Honors Bulletin
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Interested in Honors Appalachia?
TODAY! 3 - 4 PM
Honors Lounge
The application is coming tomorrow, but in the meantime, we are lucky to welcome a very special guest. One of the groups we work with is called Good Neighbors, Inc. and one of the contractors/contacts/all-stars of that group will be in the Honors Lounge this afternoon. We are super excited to welcome Jason Benedict as he and his group happen to be in the neighborhood, they're going to be stopping off and hanging in the lounge for a bit. If you want to get a true taste of what the trip might be like and learn a little more, this is an unmissable chance! Also, all Paintsville/LINKS peeps - this is your dude!
Bulletin Contents
- Honors Course of the Day
- HPM Applications
- Professional Development & Academic Opportunities
- Events
Queer Country (Music Studies 3900.01)
Days/Times: Tuesday & Thursday, 2pm to 3:20pm
Professor: Shana Goldin-Perschbacher
CRN: 30345
About: Country music and the places and people sung about in it are often presumed to be traditional, if not bigoted. Yet there are over 100 country acts with out queer and/or transgender members. We will think about country musicians who identify as queer or transgender, some of these musicians' solidarity with straight cisgender women of color playing country music, LGBTQIA fandom of country music, the use of country in film representations of queer and trans people, the #QueerAppalachia movement, a new Americana musical theater production about a transgender Civil War veteran, and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars winner Trixie Mattel’s Billboard-charting country albums. We will likely have one or more musicians in class as guests and go to see a concert as a class. No prior experience with music or queer studies is required.
About the Professor: Shana Goldin-Perschbacher has been teaching at Temple since 2014, before which she taught at Stanford University and Yale University. Her research and teaching focus on the intersections of music and identity, using methods from music history, ethnomusicology, and feminist, queer, transgender, and critical race studies. She’s published about Jeff Buckley, Meshell Ndegeocello, Bjork, ani difranco, and is now finishing a book about queer and transgender country and folk musicians. She’s originally from Connecticut and went to school in Michigan and Virginia. For fun she spends time walking around her neighborhood with her little dog, does yoga, catches up with friends who are spread out all over the world, gardens, and creates artwork.
Honors Peer Mentor Applications ARE DUE FRIDAY!
We are now accepting applications for next year's Honors Peer Mentor (HPM) Network! If you are interested in being an HPM, complete the application found here. Applicants should be
Current Honors students in good standing (3.25 cumulative GPA of higher)
Students who have completed at least three semesters at Temple by spring 2019.
Applications must be submitted by Oct. 26th.
Please note: All eligible applicants will be invited to interview for the position. If accepted, you will register for a 0 or 1-credit training seminar that runs in the spring on Wednesdays from 4 to 5:10 PM.
Questions? Email Brad at pearsonb@temple.edu.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Philanthropy Survey
Have you received a scholarship or benefited from someone being philanthropic to Temple? Fill out this survey to help us understand how donations to Temple has affected you, it only takes a few minutes. Your responses will help us promote giving to Temple, and the Honors Program specifically, in hopes that more people will donate. Thanks!
EVENTS
Study Abroad Fair
Wednesday, October 24, 10 AM - 2 PM
Tuttleman Lobby
Interested in studying abroad, but not sure where to begin? Or think you can't afford it? Join Education Abroad and Overseas campuses for the fall Study Abroad Fair, which provides students with the opportunity to learn about a variety of semester and summer study abroad programs around the world. Programs represented include those administered by Temple, as well as many offered by other universities and study abroad organizations on our approved External Programs providers list. You'll have the chance to talk with returned students, staff, faculty and program providers. And you can find out about a variety of internships abroad and scholarships available to Temple students.
Education Abroad hosts two study abroad fairs each year to provide students with information about Temple and External programs abroad. The second Study Abroad Fair takes place in late January and provides information about Temple's summer and semester study abroad opportunities.
HPM Registration Event
Monday, October 29th, 6-8 PM
1300 Classroom
Got last minute registration questions? Need advice on the best bio professors? Still confused on what a CRN actually is? Get all your registration questions answers by Honors Peer Mentors at the Priority Registration Planning event on Monday, October 29th in the 1300 classroom. Get your schedule looked over one last time before the big day - while eating free pizza!
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