This Week In Honors
The week of April 18th, 2016
The Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity was a great day! Best of luck to those taking their show on the road to the UMass Undergraduate Research Conference!
Congratulations to all the Commonwealth Honors Scholars (just a few are pictured below) and to the winners of the 3rd Annual Commonwealth Honors Project Prize Competition
First Prize: Amy Angell (English)
(Dr. Elizabeth Bidinger)
2nd Prize: Kasey Wozniak and Kayleigh Berger (English)
Introducing Elizabeth Bishop, Poetry, and Writing as a Process
(Dr. Heather Treseler)
3rd Prize: Jim Lenoir (DEEP)
Lake Sediment Based Insight into the Deglaciation and Post-Glacial Climate and Environmental History of the Mealy Mountains, Southeastern Labrador, Canada
(Dr. Tim Cook)
Honorable Mention: Brittany Desilets (Business)
Reyes House Access to Health Care
(Dr. Joan Mahoney)
Courtney Mullin (CSD)
Drew Case (Economics)
Jemini Patel (Business)
Team Fynan (Medical Micro)
Team Greenwell (Medical Micro)
Nursing CHP Team
Fun fact: AP Credit and LASC!
Honors Events
Student Thesis Art Show Opening
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Art Gallery in Science and Tech, Room 113
Graduating seniors present their thesis work, a culmination of their growth and experience as visual and performing arts major at Worcester State.
UMass Undergraduate Research Conference
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Location: UMass Amherst – Lincoln Campus Center
Congratulations and best of luck to the presenters at the annual UMass Undergrad Research Conference.
Cuban Night @ WSU
Date: Friday, April 22nd
Time: 7 pm--9 pm
Location: Sheehan Multipurpose Room
Curious about Cuban culture? Looking to try some new food? Join WSU Enactus for Cuban Night! There will be a buffet of Cuban Cuisine catered by Cafe Reyes, music, dancing, and dominos to go around! Learn about Cafe Reyes's mission to support the Latino men in Worcester that have gone through substance abuse therapy and talk to some of the men that have changed their life around.
Earth Day Clean-Up
Time: 2:30-4:30
Location: Meet in front of Sullivan Auditorium, South Entrance
The Sustainability and Environmental club (S.E.E.D) will be having a campus community cleanup to celebrate Earth Day! FREE pizza and t-shirts! Come and go as you please from 2:30-4:30. Gloves and supplies are provided!
Trip to New England Aquarium
Date: Saturday, May 1st
Time: TBD
Location: New England Aquarium, Boston
If you are interested in this great opportunity, contact Carolynn Dewitt at cdewitt@student.fitchburgstate.edu
The Finish Line is in sight!
- Plan out the rest of your semester to make sure you don't miss anything.
- Set check points. Set out goals and a time by which to accomplish them. This helps you turn one big task that seems endless into manageable bites.
- Make sleep a priority, because it does not matter how much you studied if you're too exhausted to focus on the exam.
- Avoid feeding your stress with too much junk food and coffee. Have healthy snacks on hand. Crunchy foods are great for keeping you awake!
- Hydrate. Exercise.
- Work with a classmate or friend to keep each other motivated.
- Take breaks that do not involve a computer or phone.
- Set work hours and a reward for afterwards.
- Remember, small steps are still progress! You've got this!
Use the RSVP form to earn honors events credit
Remember that honors students need to attend two events per semester. These events may be sponsored by our program or by other campus organizations. Please consult the honors calendar on the blog and web site (or even embed the honors calendar in your own google calendar) and respond using our online RSVP form. Please let us know if there are any events on campus we’ve missed; we are always glad to add events to the calendar. The RSVP records are maintained by the graduate assistants; please address any questions to Ellen Snyder (esnyder@worcester.edu).
Contact Us
Dr. Karen Woods Weierman, Director
Dr. Jennifer Hood-DeGrenier, Assistant Director
Mary Flibbert, Honors Assistant
Ellen Snyder, Graduate Assistant
Email: kweierman@worcester.edu
Website: http://www.worcester.edu/Honors/
Location: Office LRC- 218
Phone: 508-929-8466
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Worcester-State-University-Honors-Program/223088314371280
Twitter: @honorswsu