HP NEWS January 20, 2012 Welcome Back! Contents: Dates and Deadlines Nebraska Colloquium UCARE Honors Overnight Honors Ambassadors Honors Contract information MyRed Grand Canyon Semester Dig a Castle in Belgium Computer Lab Reminders Dates and Deadlines: Second Semester 2011-12: * Monday, February 6: May graduating seniors please e-mail your thesis title and thesis advisor's name to Dr. Berger at pberger1@unl.edu * Friday, February 17: Last day to submit Honors Contracts for Second Semester * Friday, March 30: Last day to submit Thesis Completion Form for May Graduation * Thursday, April 5: Undergraduate Research Conference * Friday, April 6: Statement of Academic Interest due for students completing the fourth semester of study in the Honors Program * Friday, April 6: Memorandum of Study due for students completing the sixth semester of study in the Honors Program * Monday, April 23: Completed thesis due for May Graduation Nebraska Colloquium: Students are invited to attend the Nebraska Colloquium lecture series focused on the topic "Water and Global Security." There are six lectures this semester presented by invited speakers and several UNL professors. Dr. Berger is again offering a 1 credit hour opportunity for students who commit tyo attend four of the six lectures and write a one to two page "reflection." Interested students should contact Dr. Berger at pberger1@unl.edu. He will then register you for the credit. There is no additional meeting other than attending the lectures. You will find a full schedule of the lectures on the HP website; click on Nebraska Colloquium on the "Academic Partners" rubric, or come by the Honors Office to pick up a schedule. UCARE: UCARE applications are due Friday, February 10. Don't wait till the last minute to contact faculty and establish a proposal. Attention Neihardt residents: Honors overnight is coming up Sunday, February 26-Monday, February 27. Please consider hosting one or two prospective students who will be attending. Forms will be available online soon. Honors Ambassadors: The Honors Ambassadors are a group of students who work with both the Honors Program as well with the Office of Admissions. These students work directly with prospective UNL students by hosting events such as the Big Red Road Show, Honors Overnight, Husker Sunday, and serve as Red Letter Day Guides. We are currently looking for students to serve as Honors Ambassadors for the 2011-2012 school year. To stay up-to-date on the application process, you may fill out the Ambassador Interest Form. You can find information, deadlines, and applications on the site: http://admissions.unl.edu/ambassador/prospective/index.php Honors Contracts: In MyRed, contracted courses appear only on your unofficial transcript, and are designated as "Honors Course" beneath the class. They will not appear on your academics page, nor will they appear on your grades page. They do appear in DARS. To find your unofficial transcript on MyRed: go to Records, View, and click "unofficial transcript". You'll then need to note the institution, and once again to request your unofficial transcript. It will take a minute or two to pull up, so be patient. MyRed: Please be sure your current address, phone and email address appear on MyRed. If you change your email address, be certain to change it there. The information which appears on MyRed is the addresses used at UNL for communication, so it's imperative you keep that information current. Grand Canyon Semester: Interested in spending fall semester in Flagstaff, exploring water issues in the Grand Canyon and earn 16 Honors credits in the process? The National Collegiate Honors Council is co-sponsoring the Grand Canyon Semester with Northern Arizona University. See Dr. Lyons for more information. Dig a Castle in Belgium: Eastern Illinois University, in partnership with the University of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium, invites applications for the eleventh season of its Summer Archaeology Program in Belgium. The dates are June 30-July 28, 2012, and the program centers on the excavation of Walhain Castle. Honors students may receive Honors credit, awarded either in History or in Earth Sciences, as they choose. 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 included all fees, board and lodging (but not overseas airfare) is $6066. The deadline for applications in February 1. For more information please contact Professor Bailey Young at bkyoung@eiu.edu Or write c/o History Dept., Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave., Charleston, IL 61920. Reminder about 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. -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. -If you have difficulty printing, save your work and restart the computer before reporting a problem. -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.