201H Seminars - Spring 2023

Students enrolled in this 201H will co-develop activities and co-lead at least one afterschool or summer club during the enrolled term, usually in an LPS K-12 school. The 201H will focus on developing or implementing a curriculum, practicing communication and problem solving, and coaching youth throughout their experience as an Honors club leader. In most cases, the time spent leading the club is also paid. This 201H option will be offered each semester and interested students may enroll repeatedly; enrollment is required if you plan to lead a club during that term. Requirements include in-person attendance at 3 meetings (initial training, mid-term reflection, and end-of-term reflection), leading a club during the term, online homework, and submission of club curriculum documents. Clubs occur at a variety of times, but mostly in the late afternoon. Class meetings with be offered at 2 times. Students must attend one time for each meeting.

This 201H option is centered around the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues, Lincoln’s premier speaker series, and the Honors-hosted Cooper Conversations. In the semester of enrollment, students will be required to attend a minimum of three events from the total 5-6 Forum or Cooper Conversations offered that semester and attend three in-person class meetings. This 201H option will be offered each semester and interested students may enroll repeatedly.

For the Spring 2023 term, the in-person class meetings will be on select Wednesdays, 3:30-4:45pm. The outside-of-class events will include E.N. Thompson Forum mainstage events (1/23 and 3/28 at 7:00 pm), workshop (2/15 at 3:30 pm), and Cooper Conversations (days/times vary). Most Forum events will be recorded.

This 201H option provides an additional avenue for students to complete Honors requirements via their involvement and campus leadership, for experiences that do not meet the threshold of 120 hours required for UHON 99H (which substitutes as 3 hours of Honors credits) but do generally involve 40+ hours of participation. The Honors Program will identify several campus leadership roles (including but not limited to: Big Red Resilience Wellness Coaches, Clifton Strengths Coaches, NHRI Leadership Mentoring, etc.) but will also allow students to propose their own experience. Students will attend one workshop (choice of three), submit three brief reflective assignments, and create one final product/artifact about their experience.

Featuring guest presentations from the University Health Center about navigating health care without parents; community experts about budgeting and financial planning; Student Legal Services about contracts like leases, car purchases, etc.; and others, this 201H will help students learn essential skills necessary to navigate complicated legal, financial, and personal responsibility-related topics. Requirements include active participation in all class meetings and a final project.

For many students, college is a time where opportunities to read for fun or pleasure are few and far between. This course is designed to allow students the opportunity to read for fun, develop greater appreciation for interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives, and learn more about the semester’s theme. Class members will read 3 books over the course of the semester and have approximately three weeks to read each book. Two books will be read by everyone and discussed in class meetings, during which students will also learn from a guest expert on a topic relevant to that individual book. Then in small groups or pairs, students will read a third book of their choosing (differs by group) and create a video trailer for the book to present to the class during the last class meetings. The books will all have a connection to Nebraska and focus on the college student experience. All books are inexpensive ($15 or less) and may be accessed in multiple formats (and may be available via Lincoln City Libraries for free check out). Books for Spring 2023 include: "Make Your Home Among Strangers" by Jennine Capó Crucet and "Fangirl" by Rainbow Rowell.

Building off the Huskers Abroad 101 info session, this 201H helps students carve out additional time to choose and prepare for education abroad in a social “group advising” setting. Students will choose an education abroad program with intentionality; pitch it to stakeholders such as parents, scholarship reviewers, and crowd-funders; and then own that choice by tackling logistics, setting goals, and researching their destination. Students are required to attend a Huskers Abroad 101 info session, and attend six in-person class sessions most Wednesdays from 3:30-4:45 pm in late January to early March. Students will spend $20 or less on course materials.

This course allows you to fulfill the UHON 201H requirement via campus and community-based service through Lincoln Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA). In the last 16 years, over $48 million have been returned to Lincoln’s low-income working families, increasing work, income, education, and health benefits to recipients and their children. Students in this course earn an advanced tax law certification and then provide free income tax return preparation on Saturdays from late January through early March. Return preparation is held on campus at the Nebraska East Union. There may be opportunities to serve in the Lincoln community.