The weekly update for September 1, 2023
Student Spotlight
Jaci Charbonneau
Hometown: Smith Center, KS
Major/Minor: Finance with an emphasis in Real Estate and minoring in Honors with Leadership Focus
Honors Distinction: Honors with Leadership Focus.
Favorite Honors Benefit: Smaller class sizes
Favorite Honors classs: Survey of Leadership. Survey of Leadership teaches different leadership styles, examples in the real world,
and it also had a small classs with a great professor.
Involvement on Campus: Honors Ambassador, Director of Recruitment for the Honors College, and President of
the Barton Business Ambassadors
Fun Fact: I went on vacation to the Dominican Republic this summer with all my immediate family
which included 20 people!
Events & Deadlines
NSF/Goldwater Workshop | Sept 15
Interested in funding your undergraduate or graduate studies in a STEM field? The
WSU Graduate School and McNair Scholars program are offering a workshop to give you
insight into the application processes and timelines for the National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship and the Goldwater Fellowship for undergraduates. Come
prepared to ask questions! Friday, September 15 at 11am in RSC 142.
RSVP by calling 316-978-3139 or email mcnairscholars@wichita.edu!
Honors and CID Faculty & Staff Townhall Meeting | Sept 18
Monday, September 18: 1:00-2:00PM
Click here to join the meeting
Honors Induction | Sept 23
Honors Induction for new honors students will take place Saturday, September 23rd in Wilner Auditorium at 12:30pm with an open house reception in the Cohen Honors College Shocker Hall Building A at 1:30pm during Family Weekend. No RSVP required.
FYRE | Oct 10
The First Year Research Experience ((FYRE) is open to new WSU students from all majors.
Through a competitive application process students are matched with ongoing research
projects led by WSU professors in numerous STEM disciplines. Selected students will
participate in active laboratory research for 8-10 hours per week, culminating in
a poster presentation about their work.
The FYRE applications are due October 10th with interviews and selection occurring in November. Students earn 3 hours of Honors
credit and a letter grade for successful completion of FYRE in the Spring 2024 semester. FYRE in STEM Student Application
More information here: www.wichita.edu/FYRE
Questions? Moriah.beck@wichita.edu
Information
Attention First-Year Students - Honors Colloquium Reminder!
First-Year Honors College students please be sure you are checking your Shocker email account. This week you were sent important emails from Blackboard and PebblePad about setting up your PebblePad account and preparing for our first Honors Colloquium classs session. We will continue to send you information for Honors Colloquium throughout the semester. Check those emails often as this is the official method of communication for all things Honors Colloquium! Questions? please email honors@wichita.edu
Honors Colloquium is on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Volunteer and Earn Money for a Student Organization: Prairie Fire Marathon
The Prairie Fire Marathon planning committee is looking for civic organizations/groups to volunteer for various assignments like water stations on the route. The cool thing about this opportunity is they pay the organizations $10 a volunteer for helping. Are you a member of a student group looking for extra funds for conferences or food for meetings? Email your name and the organization name to Dr. Engber Kimberly.engber@wichita.edu, and she’ll connect you to this opportunity that was sent to us by an Honors alum!
Honors Option Agreement
You can turn almost any course into an Honors course. The Honors Option Agreement
form is a way for students to continue fulfilling designated Honors requirements.
There is still time to have a conversation with a faculty member in a course you would
like to use in your Honors coursework. Please click on the link below to learn more.
For further questions, please schedule an Honors advising appointment. Honors Option
Agreement forms are due September 8th.
Honors College Forms Directory
Honors Advising (in-person or virtual)
For an appointment, schedule with Andrew Myers through the Navigate system appointment link or email him at andrew.myers@wichita.edu
Have a question outside of drop-in hours? Check our FAQs page at wichita.edu/honors.
24/7 Honors Student Space in Shocker Hall
Cohen Honors students have 24/7 access to the Honors student lounge and kitchen in Shocker Hall Building A!
- Staff are available during office hours Monday-Friday from 8:00am-5:00pm.
- Use your Shocker ID card to get into the lounge anytime outside of office hours. Scan your ID at the box with the red light. When the light turns green, the door is unlocked.
- Free printing is now available to you! To access your free printing, you will need to login to one of the computers in the student lounge. Your login is your WSU ID and password.
- Lockers are currently not working properly. You can still use them to store your belongings, but you will not be able to lock it. It is your responsibility to make sure nothing is left behind.
If you have issues with door access or printing, please submit a form here.
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