very important that, if you contact Dr. Berger, Dr. Lyons, Dr. Madhavan or Ann with an advising question, you include your Student ID number. Otherwise, we may have difficulty accessing your information. Contracting policy changes: Previously, the deadline for submitting Honors contracts was the Friday of the 8th week of classes. It is now Friday of the 6th week of classes. Please be aware of and alert to this new policy. Thank you. Changes in the office: As you will see when you visit the Honors office, we have made some significant changes to the layout in order to serve you better: -Ann Koopmann’s office is now in Neihardt 118I. -We have provided a new student lounge/resource center in Neihardt 118H. We hope to staff it till 10 pm MTWR. Use it regularly—it’s there for you! -We have reorganized the study area in the hallway to those rooms. -Neihardt 2103 is now a seminar classroom. UCARE kickoff : Tthe UCARE Fall - Kickoff is Wednesday Sept. 1 from 4-5 in the City Campus Union. All new 2010-11 UCARE students and their faculty sponsors are encouraged to attend to learn how to get started in the UCARE Program. Major Scholarship deadlines: Fall Semester 2010. Interested students should visit the website first to learn about the scholarship and its requirements, then set up a time to meet with Dr. Damuth (Ldamuth1@unl.edu) to discuss their eligibility. Attention seniors: The deadline to apply for December graduation ($25 fee) is Friday, September 24. Honors Ambassadors: Interest session Thursday, August 26th, 5:30 pm, Nebraska Union. Honors Ambassadors network with faculty and students as they help with recruitment of high-ability students. As an Honors Ambassador, you’ll host students and parents at lunch on Red-Letter Days and/or Honors Overnight, attend Husker Sunday, the Big Red Road Show, Distinguished Scholars Day (great desserts at the dinner!), and other events. Apply online: http://admissions.unl.edu/ambassador/prospective/index.aspx Computer lab policies: -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 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.