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Honors Program Advising
Meeting
WELCOME!
Policy Changes and Reminders
•A D M I S S I O N S P O L I C Y
•G R A D U A T I N G W I T H H O N O R S
•T H E O L O G Y T R A C K
Admission
Not after Sophomore year
Must have a 3.5 GPA at CUA
Application for current CUA students
Interview with the Director
Graduating with Honors
Maintain 3.5 GPA
Complete at least one Honors track, with at least B-
in all classes
Students on probation at the time of graduation will
not receive Honors
Theology Track
Honors TRS 201 counts toward the HSTR track.
TRS 201 + 3 of the HSTR courses (101, 102, 203,
204) qualifies for Honors in Theology.
We recommend that students take all four HSTR
courses.
Announcements
Ingrid Merkel Fund
Inaugural year!
To be used for academic travel
Conferences, study abroad, class trips
Submit a one-page letter with a description of their plans and a
budget itemizing costs to Abigail Shelton prior to this Friday,
September 30
Awards (up to $500) will be given on a competitive basis
Courses Offered Spring 2012
HSPH 102, HSPH 204, PHIL 212
HSHU 102, 204
HSTR 102, 204
HSEV 102, 204
HSSS 102, 204
MATH 330
POL 505B (“Constitutional Democracy”) for UHP
students
Graduate-level Politics course
Capstone seminar (on “Memory”) open to all graduating
Seniors in Honors Program, including non-University
Scholars
Honors Events
Regan Tea
Alternating Fridays (9/23 onward) in Regan Faculty
Apartment with Drs. Okuma and Gibbons
Fall Hike
Saturday, October 1 at Sugarloaf Mountain
5-mile Northern Peaks Trail
RSVP at [email protected]
Hitchhiker’s Guide to Culture Mini-Lectures
Every other Friday (9/16 onward) in Gibbons lobby
Arranged by Lindsay Puvel and Connor Duffy, Gibbons RAs
Check Honors website for updates!
Medieval and Byzantine Studies
JENNIFER PAXTON
CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL AND BYZANTINE
STUDIES
What is Medieval and Byzantine Studies?
Interdisciplinary program drawing on expertise from
faculty across the university
Offers Majors and Minors
Includes Islamic Studies
Why Minor in MBS?
The practical reasons:
If you’re going to graduate school
It will set you apart from the crowd
If you’re not going to graduate school
It will demonstrate depth as well as breadth
It will demonstrate your interdisciplinary and cross-cultural
credentials
Why Minor in MBS?
The frivolous (but fun!) reasons
You’ll be learning about fascinating people
You’ll have the longest and most impressive-sounding degree
of anyone you know
You’ll understand popular culture much better
Requirements for the MBS Minor
One required gateway course: MDST 201:
Medieval Pathways
Students in the Honors Program can substitute HSHU 102:
From Charlemagne to Chaucer for MDST 201 with special
permission.
More Requirements
Three courses in specific distribution groups
(one from each group):
History and Social Structures
Thought and Worship
Cultural and Artistic Expressions
Last Ones!
Two approved electives:
Two additional courses from the three categories above OR
Relevant language courses (Latin, Greek, Arabic, Syriac,
Coptic, Old English, Old French, and other medieval
vernaculars)
How To Minor in MBS
Good news for all!
You can double-count two courses from your major towards
the Minor in MBS.
Many courses used for distribution requirements will also
count for the MBS Minor.
How to Minor in MBS
Good news for Honors Students!
If you are taking the Christian Tradition track, HSHU 101 and
HSHU 102) count for the History and Social Structures
requirement
If you are taking the Aristotelian Studium track, HSPH 204
counts for the Thought and Worship requirement.
