SU Debate Team has been very successful this year!

Recently the Syracuse Creme de la Kremlin team, consisting of David Kopel and Samm Costello, won in the Franklin and Marshall tournament in Lancaster, PA on March 10, 2012. The judging panel for finals consisted of 5 judges and all 5 voted for them. Their case was about Vladimir Putin dueling Tupac Shakur, and was written in the 15 minutes before the round (usually people bring cases they’ve spent a lot of time on to such important rounds). This win places David and Samm in 15th place in the Team of the Year competition and makes Syracuse 14th in the Club of the Year competition.

Nationals will take place on April 20-22 at Wesleyan University located in Middletown, Connecticut.

Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement – a living classroom for our students!

Honors students help in the Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement kitchen.

Honors students in HNR 340/360 “Folk Arts, Festival and Public Display”  had a cultural history lesson while they learned to cook traditional foods with refugees from Burma, DR Congo and Somalia at the Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement here in Syracuse. Not only did they chop, slice and dice the ingredients but after their shared meal, they also washed all the dishes, pots and pans–while singing a traditional Congolese song with new neighbors, Kiza and Makere.

 

Scholarship Reception

The NCSC (Nationally Competitive Scholarships Committee) held an afternoon reception for recipients, applicants and finalists for prestigious scholarships from around the University.  On hand were faculty members of the committee, students and their supportive advisors and sponsors.  The reception featured student speakers Steve Barton and Paul Worden discussing their journeys through the application process, and also highlighting the amazing support systems that are here at Syracuse for students who want to take advantage of these opportunities!  More information on the NCSC? See their website at http://nationalscholarships.syr.edu 

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Honors Students Named Syracuse Scholars!

The University has just selected this year’s Syracuse Scholars — the highest academic accolade given to graduating seniors.  They will lead the student processional at Commencement.  This is a mark of tremendous accomplishment, and  nine of the twelve students named are Honors students:

 

Stephen Barton

Bailey Fitzgerald

Oriana Fuentes

Christina Levin

Marc Mason

Tsubasa Morioka

Robert Solonick

William Weigand

Vivian Yu

 

Congratulations to this wonderful group of students!

Opportunity for Communications / Media Person + Civic Engagement!

 

HopePrint is a local Syracuse organization dedicated to helping local resettled refugees find a healthy place in the Syracuse community.  They need some help with communications, media (both online, video and print) as well as some basic IT and networking help. These are offered in the form of internships.  This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your media skills while making a great impact.  Added bonus: It will count towards your Civic Engagement requirement.

 

See the bottom of their “Get Involved” page for more detailed descriptions.