From: Megan Hull Date: February 12, 2024 Subject: This Week in Honors...
This Week in Honors
Happy Valentine’s Week, honors scholars! We aren’t here to wax poetically about your sparkling eyes or winning personality, but we do want to pause at the beginning of another busy week to let you know how much we care about you. Whether you are sharing love with a partner, friend, family, or furry companion on Wednesday, know that we are here for you too! We think you'll love our lineup of events this week.
News from the Futures Hub
FALL 2024 HONORS COURSES: From the Gothic to the Geography of Star Trek, Taylor Swift (Arkansas’ Version) to Campaign 2024, the Honors College is proud to announce our Fall 2024 Honors College Courses. Head here for a complete overview of our next semester’s lineup. Note that some courses will require an application that will close on Sunday, March 10th at 11:59. Questions? Reach out to Megan Hull at mmh050@uark.edu.
Help out a fellow honors student in their research project by submitting a brief, anonymous survey about sex education. Click here for more information and the link to the survey.
Wondering where to start to find an internship? Drop by this quick intro with Louise Hancox! Find out about internship grants for unpaid internships and designing your own internship
Join Professors Vincent Edwards and Edmund Harriss for an overview of their August Intersession 2024 Honors Signature Seminar on Technology Craft. Technology is often associated with modernity and the cutting edges of human achievement. We instead consider it as something old, as the continuation of the ancient and universal human traditions of tool use and craft. A central question in that tradition is to start with a tool and ask simply “What can you do?”. In this preview lecture, we will apply this question to some of the most modern tools, CNC routers, laser cutters and 3d printers. We will think about tools as physical objects, as computer models (which in some cases can control machines) and in the abstract, with the goal of balancing between theory and practice, seeing how each supports the other.
Futures Hub staff are coming to Hotz Hall! We’ll be set up across from the music room on Thursdays from 9 – 10 am. Stop by to chat, ask questions or grab coffee and a snack.
The Volunteer Action Center will be hosting Envisioning Justice, a three-day conference from February 14-16, 2024 that will consist of hour-long sessions highlighting topics on civic engagement and social justice, focusing on the value of service, systemic issues and educating future generations! More information can be found here.
Interested in broadening your perspectives, experiences, and skills as you find your path to innovation? Join the Pathfinders Innovative Leadership Program. In Pathfinders, you collaborate with peers to fundraise, plan and execute events, and gain leadership experience! More information and the link to apply can be found here.
