Courses
Step into the Dark World
Those Honors students ever so lucky enough to have enrolled in HNR 210 The Evolution of the Comic Book Movie journeyed into the Dark World….of Destiny USA to see the opening of Thor. Great fun was had by all. After a brief trip to the comic book store, we took our seats (with huge buckets…
Read MoreHonors Students Engage Community
Wondering why Honors courses are so different from others? On Saturday, October 26 Honors students enrolled in Professor Faye McMahon’s, “Folk Arts, Festival and Public Display” engaged with community members from DR Congo at Refugee Resettlement Services in Syracuse. Makene, Kiza and Tamone introduced students through their storytelling to their unique traditional arts. After the…
Read MoreWhat’s New in Spring 2014?
We heard you! In our recent survey, many of you gave us useful feedback regarding our course offerings. So… our Spring 2014 course lineup includes many continuing favorites and much that is new! Here’s some highlights: Two new Honors courses from IST A new science offering (HNR 250 Darwin & Evolutionary Theory), A new…
Read MoreHonors Footnotes Events Are Coming!
Join us this Fall for a new series of Honors Footnotes Events! Our staff and faculty are putting together a fantastic line up of these small, enriching events that not only explore new interests, but connect you with others in the Honors community. So stay tuned to your email for our invites! All Honors students will…
Read MoreFall 2013 Courses Are Available!
Fall 2013 Honors Course Listings Are Available! Fresh off MySlice and packed with fun, engaging courses for the curious mind, our course listings for Fall 2013 are published. Make sure you check back in case information changes or updates come in. Head over to the Fall 2013 Course page to access the listings.
Read MoreLearning Communities Go to the Corning Museum of Glass!
The Resident Advisors in our Honors Learning Communities never cease to amaze us with the activities they come up with! Last week, RAs on the 2nd and 3rd floors of Sadler Hall, Jackie Barr and Bo Stewart, organized a trip for their residents to go to the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, NY. The Museum…
Read MoreLearning Community Outing
With Oscar Nominations having just been announced, the timing seemed right to share with you one of the wonderful outings that our learning communities on Sadler 2 and 3 made at the end of the fall term. Last month, the two LCs collaborated and had a wonderful night out; sharing a meal together discussing the impact of…
Read MoreCivic Engagement through Coursework!
Catherine Nock’s HNR 100 Seminar took a trip to The Original Somali Bantu Wazigua Community Organization to volunteer with refugee children. In addition to helping the children with writing and math, the students distributed books and helped the children with reading. The books were provided by TA Stephanie Breed’s program Books Are Food for Thought.
Read MoreHonors Students Engage With Traditional Artists During Folk Arts Fieldtrips
We’ve always heard that in the liberal arts tradition of the West, one needs to know about a wide range of things to be a complete citizen and that those who are to be educated and productive members of society have to be exposed even to things that they may (initially) deem not worthy…
Read MoreHNR 240 Publishes Local, Seasonal Cookbook
The students in Jolynn Parker’s HNR 240 class “Food Stories: Global and Local Food in Syracuse” have published a cookbook! If you’re looking for some great, local, year-round recipes you can download the cookbook as a pdf here.
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