November 13, 2023

Scholarship/Funding Opportunities

NEW! Apply for a BEACoN Research Scholar! Applications DUE Sunday November 19th!

Campus Events You Don't Want to Miss!

NEW! The Cal Poly International Center is celebrating International Education Week (IEW 2023) November 13-17! Click here or use the link below for the full list of free events, locations, and Zoom links!

Leadership Opportunity with CP Surfrider Club!

Cal Poly Surfrider Club is looking for a new Director for the Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) program. Blue Water Task Force is a water quality testing program that tests for the Enterococcus bacteria, an indicator for fecal pollution in the water, at three different beaches along the coast of San Luis Obispo County. Sampling and respective lab work takes place every Thursday morning, and results are read Friday mornings.If you are interested in the position or working with BWTF, please reach out to cpsu@clubs.surfrider.org”

Do you have a club event you want to announce to Honors students?

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

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. Same goes for HNRS 461!

REMEMBER! We will not give you a permission number if you have not submitted your Track and/or Co-curricular form (see Handbook).

Are you planning on taking HNRS 361 or 461 this year?

Remember that we are offering:

HNRS 361 in Fall 23 and WN 24

HNRS 461 in WN 24 and SP24

Important Note About Honors Cross-Listed Courses!!

If you are planning to take an Honors GE this year use the Tentative Course Offerings link on the Honors website to see what Honors courses will be offered. Just because you see a course on your Degree Planner does NOT mean the course will be offered. The Tentative Course offerings list is the most up to date information on what will be offered. Although Honors officially has a lot of cross-listed GEs, many will not offered.

REMEMBER! The only way to get credit for an honors course is if you register under HNRS. Just because a course is cross-listed does NOT mean it is an honors section. Honors sections are only honors sections if you can enroll under HNRS. Otherwise it is NOT an honors section and you will not get honors credit for the course.

Nominate Your Favorite Professor for the Distinguished Teaching Award!!

Have you had a professor that really made an impression on you? Someone you think stands out as amazing instructor? Consider nominating them for Cal Poly's Distinguised Teaching Award. The Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes faculty members who demonstrate excellence in teaching at Cal Poly. Only students and alumni, those who have been influenced most by faculty, are eligible to submit nominations. Nominations may be submitted online here and the last day to nominate is November 24, 2023.

Temporary Spaces for Honors....

Until we have our assigned Honors Commons here is what we have arranged so far for Fall quarter:

Building 197 (Bonderson), Room 104 every Wednesday from 3-6pm reserved for Honors students. This will be open to any Honors student who needs space to study, work on group projects, or just hang out.
You can still access the Honors copier in Building 116 (Jesperson), Room 212. The copier is connected to computers for anyone who needs to print. There is space to work if you need a quiet spot (see pic below)
Jenni's office is Building 116, Room 212 (with the copier!)
Dr. J's temporary office is Building 47, room 23F

As we reserve more spaces for Fall we will add to the Weekly Update.

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

TBA

Leadership

TBA

Looking for Honors advising?

Find out more about Peer Advising on the honors website. Also our Honors Ambassadors are available as a resource to all Honors students to share about their experiences in Honors (e.g., balancing Honors & major requirements, requirements of the Honors program) and as Cal Poly students more generally.

Dr. J's Fall Quarter Office Hours:

Tuesdays: In person 12:30 to 2:00pm in my office, Building 47, Room 23F.

Thursdays: Zoom office hour 1:00 to 2:00pm: https://calpoly.zoom.us/my/jjovanov

Thinking of changing your major?

Be sure to attend one of Cal Poly's Change of Major workshops. If you are interested in changing into or within an engineering major, attend an Engineering Change of Major workshop.