Syracuse University Honors Program
The Honors 340 seminar, Inside the Words and Music ended their semester by hosting a successful SU Songwriter Showcase on Friday, December 13th. A great crowd of at least 150 people came out to hear the amazing talent of eleven solo and group artists. Check out a slide show from the event: SU Songwriter Showcase
Senior Class Marshals are our most committed and thoughtful students. They serve as the all-university student representatives for graduation. Marshals also have the unique opportunity to participate in the following experiences:
Marshals are distinguished individuals who have excelled during their time at Syracuse, exemplified the spirit of the senior class, understood and experienced Scholarship in Action, and exhibited excellent critical-thinking skills. The criteria used to determine qualified nominees include: scholarship, academic honors, student organization involvement, campus and community service, and an essay soliciting the student’s suggestions for engaging the SU community in Scholarship in Action. An online application form, the above-mentioned essay, nominations/recommendations from two SU faculty or staff, and a copy of an official Syracuse University transcript are required.
Applicants MUST be current juniors who will graduate in May of 2015. Application materials are available online at http://seniormarshal.syr.edu. The student’s application (and faculty or staff nominations), along with essays and transcripts, must be submitted online by Friday, January 31, 2014.
Please contact the Office of Student Affairs at 443-9153 should you have any questions.
You are cordially invited to attend HNR 240 Course, Poetry for the People—Open Mic on Monday, December 9, 2013 at 7 pm in HBC Gifford Auditorium. The students that participate in the course, Poetry for the People: In the Season of Movements, will share two of their written poems from class. The event is free and open to the public, so, please let others know. We look forward to seeing you! And refreshments. Did we mention there would be refreshments?
On Friday, November 15th, honors students in Professor Parker’s HNR 240 Food Stories class traveled to Wilson Park, an after school program in downtown Syracuse, to implement a “Harvest of the Month” program. With their program, group members Ella D’Amico, Jessie Gwilt, Sydney Karp, Luis Loor, and Ashlee Newman hoped to help fill the nutritional education gap for these children by educating the Central New York youth on the importance of eating seasonally and locally. They also provided participants with a yearly food guide.
The booklet highlights a fruit or vegetable for each month, along with nutritional information and a healthy, kid-friendly recipe for each food. During their trip to Wilson Park, the group presented their booklet and demonstrated the November recipe – a Greek yogurt dip mixed with cinnamon and honey with sliced apples. The program was a huge success and Wilson Park is hoping to continue the Harvest of the Month program in the future!
You can grab a copy of the Harvest of the Month booklet HERE and feel free to indulge yourself in the wonderful, seasonal foods that Central New York has to offer.
Do you miss your childhood? Well you may have seen the new ‘IST 400: Gamification Journey‘ course we are offering. Some of the most rewarding courses we’ve offered here in Honors focus on the idea of play, games, and the purposes for them. Professor Scott Nicholson at the iSchool is a game designer, and not only does he design board (and other) games, but he focuses on “transformative gaming”… that is, using the concepts of “gamification” to transform people, communities, and other civic spaces.
If you like to play (and who doesn’t), consider checking out these two short videos that will give you a peek into this course. First, Professor Nicholson takes you through what you’re going to be doing in the course. Hint: NOT techie or programming stuff!
And second, this fantastic TED talk will add 7.5 minutes to your life. Curious? Good! Please click!
Check out Scott’s blog for more information on just what “gamification” is about: http://becauseplaymatters.com
Have you ever attended the Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration SU holds in the Dome? Each year Honors hosts a table at this inspiring and heart warming event.
If you would like to be our guest, please fill out the form below. The first seven students to do so will receive a ticket for the event. If you respond after the seats are spoken for, we will keep a wait list and contact you should someone be unable to attend.
Doors open at 4 p.m.
Dinner served at 4:30 p.m.
Program begins at 5:30 p.m.
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