February 21, 2022

Take Advantage of Being an Honors Student!! Take an Honors Seminars this Spring!

One unique aspect to being a member of the Honors Program is access to the 1 unit, credit/no credit Honors Seminars taught by the best instructors at Cal Poly. These seminars are designed to be engaging without a heavy workload. Its a chance to learn about something you might not have considered before. Don't pass up this opportunity! Check out the list for Spring 2022: Honors Seminars Don't delay! Seminars are filling up fast!!

Consider HNRS 265 in Spring22!

HNRS 265 - Research and Information Skills for Honors Students. Click HERE to Learn More about this 2-unit Honors class! For more information about this course email Tess Loarie (tloarie@calpoly.edu), the Learning Assistant for the course. This is a great course to take to fulfil an Honors Elective requirement!

How to Register for HNRS 361 or 461?

If you completed your Track experience (and already received approval by completing the Form in Module 4.4 of the Student Handbook) you can enroll in HNRS 361. If you have completed (or almost completed) your Senior Project in your major you can enroll in HNRS 461. Both of these courses are asynchronous. Enrollment is by permission only. Please email honors@calpoly.edu for a permission number.

Have you completed a Co-Curricular Experience?

To learn more about how to satisfy the Honors Co-Curricular Experience click on the Co-Curricular Experiences link under Current Students on our website. IF you received approval for your Co-Curricular experience and are ready to enroll in HNRC 200-02 (Leadership) or HNRC 200-03 (Teaching/Mentoring) please email honors@calpoly.edu for a permission number.

REMEMBER you can complete your Co-Curricular Experience: Teaching/Mentoring by being a Learning Assistant for an Honors Seminar or by being a Peer Advisor. For more information on how to apply, see the Co-Curricular info below! Applications are DUE FEBRUARY 25TH!!!

CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES

See Module 2.8 of the Student Handbook for more information about Honors required Co-curricular experiences. Please see the Co-Curricular Experiences link under the Current Students tab for the steps to take to fulfill this requirement. We will post new opportunities that you can consider for fulfilling these requirements as they come up.

Teaching/Mentoring

NEW! Seeking Honors Peer Advisors!

The Honors Program is seeking students to be Peer Advisors in Spring 2022 quarter. This is a 1-quarter commitment involving ~2-3 hours per week. Responsibilities include being available in the Honors Commons for Drop-In advising hours 2 hours per week. In addition, Peer Advisors will work together to organize one workshop and one registration event during the quarter. To be a Peer Advisor you must have been in the Honors program for at least 1 year. If interested, complete the Honors Peer Advisor Application by February 25th. If you are selected you can count this as your Teaching/Mentoring Co-Curricular experience!

NEW! Seeking Honors Learning Assistants!

We are seeking students who are interested in serving as Learning Assistants to Honors courses in Spring 2022 quarter. If you are interested please complete the Learning Assistant Interest Form by February 25th. Learning Assistant responsibilities will involve assisting a faculty instructor in a particular HNRS course. Responsibilities may include facilitating discussions, preparing course activities, and answering student questions. Learning Assistants will be required to attend the class at its scheduled time.

If you are selected as a candidate, we will be in touch with you about your availability to be a Learning Assistant for a specific course. At the moment we are sorting out which HNRS courses will need Learning Assistants in Spring. If you are selected you can count this as your Teaching/Mentoring Co-Curricular experience!

Leadership

NEW! File NOW for ASI Student Government!!

File now to serve on the 2022-23 ASI Board of Directors or as the ASI president! If you are interested in student government, student advocacy, and making a change on campus, then fill out a Candidate Packet for either position!

NEW! Be a Peer Leader!

Applications to be a peer leader in the Center for Leadership are now open! This is a great way to grow in your leadership and teamwork skills while fostering relationships with various organizations across campus. It is 5-10 hours a week and is a paid position. Click the link to apply on their website

2022 Biotechnology and Biomedical Career Fair THIS WEEK!

Please join us for the 2022 Biotechnology and Biomedical Career Fair hosted by Cal Poly's Biotechnology Club, Biomedical Engineering Club, and Medical Devices Club! This event is hosted virtually through Zoom and is taking place this week on February 24-25th from 1:00-4:00 pm.

We are so excited to host this networking event with Kaiser Permanente, Hardy Diagnostics, Sarepta Therapeutics, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, Keck Graduate Institute, Exelixis, and Cannon Quality Group. Companies will be presenting through Zoom on Thursday, Feb. 24 from 1:00-4:00 pm. The presentation schedule and event Zoom ID can be found by clicking on this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ks066YiHER5bWRCDoal1vYEhaVKBiSMrcWXdWpgy3BY/edit

Help Support an Honors Student in their Research!

(from Ava Schafbuch, Jr. COMS Major)

I'm currently working on a group research project on social media marketing in regards to COVID. At this time, we're recruiting participants (age 18+ only) and it should only take about 5 minutes of your time. We would greatly appreciate if you sent the survey out to your organization, we would greatly appreciate it!

To participate, just click on the following link: https://bit.ly/32Qqcrt

Please participate by 2/27/22 as the project is due then. If your professor is offering extra credit for your participation, make sure you follow the google link on the last page to report your participation. Please note that this study will benefit students who are learning how to conduct a scholarly investigation in the field of Communication Studies in the class Coms 312: Research Methods. Thanks so much for your time! If you have questions, please contact the project supervisor, Dr. Aubrie Adams at aadams45@calpoly.edu. Thank you! This project is being conducted by Savannah DeBaets, Ava Schafbuch, Marie St. James, and Joe Wyrsch.

Campus Events You Don't Want to Miss!!

Change the Status Quo! February 26, 2022.

Registration for Cal Poly's 20th annual Change the Status Quo social justice leadership conference is now live! The conference is Saturday, Feb. 26th here at Cal Poly, and features a morning address from keynote speaker Hoda Katebi, as well as workshops, lunch, and a closing celebration. Tickets for Cal Poly students are $10 and tickets for the general public are $30, so please come support social justice efforts here on campus and Get Your Ticket Today!

Peer Advising Drop-in Hours

Drop in hours are in the Honors Commons. You can also reach out to any of the Peer Advisors directly to set up a Zoom advising session.

Tuesdays 12:00-2:00PM: Blaine Benham, babenham@calpoly.edu (Sr. Biology)

Wednesdays 11:00-1:00 PM: Michael Reyna, msreyna@calpoly.edu (Sr./Grad Mechanical Engineering)

Thursdays 10:00-12:00pm: Katrina Loye, kloye@calpoly.edu (Sr. Biology)

Campus Employment Opportunities

The TRIO pre-college program, Educational Talent Search (ETS) has an exciting opportunity for a part-time Outreach Coordinator Advisor (OCA). The part-time OCA is responsible for assisting high school and junior high students who are low- income and are/or potential first-generation college to pursue post-secondary education. This position provides academic advising, and in collaboration with the other OCA and Program Director coordinates all programs at ETS partner schools (junior high and high school) in Northern Santa Barbara County and Southern San Luis Obispo County.

For the complete job description and to apply please visit:

https://www.calpolycorporationjobs.org/postings/1699

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