March 10, 2025
Apply to be an Honors Student Assistant for 2025-2026! Applications DUE MARCH 24TH!
The Honors Program is hiring paid Student Assistants to work part-time next year in the Honors Program office beginning Fall 2024. Rate of pay is $16.50 per hour. The positions are for one academic year. You must be able to commit to all three quarters. Position descriptions are in the application form. If interested, please complete the application below. For full consideration, please submit your application by 11:59pm on Friday, March 24, 2025. We will conduct interviews with applicants during week of April 14-18. Honors student applicants must be "in good standing" with the Honors Program to be considered. If you have questions please email Dr. J, jjovanov@calpoly.edu. If you are selected you can use this to fulfill your Co-Curricular: Leadership requirement.
Honors Student Assistant Application Form
LAST HONORS EVENT FOR WINTER QUARTER!
Check out what we have planned for Spring 25!
Read the Fall 2024 Honors Newsletter!
Read about all the wonderful activities and accomplishments of our Honors students and faculty in the Fall 2024 Honors Newsletter! The Honors Newsletter is entirely written, edited and designed by our talented Honors Newsletter Committee. Congratulations!!
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Study Abroad Opportunities THIS SUMMER!
NEW! Study psychology and child development ABROAD in Italy this Summer 25! The Health & Culture program is a hybrid, short-term study abroad opportunity based in Naples, Italy and featuring two PSY/CD courses (CD424/PSY465 Culture and PSY 320 Health Psychology). For more information, check out this website!
Research Opportunities! Applications DUE TOMORROW!
The Honors Program is continuing a new effort to offer ever quarter the opportunity for students who want to "try on" research to apply to work with a faculty on a research project for 1 quarter. Students who apply and are selected will register for 1 unit of HNRS 400. This unit can be used as an Honors Elective. The time commitment for this 1 unit is 4 hours of various research responsibilities each week. Participation in a research opportunity can be used to fulfill the Honors Track Requirement!
FOR SPRING 2025
NEW! Dr. Marni Goldenberg from the Department of Experience Industry Management is seeking applicants for the following project. Students from ANY major can apply!
Project description:
Interested in working with diverse populations? Love Farmers' Market? If so, this project is for you! Students will join our research team to collect research at Farmers' Market this April for 5 weeks on the neurodiversity project. We will be building out a resilience room on Higuera Street and invite individuals who self-identify as neurodivergent to use the peaceful space/room. We will then ask the participants to complete a survey and interview assessing the benefits and outcomes of using the room. We will be analyzing the qualitative and quantitative data during the last 5 weeks of spring quarter.
Looking for students who have an interest and desire in working with diverse populations, as well as a desire to learn about data collection and data analysis. Data collection and data analysis skills are highly desirable. Student involved with this study should be available to collect data April 3-May 1 on Thur night between 5-9pm. Other meetings will be scheduled based on availability of the team.
Use the following link to apply to Dr. Goldenberg's Research Assistant Application. Applications are DUE BY TUESDAY MARCH 11TH!
NEW! Dr. Stefanee Maurice from the Department of Kinesiology & Public Health is seeking applicants for the following project. Students from ANY major can apply!
Project description:
Revising Course Policies for Equitable Learning. Dr. Stefanee Maurice seeks students interested in assisting with writing a literature review for a research project examining the impact of restructured course policies. Specifically, looking at the policies’ impact on students’ confidence related to the quality of their work, helping students prepare high-quality work that accurately represents their capabilities, and potentially lowering stress related to coursework. The qualitative data for this project has already been collected from previous courses taught by Dr. Maurice. Students interested in this project will work directly with Dr. Maurice and have regularly scheduled meetings throughout the quarter.
Use the following link to apply to Dr. Maurice's Research Assistant Application. Applications are DUE BY TUESDAY MARCH 11TH!
Opportunity to be an Associate Editor for the National Collegiate Honors Council!
Job Opportunity!
Campus Events!
WOW Leader applications are open!
Orientation Leader Application: WOW Leader and/or SLO Days Summer Crew.
Click the link to apply now.
WOW leader application close 3/14
https://cpslo.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/CalPolyOrientationPositionDescriptions/Efq4wYxS3iFIsjKBiQnDxVgBOCHrEQSOQNUuOioDp1K_4g?e=FaFlym
Being a WOW leader can count as an Honors Co-Curricular! We will accept Wow experience as either Leadership or Teaching/Mentoring.
Have questions? Ask a Peer Advisor!
We have three wonderful Peer Advisors who are available to answer your questions. Learn more about our Peer Advisors and when they are available each week under the Peer Advising link.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities!
Stay up to date! Follow the Office of Student Research on Instagram @calpolystudentresearch.
Learn about other undergraduate research opportunities at Cal Poly. Check out the Office of Student Research website.
CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES
Teaching/Mentoring
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Check out what's happening at Career Services THIS WEEK!
Don't miss the workshops and events to prepare you for your profession or graduate school. Click on the Career Services website.
How to submit an announcement for the Weekly Update!
If you have an event that you want to share with our Honors Community, please complete the form (see link below). Announcements received by Sunday 11:59pm will be included in the Weekly Update posted on Monday.
https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/4589651/Honors-Weekly-Update-Announcement-Request
Honors Program Information!
E-mail: honors@calpoly.edu
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