Cohen Honors College Weekly Update

Assistant to the Dean, Madelyne Toney, Leaves Honors for New Position

Warm congratulations to Madelyne Toney who has accepted a new position at WSU with ITS Application Training. Her last day with Honors is today, Friday, September 21^st. Feel free to stop by to wish her well and share your thanks for her work and leadership in the college.

WHEAT Student Organization Event

WHEAT Join WHEAT for a movie night on Sept. 25.

To help choose the movie vote here .

Obama Foundation Fellowship

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The Obama Foundation Fellowship is looking for outstanding civic innovators who are working within their communities to create change and addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems. The Obama Foundation Fellowship is a 2 year, non-residential program designed to amplify the impact of the participants work and inspire new civic innovation.

Applicants must be:

over the age of 18
not a candidate for political office
not working for a 501(c)4 or 501(c)6
not currently participating in other Obama Foundation programming.

Those interested may apply apply here.

Honors Connection Conference

Honors Connection

You are invited to join
other Kansas Honors College Deans, Program Directors, Staff, Professors, and Students
for the 2018 Kansas Honors Connections Conference
hosted by Emporia State University on Saturday, November 3.

student photo This one-day event will be filled with student oral and poster presentations
with Kansas students presenting their research and ideas to other honors scholars from across the state.
We will also have a chance to connect with one another as we build a strong statewide honors community.

Registrations will be only $20 and will cover a light breakfast and lunch.

Sumbit you presentation abstracts by Oct. 1. Registration will be available soon.

For more information contact Kansas Honors Council or Ryan Diehl .

Wu's Big Event

Wu's Big Event Join Community Service Board in a day of service at Wu’s Big Event IX. Wu’s Big Event is a bi-annual service event geared towards students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the university passionate about volunteering. Volunteers will begin the day with a kick-off breakfast and keynote speaker. Concluding opening events, volunteers will be bussed out to one of seven service sites and perform three hours of community service with fellow Shockers. Upon return, volunteers will take part in reflection activities and be provided a boxed lunch. Come join Community Service Board in a fun-filled day of service with the Wichita community!

Complete your required pre-registration .

New Honors Course Offering

Honors students, keep your eyes peeled for more information about an Honors-only section of the popular Spring pre-session offering: Leadership in Self and Society with Dr. Peter Cohen. This course takes the perspective of Astin and Astin (2000) that… “an important leadership development challenge for higher education is to empower students, by helping them develop those special talents and attitudes that will enable them to become effective social change agents.” Considering what we face as a society, leadership may be our most significant challenge. In this course, students will embrace adaptive challenges and practice leadership in real time. This experience is about transforming students’ capacity to make progress on the issues most important to them.

Cohen Enhancement Deadline Approaching

A generous gift from Dorothy and Bill Cohen allows the Cohen Honors College to support students to do more meaningful work in the community and abroad. Cohen Enhancement Scholarships of up to $4000 are awarded by a competitive application process to fund study abroad, National Student Exchange, unpaid internships, national conferences, undergraduate research or service learning.

Apply for Cohen Enhancement Scholarship

Application deadlines: March 15, June 15 and October 15

Applicants will be notified of results two weeks after the deadline.