February 24, 2025
THIS WEEK'S HONORS EVENTS!
Check out our calendar of Events for Winter 25 quarter!
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Attention Fall 2025 Graduates!
IMPORTANT! If you are planning to graduate in Fall 2025, please plan to take HNRS 461 in SP25!!! We do not offer HNRS 461 in Fall.
Added to Spring 2025!!
HNRS 302. The Learn By Doing Lab Teaching Practicum.
Take Advantage of Being an Honors Student!! Take an Honors Seminar 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 2025: Honors Seminars
Research Opportunities!
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.
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!
FREE Passport Opportunity!!
The Cal Poly International Center is partnering with CEA CAPA and all Cal Poly colleges to offer their fourth Passport Fair on Wednesday, March 5th between 10:00 am -2:00 pm, ATL Keck Lab.
Cal Poly students who have not held an adult passport will have the opportunity to apply for a U.S. passport book and, thanks to the generosity of CEA CAPA and Cal Poly's six colleges, application fees of $165 will be covered for up to 100 Cal Poly students. The application is now open!
With the passport, award recipients will be able to explore the wide array of global opportunities offered by the Cal Poly International Center, including studying, interning, service learning, and researching abroad.
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
SLO Days leader application closing on 2/24/25
- Interviews dates for SLO Days Leaders will be on 2/28, 3/1, 3/4
Being a WOW leader can count as an Honors Co-Curricular! We will accept Wow experience as either Leadership or Teaching/Mentoring.
Campus Events!
Save the Date! Spring Graduate Celebration on June 4th!
Graduating Seniors we want to celebrate with you! Our Annual Graduation Celebration will be held on Wednesday June 4th, 5:00-7:00pm in the ATL on campus. Appetizers and beverages will be served. All graduating seniors (includes seniors graduating Winter25/Fall 25) and their family and friends are invited to attend! We will provide more details of the event in early Spring Quarter.
Get your work published in an Honors journal!
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
We are seeking students who are interested in serving as Learning Assistants to Honors courses in Spring 2025 quarter. If you are interested please complete the Learning Assistant Interest Form by March 4th. 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!
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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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