Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College Weekly Update

Honors Community News

Attend the Civic Engagement Seminar featuring Mayor Brandon Whipple and hosted by HCSC

From the Dean: Spring Forward

Spring is the semester of engagement in Honors. Attend a campus event to broaden your perspective and engage in dialogue with students, faculty, and community members. The February 13^th Civic Engagement dialogue hosted by the Honors Student Council with special guest Mayor Brandon Whipple 4-5pm in RSC 262 is a great place to start conversation. The Tilford Symposium on February 27^th and 28^th engages the WSU campus, private industry and non-profit organizations to promote the legacy of equity, diversity and inclusion in our community. 

Find volunteer opportunities organized by WHEAT, the Honors student organization, or check the university’s Volunteer ICT platform. Work toward earning recognition for your service with Honors Community Engagement award. Above all, keep dreaming of the world ahead of you and moving confidently in that direction. As American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau reminds us, “our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”

Happy springing forward into February!

Remember you can stop by Shocker Hall anytime for study space or an advising conversation. Email honors@wichita.edu with ideas, questions, or concerns.

Apply for the Outstanding Cohen Honors Student Award 2020 by Feb 11th

The Outstanding Cohen Honors Student Award recognizes a high-achieving senior leader who takes on challenges and demonstrates commitment to academic excellence in Honors. Awards are presented each year at the spring Senior Honors Banquet. For more information, visit the Current Students section of the Honors webpage and click on Outstanding Honors Student Award. Applications are due by February 11th. 

Eligibility Requirements:

• Graduating Senior who has completed at least 90 credit hours by the end of the summer prior to award being selected
• Active standing in Honors  

Campus News

Students are invited to participate in new logo design

WSU students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the competition for a new logo for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism’s popular (and now renamed) Walk-In Fishing Access program or WIFA. This program provides fishing access to private lands on thousands of acres of Kansas waters. The logo competition runs from now until Sunday, March 1.

The designer who wins will receive $2,500. Entries must be submitted at KSoutdoors.com/WIFA_Logo. Only original artwork will be considered, copyrighted images may not be used. Only Electronic submissions will be accepted.

Entries must be submitted in black and white. A color version of the logo may be submitted in addition to the black and white logo.

Participants must be at least 18 years of age by March 1, to participate. To learn more about this program and contest rules, go to KSoutdoors.com/WIFA_Logo.

Ulrich Museum's free film series resumed downtown today

The Ulrich Museum of Art’s free film series resumes downtown at 6 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 7) at mamafilm at The LUX, 120 E. 1st Street North, with films examining technology out of control. Admission is free.

Emotions Go to Work: The Film Series, is co-curated by Zoe Beloff and Rebecca Cleman. The theme is “It’s Gonna Blow – Gadgets Go Mad.” This group of films focuses on the home and household gadgets gone wild.