Transcript Honors Program Advising Meeting

Honors Program Advising
Meeting
WELCOME!
Career Services
 Pryzbyla Center
 Phone: 202-319-5623
 Director: Anthony Chiappetta
Courses Offered Fall 2011
 HSHU 203 in Rome
 Changes to HSTR track
 Vienna course with Spring Break trip 2012 (Dr.
Bornholdt)
 Questions
Policy Changes and Reminders
•A D M I S S I O N 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
•H O U S I N G
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
 Students on probation at the time of graduation will
not receive Honors
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Probation is 3.2-3.49 GPA
If you have under 3.2 GPA , you become “inactive” in the
program and will need to reapply after GPA has been brought
up to 3.5
Honors Housing
 Regan to be for Freshmen only
 Gibbons for upperclassmen
 Most rooms set aside for Sophomores
 Juniors and Seniors will get priority if previously lived in Regan
 Turn in Living and Learning Community application for consideration
 Due March 4
 For further questions, visit Housing
GER 220
VIENNA WITH DR. BORNHOLDT
COURSE: FALL 2011
TRIP: SPRING BREAK 2012
Grants and Fellowships
UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM
AMY BRICKER LUSKIN,
FELLOWSHIPS COORDINATOR
[email protected]
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”)
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
FULBRIGHT
 140+ countries all over the world
 Generally a year, can be a semester
 Fulbright Student Scholar: research, grad school, and/or
and teaching
 Fulbright ETA (English Teaching Assistantships):
teaching English
 Begin application process in Spring of Junior year
 CUA APPLICATIONS DUE: September 9, 2011
THE UK SCHOLARSHIPS
 Rhodes (Oxford), Marshall (UK), Mitchell (Ireland),
Churchill (Cambridge)
 For 1-2 years of graduate coursework in a variety of fields at
a British or Irish university for a terminal degree
 Begin application in Spring of Junior Year
 CUA APPLICATIONS DUE: September 9, 2011
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
Fellowship Info Sessions
 All Scholarships: March 15, 7 pm
 Fulbright: March 17, 1 pm
 UK Scholarships: March 21, 2 pm
 Truman: March 23, 5 pm
 Individual advising over the summer
 Application workshops in the late spring and early fall