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Just a reminder- NING (http://ubhonors.ning.com/ ) is your social network! So feel free to start a discussion, share your reflections on your seminar or an event you attended, propose event ideas, share interesting news articles! We want to hear from you!
The Honors College would like to thank everyone that participated in the “What you did this Summer” survey that we sent out.
We would like to congratulate Ryan Lentz and Samantha Shojaie for winning $25 gift certificates to the Book Store.
We will be sending our more surveys in the future. So keep providing your input and we’ll keep providing you chances to win!!!!
If you are planning on submitting an Honors Contract this semester it must be submitted to the Honors Office by the end of drop/add - Friday, September 11, 2009. You can drop it off at 214 Talbert Hall and we will e-mail you as soon as it is approved (it normally takes a week to approve all contracts). Honors Contract forms are available on line at www.honors.buffalo.edu/advanced.
The course must be listed as 200 level or higher (300 level or higher for Advanced Honors students) to be eligible for an Honors Contract. Please make sure the form is filled out completely with a description of the contract work you will be completing attached to it.
If you are taking a graduate course this semester, you must receive permission from the instructor. The department you are taking the course from will register you. If you need to take it for undergraduate credit (if you are using it to satisfy major, minor, or gen-ed requirements) you need to submit a petition which I have available in my office. If the course is cross listed as a 400/500 level, you must be registered for the 500 level in order for it to count as a graduate course and an honors requirement.
For First Year Students, your $40 Colloquium fee is due by Friday September 11th. Please come into the office to pay as soon as possible.
The University at Buffalo’s Honors College is hosting a visit by representatives from the National Science Foundation on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program on Tuesday, September 15th.
The NSF GRFP will offer a session for undergraduate and graduate students from 3:30-5:00 pm in the Student Union Theater.
Topics to be covered in the student session:
· Program Overview
· Eligibility
· Fellowship Benefits and Conditions
· Application Process
· Award Criteria
· Useful tips for writing and submission of the NSF GRF application
The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships are three-year fellowships for graduate study leading to research-based master’s or doctoral degrees in the science, technology, engineering, or mathematics fields.
This fellowship provides an annual $30,000 stipend and a $10,500 cost-of-education allowance. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowships are open only to individuals who, at the time of application, are citizens, nationals or permanent resident aliens of the United States.
For more information on the NSF GRFP: www.nsf.gov/grfp or www.nsfgrfp.org
Questions can be directed to Elizabeth Colucci, Assistant Administrative Director, University Honors College, at colucci3@buffalo.edu or 645-3020.
Qualified UB graduating seniors and graduate students are encouraged to consider applying for a Fulbright Grant for graduate study or research abroad in academic fields and for professional training in the creative and performing arts.
The internal (i.e., campus) application deadline for this year’s competition will be September 18, 2009. The campus Fulbright committee will interview all applicants in early October at the UB campus, the precise date and location to be announced. The final application must also be submitted in electronic format to the IIE by October 19, 2009. The grant period for this cycle in most countries extends from September, 2010, to May, 2011.
The first step in the process is to complete the schedule an appointment with the Fulbright Advisor Professor Sasha Pack via email at sdpack@buffalo.edu.
Interested students should also visit the main Fulbright site for students: http://www.fulbrightonline.org to explore possibilities on a country by country basis.
The Honors College is currently looking for students who have completed Honors Colloquium with a grade of A- or better and who are interested in serving as a teaching assistant/peer mentor for the Fall 2009 Freshmen Honors Colloquium. TAs/Peer Mentors work closely with the freshmen on group projects and will assist the directors in the development and implementation of the course. These students have an extremely positive impact on the students and the course. They also can earn 2 or 3 credits of Undergraduate Supervised Teaching. Teaching assistants/Peer Mentors must be available for BOTH one section of Colloquium:
Mondays from 1-2:50 p.m.
Mondays from 3-4:50 p.m.
Wednesdays from 1 to 2:50 p.m.
Wednesdays from 3 to 4:50 p.m.
AND for one of the TA meetings (either Mondays at 4 p.m. or Wednesdays at 4 p.m.). If you are interested in serving as a TA/Peer Mentor, please contact Jessica at jdudek@buffalo.edu and indicate your Colloquium day preference and TA meeting day preference. Serving as a Colloquium TA/Peer Mentor counts as an Honors Experience.
The Office of Residence Life, in conjunction with the Honors College, is pleased to announce that they are accepting applications for participants in the Shared Interest Housing (SIH) Honors Corps in Governors Complex. This opportunity is open to students in good standing in both the Honors College and within Residence Life who are interested in playing an active role in the Honors community and in the Residence Life community. Participants are expected to be available to tutor peers for 2 to 4 hours per week as well as collaborate in the planning and implementation 6 educational and community service initiatives per semester. This opportunity is available to all majors.
Accepted participants for this voluntary leadership opportunity will be assigned to a desirable first-floor suite in the Governors Complex, without taking part in the housing lottery process.
Applications will be available January 23th at the Honors College office at 214 Talbert Hall and are due by February 10th to Nigel Marriner.
These are extremely competitive awards, and the applications require a great deal of work. Please see Hadar Borden (hborden@buffalo.edu) in the Undergraduate Academies as soon as possible if you are interested in any of them, especially for those applications that are due in October or November. Information can also be found at our website:
http://honors.buffalo.edu/scholarships/index.php
Please plan to attend one of the General Fellowship and Scholarship Programs information sessions this fall
September 23, 2008 in 12 Capen Hall at 4:00PM
October 6, 2008 in 17 Norton Hall at 4:00PM
November 12, 2008 in 17 Norton Hall at 4:00PM
or attend one of the specific information session based on your award of interest.
Visit http://honors.buffalo.edu/scholarships/pdfs/presentation_schedule_F08.pdf
for a complete listing of fall fellowship and scholarship award presentations.
The Honors Office needs student volunteers to usher the Honors Convocation on Friday, May 9th. Ushers are needed from 4 p.m. that afternoon to about 5:30 p.m. If you would be willing to help out with this event, please contact Hadar Borden (hborden@buffalo.edu) as soon as possible.
Thank you!
Each year, on a rotating basis, UB, University of Rochester & SUNY Upstate (Syracuse) host an MD/PhD Conference. The conference will be held on May 3rd in Rochester. This year, invitation will be extended to undergraduates and high school students for a concurrent conference entitled: Transforming Tomorrow’s Thinkers (T3): Promoting the Path of Medical Research. The goal of T3 is to promote awareness about MD/PhD training among undergraduate and high school students.
For more information please open the following: Flier and Invitation
