Honors Community News
Volunteers needed for GPHC, register to attend by Mar. 1
Volunteer:
Approximately 45 student volunteers are needed for the Great Plains Honors Council conference hosted this year by Wichita State and Hutchinson Community College Mar. 20-21. Sign up as soon as possible to help us move forward with planning! The student council is hosting student socials in downtown Wichita Friday and Saturday evening. If you’d like to attend or help with these, contact Lucy Cook.
Register to attend:
You are invited to register online for the Great Plains Honors Council conference by March 1st using the conference code 20WSUGPHC . We’d love to show your attendance in our registration numbers, and this is particularly important if you would like to be included in any of the meals. A conference schedule overview is available at www.wichita.edu/gphc2020
We look forward to welcoming about 350 Honors students, faculty, and staff from Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas to Wichita and Hutchinson in March! We hope to see you there.
- Kimberly Engber, Ph.D,
Dean, Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College
Associate Professor, English
Honors hires Applied Learning Graduate Assistant
The Cohen Honors College is excited to announce that Mariem Berrada has joined us
as our Applied Learning Graduate Assistant. Mariem will be working closely with the
Office of Applied Learning to cultivate internships and cooperative education opportunities
for Cohen Honors students.
Not only will Mariem help students with the internship process at the university but she will also work one on one with you to interface with the community to find those opportunities for you.
She will be available for appointments in both the Cohen Honors College and the John Bardo Center.
Please email AppliedHonors@wichita.edu to schedule an appointment.
Cohen Enhancement Scholarship deadline Mar. 15th
The Cohen Honors College supports Honors students to expand their horizon or give back to their community - thanks to a generous scholarship fund established by Dorothy and Bill Cohen.
Cohen Enhancement Scholarships of up to $4000 fund 20-25 students each year to engage in activities such as study abroad, National Student Exchange, unpaid internships in nonprofits or the public sector, national conferences, undergraduate research or service learning.
The final deadline to apply for funding this academic year or for summer study is March 15th. Apply online.
Campus News
University Innovation Fellows program application due Mar. 6th
Applications to join the Fall 2020 cohort of University Innovation Fellows is now live. Submit your application online by March 6th. Questions? Email wsuuif@gmail.com
All WSU students, faculty, and staff welcome to attend the Mikrokosmos Release Party today
Mikrokosmos, Wichita State's literary journal, is hosting its annual release party at 5:30 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 28) at the McKnight Center Atrium. The event will be the debut of Mikrokosmos 66, a journal that features poetry, fiction, and artwork from Wichita State's faculty and students. There will be free food and drink, and readings from our featured artists. An open mic will follow, so all are welcome to come and share some of their own creative work.
All students receive a free copy of Mikrokosmos, so stop by and pick up your free copy!
File your taxes for free today
The Office for Student Money Management encourages all students, faculty, and staff to file their taxes as soon as possible before the April 15 deadline. We currently partner with the United Way to offer a free online tax program at MyFreeTaxes.com through H&R Block.
Our staff is fully trained to help guide you through the process of doing taxes on your own. Please take this opportunity and see us today. We are open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and take appointments as well as walk-ins. All schedule changes will be posted on our Twitter @WSU_OSMM.
Be sure to bring all of your tax documents, a personal laptop, and a flash drive. For all other questions or to schedule an appointment, call us at 978-3254 or email at osmm@wichita.edu.
Honors Office News
Advising Appointment protocol
To schedule an Honors Advising Appointment, email Honors@wichita.edu or Jessica.Raburn@wichita.edu.
If you happen to be in the Honors College or nearby when a question occurs to you, please feel free to stop by to see if the Honors Academic Advisor can visit with you immediately.
-Jessica Raburn, Assistant Director and Academic Advisor
Office Hours of the Dean
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