May 27, 2024

Honors Event TOMORROW!

May 28th, 11:10am!

Check out all the Spring Quarter Honors Events!

Research Opportunity

NEW! 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 Fall 2024 Dr. Hopper from the Department of History is seeking applicants for the following project. Students from ANY major can apply!

Project description:

Indian Ocean Slave Voyages in the Nineteenth Century. This project will add 300+ new voyages to the expanding Transatlantic Slave Trade Database (SlaveVoyages.org). As part of a three-year National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant, a new project by a team of researchers including Dr. Hopper (History Department) and led by Dr. Daniel Domingues (Rice University) aims to expand the existing Slave Voyages database to include the Indian Ocean. The project team estimates that 5,000-6,000 new voyages from the Indian Ocean will be added to the existing database of 36,000+ voyages now publicly accessible on SlaveVoyages.org. Students working on this project will learn to use the Slave Voyages online entry form to add new voyages to the database including numerous data fields relating to the specific voyages. Students will extract data points from sources provided by Dr. Hopper from his ongoing research into slave ships captured by the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean in the nineteenth century. In some cases, students may need to refer to digital images of handwritten nineteenth-century archival documents, although most data are in Excel. Students will train with Dr. Hopper and then work independently with regular meetings to check in on their progress and answer questions. Students will have their efforts acknowledged as contributions on the Slave Voyages website.

Use the following link to apply! Hopper Research Assistant Application. Applications are due THIS MONDAY, JUNE 3RD BY 5PM!

Are you planning to apply to a PhD program in a STEM field?

Take an Honors Seminars in Fall!

Check out the Honors Seminars we will be offering in Fall 2024! Remember that you can use an honors seminar toward your required Honors Electives.

Need a Permission Number?

If you have completed a Co-curricular or Track experience and are ready to take HNRC 200-02, HNRC 200-03 and/or HNRS 361 email honors@calpoly.edu for permission numbers.

Thinking about how to fulfill your Honors Elective requirement?

We have updated Module 2.6 in the Honors Handbook to make clear the number of ways you can get units toward your required Honors Electives.

Planning your schedule for NEXT YEAR??

We have updated the Tentative Course Offerings link to reflect which Honors courses will be able to offer next year in AY 2024-25. Remember this can change as we add new courses so check back frequently.

Calling All Bailey College Students!!

Employment Opportunities

Graduating seniors OneCoolEarth is hiring!

Graduating seniors: Staff Research Associate UCSD Department of Psychiatry.

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.

Check out our NEW Study Abroad link!

The Honors Program has added a link to our website where we will post information about Study Abroad. Check out the information we have posted about CSU International Programs and SIT Study Abroad Programs on our Study Abroad link.

Need Advising?

Our Peer Advisors are available in-person or on zoom to answer any questions you have about the Honors program (e.g., Honors requirements, balancing Honors & major requirements, Co-Curricular experiences, Track, etc). Learn more about Peer Advising.

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.

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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.

Honors Program Information!

Contact

Phone: 805-756-7029
E-mail: honors@calpoly.edu

The Honors copier in Building 116 (Jesperson), Room 212. The copier is connected to computers for anyone who needs to print. The copier will be available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 9am to 4pm. If you need it on Monday or Friday, please email Jenni, jeduval@calpoly.edu to set up a time.
Jenni's office is Building 116, Room 212 (with the copier!)
Dr. J's temporary office is Building 47, room 23F

Dr. J's Winter Quarter Office Hours:

Tuesdays: In person 1:00 to 2:30pm in my office, Building 47, Room 23F.

Or email jjovanov@calpoly.edu to set up a zoom meeting.

Need someone to talk to?

Reach out to Cal Poly's Counseling Services. They are there to support your emotional health and well being!

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