Honors Meeting

SAU Honors College students 2014

The Honors College hosted its annual meeting last night to welcome new students, to introduce staff, to review last years highlights, and to remind all of important events and procedures. This year the Honors College enrolled 61 new students, a record. Below is the agenda for the meeting.

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Honors College Meeting

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Agenda

Honors Staff Introduction: David Wingfield, Vu Tran, Mireille Zoa

Extramural Education:Reports from students who traveled other places to further their education.  

• Taylor Mills-NCSU REU;  
• Taylor McNeel-Congressional Intern, FFA Visit to South Africa; Academic All-American (Cross Country)  
• Michelle Beavers-Molecular Biology Research Internship, New Zealand;  
• Rachel Wetherington-SRHC poster;  
• Morgan Johnson-Pop Culture Association, Chicago;  
• Lauren Morehead-INBRE, Fayetteville;  
• Subir Shakya, Deana Hughes, Joy Tan, Taylor Duke, and Taryn Sorsby-NCHC 2013, New Orleans;  
• Kara O'Neal and Casey O'Hara, Arkansas Academy of Science;  
• Addison Ochs, Casey O'Hara, and Kara O'Neal-NCHC 2014, Denver. 

The SAU Foundation now has travel funds for student work like that above. Several honors students received such funds.

Travel: A large group went to the Arkansas Arts Center in 2013 and another will visit Sci-Port in Shreveport on 13 September 2014.

Pool Party Cancelled (rain) :-(

Honors College t-shirts: See Kiley Anderson about Honors College t-shirts!

Adoption Agency: We want peer mentors for new students. Su-Ann Tan will administer the program. Every new student should have a peer mentor soon.

Shreveport Sci-Port Trip: Is Saturday 13 September 2014. Watch your e-mail to get a seat. Remember, those who request a seat and who fail to attend (barring emergencies) will not be eligible for further trips for six months.

Matriculation: The annual Matriculation Ceremony speaker will be Dr. JuJuan English, Chair of Nursing at UAPB. It will be held on Sunday 21 September at 2 pm in Reynolds Hall. A reception will follow. Feel free to invite family and friends.

Honors Hours: You must complete 24 honors hours in order to graduate as an Honors College Scholar. Do NOT wait until your senior year to complete a large number of hours.

Contracts: You should have made all contracts with faculty for honors hours completed by today! Once you designate a contract course for honors credit you cannot revert back to the non-honors class.

Let's review the contract class process:

1. Contact your instructors to see if they will offer such a course.

2. See David Wingfield to be sure the course will be listed.

3. Get a blank contract form from David Wingfield and have the instructor fill it out.

4. Return (or have the instructor return) the form to the Honors College office.

5. Courses cannot be listed or enrolled in following the 11th class day.

iPads: Due to several requests for other types of tablets a poll will be conducted in Honors Seminar tomorrow to collect information on possible changes to this program. Others wishing to take the poll should contract Dr. Kardas ASAP.

Late Night Study Hall: The Bruce Center Late Night Study Hall is open for all SAU students. Thank Daniel Ibinola for spearheading the effort that led to its creation last semester.

HCA: Honors College Association is an SAU organization. HC graduate Chris Harris got it going. We need volunteers to re-organize and re-energize it.

Lounge/Study Room: The Honors Lounge (Nelson 200) will be open from 9 to noon and 1 to 5 every school day. Please feel free to drop by during those hours. The Lounge features cable TV, Apple TV, a PC, and a wireless printer that is iPad ready. It also offers free cold water and snacks. The Lounge may also be used after hours by prior arrangement. A small private study room is also available in Nelson Hall.

Publicity: Always remember to identify yourselves as Honors College students when being interviewed or reported upon. Also, Lera Black is working on our latest Honors College poster. Look for it soon.

Welcome our new students!

Noaf         Alfryji

Calla         Bassett

James      Blann

Ethan       Bolick

Cobyn      Brakebill

Jeffery     Brannam

Chevy      Brock

Jeremy    Brown

Taylor      Burdick

Mattison Carter

Melissa   Chandler

Amanda Chewning

Chikaodiri Chukwu

Mariana Ciurcina

Dakotah Cooper

Amanda Crye

Gabrielle Davis

Everett    Delora

Sabin       Dhaugoda

Ahoueffa DissouOgoula

Ethan       Edwards

Ryan        Eppinette

Delora    Everett

Ceesay    Fofana

William   Gardner

Manisha  Gc

Tyler        Gentry

Jasmine  George

Alexander Haagenson

Logan      Hampton

Hannah   Hathcock

David       Hinton

William   Jackson

Emily       Jett

Marissa  Johnston

Renee      Jorgensen

Stacy       Lawrence

Andrew   Legrand

Seth         Loftin

Shiraj       Manandhar

Dawson  McGonagill

Jordan     Newby

Obidigbo Nzeribe

Elijah Reading

Stephanie Rhodes

Kennedy  Richard

Joshua     Roberts

Miranda Robinson

Zachary  Sandlin

Jordan     Schroeder

Savanna  Scott

Deanna   Senn

Joy            Senn

Shiva       Shrestha

Aliyah      Smith

Garlon     Swistok

Darby      Taylor

Tian          Tong

Cyrus       Tucker

Jessica     Williams

Allyson    Yu

Mireille   Zoa