The Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College Weekly Update

Events & Deadlines

Donuts, Coffee, and Kudos!

Donuts, Coffee, and Kudos to Honors Graduates Students graduating with an honors disctintion are invited to celebrate their recognition along with their families RSC 142 Harvest Room 9:30am - 11:30am May 12 10am Student Recognition Scan to RSVP

Graduates! Come celebrate your accomplishments at this end of the year event.

RSVP using the QR code above, or by filling out this form. Deadline to RSVP is May 1^st.

Event location has been changed to the RSC Harvest Room 142.

Honors Yearbook: We Want to Include You!

Fill out the yearbook form to be included and commemorate your time in the Cohen Honors College! Please send an individual picture (headshots/senior pictures) to Honors@wichita.edu. We also welcome group pictures from Honors events, Honors students around campus and around town.

Come Attend the FYRE in STEM Research Showcase on May 8th!

FYRE in STEM poster: You're invited to attend the FYRE in STEM Research Showcase Poster Presentations with Drinks and appetizers Monday May 8 from 4pm to 6pm in the Ablah Library

FYRE in STEM's first-year research experience in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is inviting all honors students and mentors to attend on May 8th in Ablah Library from 4pm-6pm. There will be drinks and appetizers for presenters and attendees. Enjoy a good time with friends and mentors while learning and seeing the amazing projects FYRE in STEM has to offer!

Submit Nominations for the Cohen Honors Faculty Mentor Award!

Flyer for Cohen Honors Faculty Mentor Award Deadlin May 5th to submit nominations! QR code to fill out the form

The Cohen Honors Faculty Mentor award nominations are here! Scan the QR code on the flyer or click here to submit your nominations.

The deadline to submit your nominations is May 5th, 2023

Last Chance for Submissions to the 8th Annual National Society for Minorities in Honors Conference!

The Honors College at the University of Arkansas invites you to the 8^th Annual National Society for Minorities in Honors Conference, which will take place on the University of Arkansas campus between October 25-27, 2023.

Why Honors?

The value of an honors education for students from underrepresented backgrounds

We are accepting proposals that address how we demystify the honors experience for students and how we can communicate or reassess the value of an honors education for students from diverse backgrounds and interests. We also welcome proposals of general interest to the NSFMIH community. Honors administrators, educators and students are invited to submit proposals.

Learn more about the 2023 NSFMIH Conference here.

Proposal submission form can be found here. The deadline for submissions is April 28, 2023.

News & Information

The Curious Case of Fletcher Hummingbird...

Fletcher and his band performing for the Earth Day celebration at Bethel College in Newton, Kansas

By day and through the week, Fletcher is your typical college student managing the demands of a rigorous course load, employment, and healthy extracurricular activities. He is an economics major in the Cohen Honors College, a skilled orator who competes regionally and nationally in debate competitions, and an employee of the campus Media Resources Center (MRC) where he serves a variety of roles including sound technician. On the weekends however, Fletcher transforms from college student to rock star hip-hop performer. As part of the hip-hop collective “No Service”, Fletcher and his band leverage a unique combination of intellectual wit, language mastery, and meaningful themes to evoke a musical experience that caters to the full gambit of human emotion. In doing so, No Service expresses human reflection through an innovative and unique sound that embodies the essence of various legendary artists, from abstract ingenuity that mirrors A Tribe Called Quest, musicality that brings smiles to even the most diehard fans of The Roots, and a collaborative performance energy that even Wu-Tang aficionados could appreciate. As one of many students who live, learn, and express themselves in a variety of beautiful means and manners, Fletcher is a living example that Honors is truly “more meaningful” both in and out of the classroom.

Tilford Symposium

The Tilford Symposium occurred April 25-26. Dr. Tilford championed inclusivity in education. He was the Graduate School dean in 1988 and Associate VP for Academic Affairs in 1994 at Wichita State. His work and advocacy expanded out of Wichita and reached the entire state of Kansas. To celebrate his legacy and achievements, the Tilford Symposium occurs every year with many faculty and staff of Wichita State being invited to speak on panels and encourage discussions of diversity and inclusivity in education.

College General Assembly - Dean's Message

Thank you to all of those who attended the Honors College General Assembly occurred two weeks ago on April 14. If you missed the Dean's message, click here to read it.

Lead for Tomorrow - Reunion Breakfast

Group photo of the Lead For Tomorrow group

This past week, past Leadership Academy students joined the current cohort class to share about their experience, development of thought, and to help students prepare for the Place as Text travel seminar heading to Portland, Maine in May 2023. The Lead for Tomorrow Cohen Honors Leadership Academy is part of the original Cohen gift and strives to be a curricular program that engages students in contemporary research and scholarship based on an annual theme, question, or issue. This year’s theme “Connected Leadership: Building a Community of Leaders” explores the connections of people, systems, and processes that leadership in action navigate. Students are paired with community partners and engaged in interdisciplinary problem solving leveraging Design Thinking approaches is providing recommendations for real challenges provided by our partners. To lean more about Lead for Tomorrow please visit: wichita.edu/honorslead.

Past Academy themes include:

2021- The Stories We Weave: Understanding Culture and Community Through Visual and Verbal Stories (Santa Fe, New Mexico)

2022- Building Better Relationships: Communication, Comprehension, Collaboration, and Connection (Seattle, Washington)

Honors Advising Reminders

Visit www.wichita.edu/honorsadvising for links and information. Email honors@wichita.edu or stop by the front desk with quick questions.

To schedule an advising appointment (In-person or virtual)

For general Honors advising, current students can self-schedule through the Navigate system.
For Honors Leadership track advising, contact Dr. Chelsea Redger-Marquardt at Chelsea.Redger@wichita.edu
Students exploring Wichita State and Honors (prospective students) can email honors@wichita.edu.

Click here to see Honors staff and how we can help:
wichita.edu/honorsstaff

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