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March 7, 2022

Where To Find Your Honors Requirement Curriculum Sheet!

You can now find your updated Honors Curriculum Sheet in the OneDrive folder we shared with you earlier this quarter titled, "Honors Progress Reports." If you go to your OneDrive and click on Shared, you will find your folder. We will update your Curriculum sheet as you complete your requirements. If you feel there is a discrepancy you can email honors@calpoly.edu or stop by Dr. J's Office Hours.

Save the Date!! Honors Graduation Celebration June 2nd, 6-9pm.

Graduating Seniors we want to celebrate with you! Our NEW! Annual Graduation Celebration will be held on Thursday June 2nd, 6:00-9:00pm in the ATL on campus. Appetizers and beverages will be served. All graduating seniors (includes seniors graduating Winter22/Fall 22) and their family and friends are invited to attend! PLEASE RSVP via the QR code below. We'd like to get a sense of how many people will attend. We will provide more details of the event in early Spring Quarter. 

Seats Still Available in Honors Courses!!

There are still seats available in a number of HNRS courses including some of the HNRS 299 Honors Seminars.

Important Information about HNRS 361 & 461 Next Year!! 

Plan ahead! Next year will will only offer:

HNRS 361 in FA22 & WN23
HNRS 461 in WN23 & SP23

 

If you are graduating in FA22 and planned to take one of these courses in Fall, please contact Dr. J (jjovanov@calpoly.edu

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.

Are you ready to take HNRC 200-02 or 03? 

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. 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.

Get Your Work Published!!

The Western Regional Honors Council institution invites Honors students from universities in the region to submit their creative and scholarly work for the May 1, 2022 Edition of The Palouse Review, by the upcoming deadline April 1, 2022. The current, December 1, 2021 Edition and previous editions are available at https://palousereview.wsu.edu/

They accept short fiction, nonfiction, scholarship, poetry, photography & visual art, music, and digital multimedia. This is a great opportunity to have your work published!!!

 

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

Still 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 March 7th. 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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Campus Events You Don't Want to Miss!!  

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Campus Employment Opportunities

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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)

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!

Contact
Phone: 805-756-7029
E-mail: honors@calpoly.edu
 
Honors Commons
Location:5th Floor Library (room 510).
Hours:  Monday 9am to 4pm; Tuesday - Friday: 9am to 4pm

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