Honors College News
Current Honors College Students: Be part of the "Big Picture" on Friday, April 11, 2 p.m.
UA's Honors College is starting a new magazine The Honors College Magazine and for the first main cover, we'd like to have all current Honors College students together for a big picture. Please meet at the circle outside of the Honors Complex at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 11, near the UA symbol. If it's raining, we'll take the picture in the Common Room.
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Notes from an Honors graduate currently working in Teach for America.
Report:Special honors for current Honors students:
Honors Research Projects: A sequence of three seminarsto help current students prepare- March 31, April 7, and April 14
Akron Roundtable Luncheons-attend with the Deans
New Student Information Request
If you would like to request that information about the Honors College be sent to your home address, go to the Honors page on admission. Please note that deadlines for admission applications are November 1 --for Early Admission Applications; February 1 -- for Standard Admission Applications
The Honors College - A Tradition of Community
The University of Akron's Honors College supports an enriched education for curious, high-achieving students. This support includes special honors sections of many introductory classes, honors colloquia discussion classes for second-fourth year students, faculty advisors in the student's major, honors merit scholarships for many participants, and the current honors residence with private bathrooms, as well as personal academic/career advisors..
The Honors College provides a special intellectual community within a metropolitan university that offers a wide variety of academic disciplines. An Honors College student completes a major in one of the bachelor's degree-granting colleges, selects a set of Honors Distribution courses in place of the University's General Education Program, participates in a series of Honors Seminars (Colloquia), and creates a Senior Honors Project. The successful Honors Program student is recognized at graduation with an honors degree and the designation of University Honors Scholar.
The Honors Complex
Over 400 members of The University of Akron's Honors College are housed this fall in the Honors/Orr Complex, located near the heart of campus. Living and Learning is a reality as the Honors Complex includes a 300-bed residence hall and an academic learning center, plus the attached 120-bed Orr Residence Hall. The Honors Office is located on the first floor of the Complex. Honors students, particularly those who are not residents, are invited to make the Common Room your place to stay on campus while not in class.
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The academic wing of the Honors Complex includes a large classroom, three seminar rooms, a computer room, and a two-story Common Room. Pictured is the new Honors Complex as viewed from the corner of Buchtel and College Streets, near the new Arts & Science building. The rooms in the residence wing include doubles and singles. Residents in the new wing each share a bathroom with just one other person.
Honors T-Shirt and Honors Hoodie Available in the Honors Office
A speciallyl designed Honors t-shirt with the Honors College logo is available for purchase ($5) in the Honors College Office. The text on the t-shirt says "The University of Akron Honors College", as on the picture below.
These UA Honors t-shirts are available in S, M, L, and XL for $5. Call the Honors office at (330) 972-7966, or write honors@uakron.edu and reserve the right size shirt for yourself. The Honors College Hoodie is also available ($18). Drop in to the Honors Complex (7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) to pick one up!
The Class of 2007 Honors College students
The incoming Class of 2007 of the Honors College includes 403 students, a new record. The academic records of the new students are also very strong. See the web page for incoming Honors students.
Prestigious Graduate Scholarships
The Honors College staff includes graduate assistant Adam Smith, fellowship advisor, in the Honors office. Plan ahead to apply for prestigious scholarships. These scholarships are especially appropriate if you have already completed an undergraduate research project.
Notes from The Teach for America program:
Click here to read Notes from Brittany Palmer, a May, 2007 Honors College graduate currently working in the Teach for America program.
More information about Teach for America can be obtained from the national website at www.teachforamerica.org
Preparing for your Honors Research Project
This announces a sequence of three seminars to help prepare current Honors students, especially sophomores or juniors, for your Honors Research Project. Students should plan to attend all three sessions. Dates for the Honors Research Seminars are:
March 31, April 7, and April 14
Each will be held from 4-5 p.m. in room 082 of the Honors Complex
Akron Roundtable Luncheon Speakers
Honors College Deans Katz and Mugler are offering the opportunity for two Honors College students to accompany them to a luncheon meeting of the Akron Roundtable. These meetings occur on a specified Thursday of each month, and are located at the Tangiers restaurant on Market St. The Deans offer transportation, leaving the Honors Complex at 11:30 a.m. and returning by 1:30 p.m. on the dates of the meetings. Upcoming meetings are on Thursdays as follows:
April 17; May 15; June 19.
See also www.akronroundtable.org
The first two Honors College students to contact Dean Katz , with a request to join them for a particular luncheon meeting, will be selected.
Congratulations to Current Honors Students:
Engineering Honors Student and "Hi-Tech in Old Munich".
Eric McClanahan, engineering Honors College student, was awarded a scholarship by a German organization (the DAAD) to participate in the "Hi-Tech in Old Munich" summer program for four weeks in 2007. This program, aimed at Engineering and Science students, included courses in German language as well as trips to view technological facilities near Munich, Germany. These include a particle accelerator, the Audi factory, engineering firm Siemens, and a research reactor.
Honors students interested in applying for this experience for Summer, 2008, should contact Honors College Fellowship Advisor, Adam Smith.
Seven Honors Teams participated in the Akron Marathon, September 29, 2007.
Continuiing the tradition of past years, the Honors College and sponsor Roger Read helped support seven five-person teams for the exciting Akron Marathon on September 30, 2006. The marathon route goes right through campus- right down Buchtel mall.
This picture shows many of the Honors students who participated in the team relays (or entire distance) in last year's 2006 Akron marathon.
January 25, 2007: The Distinguished Service Award is presented to someone who is judged to best exemplify the spirit of volunteerism, according to the Akron Jaycees. This year, the 67th annual award was presented to Katie Dudek, a resident of Green.
Dudek is doing her student-teaching at Norton City School’s Cornerstone Elementary and plans to graduate from The University of Akron’s College of Education this spring. She has been involved with Habitat for Humanity since her freshman year of college and is president of the UA Habitat for Humanity Group and also has served two years as vice president. She volunteers at least one full day a month with Habitat, overseeing more than 30 fellow students for Habitat projects and participating in local events to raise funds and awareness.
Dudek also is a reading tutor at Akron Public Schools’ (APS) Leggett Elementary School for kindergarten through third-grade students, makes bagged lunches once a week at St. Bernard Church and is on staff of the Buchtelite, UA’s student newspaper