Courses from the Oxford Program count towards the Minor
What To Do Next
Check out the list of approved MBS courses on our
web site at http://mbs.cua.edu/current.cfm
Contact the undergraduate advisor, Dr. Jennifer
Paxton, at [email protected]
Spring Break 2012: Vienna
VIENNA TRIP WITH DR. BORNHOLDT:
SPRING BREAK 2012
GER 120: Vienna:
A Walk Through History
1-credit course offered in Vienna
March 2-11, 2012
We will walk in the footsteps of the Habsburgs
We will visit beautiful churches
We will explore fin-de-siècle Vienna (Jugendstil)
We will enjoy coffee in a Viennese Kaffeehaus
We will visit many museums and see world
famous pieces of art
We will go to the opera – in the Wiener
Staatsoper
We will listen to a concert at the Musikverein
We will ride the famous Riesenrad in the Prater
We will explore modern Vienna
Cost
Application Fee: $100 non-refundable, due at the time of application
Program Cost: $1,826 (includes one credit of CUA summer tuition and
overseas program fee).
What's included:
CUA tuition for 1 credit
Hotel accommodation (2-bed rooms with private showers)
Field trips and museum entrance fees
Ground transportation
All pre-departure advising & services and on-site orientation
Emergency evacuation insurance
Official CUA transcript for non-CUA participants
What's not included? Round-trip airfare, meals, passport, optional
excursions, health insurance, and personal expenses
http://cuabroad.cua.edu/programs/springbreak/viennaspr
ingbreak2012.cfm
Info
http://www.wien.info/en
CUA ABROAD:
http://cuabroad.cua.edu/programs/springbreak/index.cfm
Dr. Claudia Bornholdt:
[email protected]
McMahon Hall 206b
Grants and Fellowships
UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM
SARA SEFRANEK
FELLOWSHIPS COORDINATOR
[email protected]
What We Offer…
Personalized advising for grants and fellowships
applications
Editing and revision of fellowship applications
Fellowship administration: interviews,
workshops, and advising
General advice on “big” scholarships for Honors
Program students
Fellowships, Scholarships and Grants
George J. Mitchell Scholarship
Marshall Scholarship
Fulbright Fellowship
Boren Scholarship
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP
For graduate school in the US in a public service field
“Change Agents” - Are you one?
Begin application in spring of Sophomore Year
(maybe fall of Junior)
Apply in spring of Junior Year
CUA APPLICATIONS DUE: January 10, 2012
Who We Look For…
• Stellar Academics (>3.7 GPA)
• Sophomores and Juniors (now)
• Individual research projects
• Dedicated community service, internships, or
volunteering
• Engaging and Adventurous Personality
• Graduate school plans (or “gap year”)
Post-graduation plans?
ANTHONY BUATTI
RECRUITMENT DIRECTOR
TEACH FOR AMERICA
A Great Injustice
WHERE CHILDREN GROW UP DETERMINES THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROSPECTS
• 9 year olds living in low-income communities are 3 grade levels
behind their high-income peers*
• About half won’t graduate from high school. Those who do will
perform on average at an eighth-grade level*
• Only 1 in 10 students from low-income communities will graduate
from college**
• For 15 million children growing up in poverty today, these
disparities severely limit opportunities in life.
• Because African-American, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American
children are three times as likely to live in a low-income area***,
children of color are disproportionately impacted by this inequity.
*[Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2005]
**[Source: Mortenson, Tom. “Family Income and Higher Education Opportunity,”Postsecondary Education Opportunity, 2005]
*** [Source: National Center for Children in Poverty, 2006]
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The Basics of Teach For America
• Video: Teach For America
• All majors and academic backgrounds
• Two year commitment to teach in one of
43 regions next year
• Extensive training and support
• Full salary and benefits ($31,000 - $50,000)
•Transitional expenses during first summer
•Eligible for federal loan forbearance
•AmeriCorps education award totaling $11,000*
• Graduate school and employer
partnerships
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Contact Information
To learn more about Teach For America, please
visit www.teachforamerica.org or watch one of
our online events at
http://www.teachforamerica.org/admissions/meet_u
s.htm
Anthony Buatti
Manager, Campus Recruitment
[email protected]
Next Application Deadline:
Wednesday, October 26th @ 11:59 pm EST
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