Tag: capstone

Trouble with writing?

Henry Jankowicz

Honors can help!

Henry Jankiewicz is the Honors Program Writing Consultant. He can help you with all aspects of your writing, from brainstorming ideas, organizing them on paper, to producing a polished draft. He can assist you with short assignments, term papers, and your Capstone Project. Henry is a terrifically skilled editor and teacher. He can help you not only produce a strong paper, but become a better writer. You should feel free to just drop by to talk about our work with him, or make an appointment with him.

 

His office hours:

• Before spring break: Thursday from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

• After spring break: Thursday and Friday from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

Calling All Honors Students!

the Jump logo

A message from your fellow Honors student, Victoria Troxler: 

Hello Honors Students,

I am in the process of creating my Capstone magazine and am looking for writers who are interested in feminine interest publications. Writers are needed in the following departments: finance, beauty, fashion, food, and living. Most of the pieces are short front of the book pieces so it would be a great way for freshmen and sophomores to get clips without committing a ton of time to a publication.

 The Jump is a life stage magazine for women, focused on the transition from college life to the real world. The magazine’s audience is the post- or soon-to-be graduate women from ages 19-25. These women—newcomers to the “real world”—are interested in a luxury lifestyle, but also understand the need to budget and focus on their careers. The Jump answers the questions women have about living on their own in the simplest way. The Jump will have it all: from paying off student loans and cooking essentials, to office appropriate fashion and decorating on a dime.  The magazine will give its readers the tools to achieve the lifestyle they want, for less. The premier May 2013 issue will be available free and online in the spring of 2013.

 Contact Victoria Troxler at:  vtroxler@gmail.com

What’s Happening on the Quad

The Student Involvement Fair, that’s what! Wander around today, Wednesday, September 12th until 3:00 pm.

The Student Involvement Fair, reserved for Recognized Student Organizations, showcases the vast array of opportunites for involvement on campus. You may find just the community service organization you’ve been logging for and the ideal social club and the sports group you never dreamed could exist.

Put it on your schedule to be on the Quad tomorrow….like you wouldn’t be there anyway…..

The Honors Reference Librarians!

Hello Honors Community!

The Honors Program is now fortunate to have two reference librarians designated specifically to serve our students!  Below is a bit more about Camille and Abby. Please do bring any and all of your research questions to them as they are eager to help you!

Camille Chesley and Abby Kasowitz-Scheer are pleased to serve as library liaisons to the Honors Program. Both Camille and Abby are librarians in the SU Library’s Learning Commons, an area of the Library dedicated to supporting student achievement and academic success through its services, spaces, resources, and partnerships. In their roles as liaisons to the Honors Program, they will be available to assist students in all stages of the research process, including refining topics; identifying and locating relevant, high quality information; evaluating information; and citing sources.

For more information on Abby and Camille, see:

http://library.syr.edu/about/people/staffbio/Kasowitz-Scheer_Abby.php

http://library.syr.edu/about/people/staffbio/Chesley_Camille.php

 

Honors Alumnus, Jordan Rosin ’11, Produces ‘Butoh Electra’ at the Historic Irondale Center

Butoh Electra

Hello Honors Community,

We write to you today to share some amazing work by an Honors Alumnus and an important fundraising campaign to help support his work! Jordan Rosin, Class of 2011, is the Creator and Producer of Butoh Electra, a physical theatre performance event that follows the story of Electra, from Greek mythology, whose inner life stood at odds with the world of the walking dead in which she lived.

Last year he and his team put on the show at FringeNYC and the show sold out every performance; being named a highlight of the entire Festival by a range of news outlets including The Village Voice! Now, this August, they have been invited to present Butoh Electra again! This time it will have a two-week run as part of the kick-off to the 2012-2013 season at the historic Irondale Center, an enormous and well-regarded multi-arts venue in the heart of the BAM Cultural District in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY. As the host, the Irondale Center is generously providing the production with:

  • a gorgeous space to perform the show
  • access to their state-of-the-art sound, lighting, and projection equipment
  • box office & front-of-house support
  • inclusion in their season-related marketing materials

However, that means the show’s creators are responsible for all of the other major costs associated with producing the show, including, but not limited to:

  • costumes
  • scenery
  • props
  • production staff
  • marketing
  • production materials i.e. copies of the script

The cost of putting on the show will run just about $4,000 in all and this is where we are calling on the Honors Community to support your fellow student and Alum in his amazing, creative venture! With everyone’s help, they can make this production even bigger and better than the last and continue to build towards a more sustainable model of making theatre. So, would you like to support Jordan and the production? Perhaps you still have some questions? Jordan’s team has setup a Kickstarter.com page to make that easy! Just visit -> Kickstarter.com <- and you can choose to “BACK THIS PROJECT”, “Like” the project on Facebook, “Tweet” about it on Twitter, or otherwise share the word with your friends.  If you are a local to New York City, you’ll want to donate soon since the first 20 people to pledge $15 or more get a special code for discount tickets to the show!

 We congratulate Jordan Rosin and his team for all of their hard work, hope you share in our excitement for them, and encourage you to show your support!