This Week In Honors
The week of April 11th , 2016
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Honors Events
Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity
Time: 3:00-5:00 (Set up is 2:00-2:45)
Location: May Street Auditorium
The Celebration is fast approaching!
The 3rd Annual Sheehan CHP Prize Competition will be judged at the conference. Come support your fellow honors students (and earn events credit).
A few reminders for presenters:
Posters must be mounted on tri-fold boards to be displayed on your table.
Dress professionally: think business dress or dressing for an interview.
Make sure to stand next to your poster, not directly in front of it.
Show enthusiasm for your topic and emphasize important points for a general audience.
Smile! You've survived the hard part; now it's time to show off your work!
Manisha Sinha - The Slave's Cause
Time: 12:30-2:30pm
Location: Sheehan Multipurpose Room
A lecture based on Sinha's recent book of the same name. Sinha explores the abolitionist movement, describing it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved found common ground in causes ranging from feminism and utopian socialism to anti-imperialism and efforts to defend the rights of labor.
Josh Fox's Gasland Film Screening
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Location: ST 102
When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown
Make The Most Of Your Stress
Time: 6:00-7:00pm
Location: Sheehan Multipurpose Room
The Worcester State University Alumni Association presents Reset: Make The Most Of Your Stress, Your 24/7 Plan For Well-Being. Learn Ways To Navigate Academic and Work Stress, featuring WSU alumna and nationally-recognized stress expert Dr. Kristen Lee Costa '96. This is a FREE event for young alumni and students.
There will be a $50 Visa Gift Card raffled off as a door prize!
To attend contact the Alumni Office: 508-929-814.
Can Graffiti Save Our Cities?
Time: 11:30-12:45
Location: LRC 117
Adam Rozan, Director of Audience Engagement at the Worcester Art Museum, will provide his own answer as he explores how vibrant citizen art can enliven and enrich public spaces.
Pack Up Your Sorrows Screening
Time: 2:30-3:30
Location: ST 102
Pack Up Your Sorrows is a story of illness, hope and transformation told through the lens of singer/songwriter Meg Hutchinson. In this film, she interviews leading minds on issues of mental wellness such as Kay Redfield Jamison and Scott Stossel, and explores alternative therapies with such luminaries as Lama Migmar Tseten, Harvard Buddhist Chaplain & Director of The Sakya Institute for Buddhist Studies. Hutchinson weaves together a story of Bipolar Disorder, hope and transformation, illuminated by her music and stunning images of the natural world, to guide us through this unique and moving meditation on achieving wellness.
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
You're in the Home Stretch! Don't Stop Now!
- Plan out the rest of your semester to make sure you don't miss anything.
- Make manageable goals to check off. This will allow you to see the progress you are making.
- Try to keep your sleep schedule as consistent as possible.
- Avoid feeding your stress with too much junk food and coffee.
- Hydrate. Exercise.
- Work with a classmate or friend to keep each other motivated.
- Take breaks that do not involve a computer or phone.
- 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