Archive for 2015
Your Service is Epic
One of the best ways to learn more about the opportunities available is to follow our civic blog where we showcase dozens of student projects plus get a look at a variety of service opportunities on our Want Ads page. Your classmates serve in the many media, cultural, tutoring and fraternal service organizations on campus. They participate…
Read MoreHonors has a new face!
Hello Honors Community! Please join us in welcoming Jolynn Parker to the Honors staff! Many of you already know Jolynn as the instructor for our popular HNR 240 “Food Stories” class; she has over ten years of experience teaching and mentoring Syracuse University students in her previous role with the English department. Jolynn will be…
Read MoreAbroad in Istanbul
If you see Emily Barrett (AS ’16), be sure to ask her how her semester in Istanbul went. But if you don’t get a chance to see her, read all about it on her blog site! Read all about Emily’s exploits: from the city to the country, exploring markets to archaeological sites, hiking to hanging…
Read MoreWhere Were You This Summer?
Honors students work, travel, research, and relax all around the world during summer vacation. Some of you were in the labs in the Life Sciences Buildings. Some of you were adventuring on your own and others were studying abroad. Three Honors students traveled to France in the SU Abroad program, Paris Noir: Literature, Art, &…
Read MoreCAPES Award Winner, Maryann Akinboyewa
Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement & Scholarship Honors student Maryann Akinboyewa’s dedication and service to community were celebrated with the conferring of The Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship. The award recognizes committed students who have significantly contributed to their communities through innovative public scholarship and community engagement. Maryann devoted countless hours to the…
Read MoreHonors + D1 Athlete = Super Impressive!
SU Athletics held a special event to honor the student athletes in the Class of 2015. Among the group were Caroline Habjan (AS ’15) and Rose Aschebrock (AS/PC ’15) of the Women’s Rowing team and Steven Fantigrossi (AS ’15), head student manager of the SU Football team. It takes extreme dedication, time management and endurance…
Read MoreHonors Capstone Presentation Day!
Come and support some of Syracuse University’s finest undergraduate students as they present their Capstone projects on Wednesday April 29th in the Hall of Languages! From 9 am until 4 pm there will be hour long presentation panels in the following Hall of Languages rooms: HL 101, 102, 105, 111, 114, 115, 201, 202, 205,…
Read MoreCivic Engagement: Experience Life Outside the College Bubble!
This post is part of a small series of posts written by current Honors students about their experiences with the Honors Program. They will be talking about their classes, capstones, anything that pertains to their journey through the program! By Emilie Scardilla ’17 A&S, Policy Studies My first semester of college I took a Honors Service…
Read MoreDisability Rights are Human Rights: Global Perspectives
Join us for pizza and conversation! Professor Stephen Kuusisto, Director of The Renée Crown University Honors Program and Mirjahon Turdiyev, a Hubert H. Humphrey Visiting Scholar from Uzbekistan, will be discussing the triumphs and problems faced by disabled citizens around the world. This will be an informal give and take session open to anyone who has an…
Read MoreFulbright Info Sessions Coming Up!
Attention Juniors and Seniors! If you are interested in going abroad for 9 months after you graduate for funded study/research or teaching English in a foreign country, you should consider applying to the Fulbright Program. SU has six students around the world this year with the Fulbright Program (in South Korea, France, Germany, Vietnam, Taiwan, and…
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