Honors Bulletin
All the Honors News that's Fit to Print
Ruthless + Ruthless Live -THIS FRIDAY
We're back barking at each other. Special guest Alex Ennes joins the podcast as we discuss the holidays, some funny things that happened along the way, the Blackness of Friday, and how Honors relates to the 7 Deadly Sins. Check us out on iTunes, SoundCloud.
And this FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30th @ 2 PM, we'll be recording LIVE in the Honors Lounge. Come out and ask us questions! Seats are limited and we'd love to know who's coming. If you're not coming, you can still submit a question for us!
Bulletin Contents
- Smart Stories
- Professional Development & Academic Opportunities
- Events
Tell Us Your Story
Tell us what you've been doing that fires you up, sets you apart, and heck, looks really good on a resume!
Just take a few seconds (fine, minutes) and fill out this survey. Tell us what projects, jobs, internships, research, major trips, great meals or any other generally exciting news. Not really the meals, but we do take dining tips...
Let us celebrate you, we'll pull them together and publish them and we may even use them to lure prospective students, so show off!
Thank you for sharing, we really do appreciate it!
Professional Development & Academic Opportunities
The Student Success Center is hiring PASS Leaders for the Spring
Do you enjoy working collaboratively with other students? Do you enjoy helping classmates in subjects you like? If any of these sound like you, please consider applying to be a PASS leader for the spring!
PASS (Peer Assisted Study Session) leaders design and facilitate weekly, hour-long study sessions for students in selected challenging courses. PASS leaders prepare lesson plans for their sessions focusing on helping students review lecture notes, study course content, work on practice problems, and discuss ways to enhance learning and study skills. Leaders also attend the lectures for the selected course throughout the semester. We are looking for PASS leaders for various courses – the full list of openings can be found on our website.
PASS leaders earn $12/hour and typically work 7-10 hours per week including preparing lesson plans, running weekly study sessions, attending course lectures, and attending mandatory trainings. For information on how to apply, go to the PASS employment website.
The deadline to apply is noon on Friday December 7th.
Question? Contact Deirdre Kelleher at dkelleher@temple.edu or 215-204-3210.
Events
Meet a Poet Laureate in the Lounge!
Tomorrow, 2-3 PM
Honors Lounge
Claudia Castro Luna is Washington State Poet Laureate and she's going to be in the house tomorrow! Phi Beta Kappa and The Honors Program cordially invite all students to meet with her. See the attached flyer for details and a brief bio on this captivating individual.
Honors Quizzo
Wednesday, November 28th, 6 PM
Honors Lounge
It's time to test your mettle. To match your wits. To see if you know the answers to insanely unimportant questions. That's right. It's HAB Quizzo night.
Join HAB and VERY, EXTREMELY special guest ME for Quizzo on November 28th at 6pm in the Honors Lounge. Come with a team or as an individual -- we've got you covered -- get ready to test your knowledge! We have a sign up if you want to RSVP and best of all it's free!
Loungin' With Alumni
Thursday, November 29th, 4:30 PM
Honors Lounge
Come meet Honors alum Troy Podell (’06). Troy is an educator, columnist, researcher, businessman, and broadcaster. Hear the story of how Troy became the developer of the premier high school career readiness program in Pennsylvania, multiple world-class pre-college academic programs, and serving on multiple non-profit boards. Taking his education in Broadcasting from Temple, Troy first built a career in radio, and then translated those skills to the classroom and the boardroom.
Contact Us
Email: honors@temple.edu
Website: honors.temple.edu
Location: 1809 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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