Celebrate Kent State Honors Week, March 30-April 5 (3/17/08)
Celebrate Kent State Honors Week, March 30-April 5 (3/17/08)
“The primary purpose of Honors Week is to raise up and celebrate the research and creative achievements of our undergraduate students,” says Dr. Donald R. Williams, interim dean for the Honors College. “At the same time, we provide learning opportunities for the entire university and community through speakers, presentations and performances.”
This year, highlights will include a lecture on immigration and Latin America, a Department of Chemistry achievement celebration, a forum for undergraduate scholars and artists, various award ceremonies, and an art education exhibit.
As part of the Guest of Honor University Artist and Lecture Series, Dr. Marcelo Suárez-Orozco will speak about immigration and Latin America on April 1 at 7 p.m. in 310 Kent Student Center. Co-founder of the Harvard Immigration Projects, Suárez-Orozco is a leading expert on issues of human migration and immigration and was co-director of a comprehensive study of Asian, Afro-Caribbean and Latino immigrant youth in American society — the largest study in the history of the National Science Foundation’s Cultural Anthropology division. Currently, he serves as the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education at New York University.
The Forum for Undergraduate Students and Scholars will take place on Tuesday, April 1, from 3-5 p.m. in 204 Kent Student Center. The forum provides student academic achievers with the opportunity to present their scholarly and creative contributions through poster and forum presentations. Sponsored by the Honors College, the event kicks off with presentations by undergraduate students on their current research topics; then poster displays and a reception will follow.
“Students, faculty and the community benefit from seeing the high quality work in which Kent State students are engaged,” Williams says. “It is really important to participate in order to show support for these students who work so hard and produce such great work.”
In addition, the Department of Chemistry will host its Sixth Annual Honors Week Celebration of Student Achievement on April 2 in the Kiva. Sir Fraser Stoddard, Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, will discuss "Chemistry and Molecular Nanotechnology in Tomorrow's World" at 3 p.m., followed by a recognition awards and scholarship ceremony with a student research poster session at 4:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony.
Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For more information, call 330-672-2312 or send an e-mail to kbrown13@kent.edu.
Sunday, March 30Senior Honors Brunch, 11 a.m., 2nd Floor Dining Room, Kent Student Center
Monday, March 31
2008 Art Education Fundraising Exhibit, Music Listening Center, Kent Student Center
Keynote Address Dr. Clifford Gabriel, Senior Advisor, Office of Integrative Activities, Office of the Director, National Science Foundation, Kiva, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Annual Research Day, Department of Biological Sciences, 204 Kent Student Center, 1-3 p.m. Scientific Poster Presentations
A Treasure Hunt for Resumé Riches, 154 Stopher Hall, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Presenter: Hobson Hamilton, Assistant Director, Career Services
Honors Music Recital, 8 p.m. Ludwig Recital Hall, Music and Speech Center
Tuesday, April 1
2008 Art Education Fundraising Exhibit, Music Listening Center, Kent Student Center
“Geneva: The Crossroads to International Affairs” & “Florence: Learning Within a World Heritage City,” Moulton Hall Ballroom, 2-4 p.m. Presenters: Dr. Susanne Peters, Assistant Director, Kent State Geneva Program, and Dr. Marcello Fantoni, Director, Kent State Florence Program
Forum for Undergraduate Scholars and Artists, 204 Kent Student Center, 3-5 p.m. Presentations and poster sessions
Guest of Honor University Artist/Lecture Series “Immigration and Latin America,” 310 Kent Student Center, 7 p.m.; Presenter: Dr. Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Courtney Sale Ross University, Professor of Globalization and Education at New York University; 9 p.m. Reception, 315 Kent Student Center
An Evening with Dr. Stephen Post, author of Why Good Things Happen to Good People, Kiva, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 22008 Art Education Fundraising Exhibit, Music Listening Center, Kent Student Center
Questionable Conversations: Effective Interview Skills, 55 Johnson Hall, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Presenter: Kelly Stillwagon, Career Specialist
Sixth Annual Honors Week Celebration of Student Achievement, Department of Chemistry, 3 p.m. "Chemistry and Molecular Nanotechnology in Tomorrow's World," Professor Sir Fraser Stoddardt, Board of Trustees Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Kiva; 4:30-6:30 p.m. Recognition Awards and Scholarship Ceremony with Student Research Poster Session, Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony
Thursday, April 3
2008 Art Education Fundraising Exhibit, Music Listening Center, Kent Student Center
More Schools Please! Graduate School Preparation, 55 Johnson Hall, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Presenter: Manal Sakr, Graduate Appointee
Friday, April 4
2008 Art Education Fundraising Exhibit, Music Listening Center, Kent Student Center
Seventh Annual Raymond J. Kuhn and Shirley J. Kuhn Excellence in Undergraduate Advising, Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony, 4-5:30 p.m. Recognition of Undergraduate Advisors
Faculty Advising Workshop Session, 313 Kent Student Center, 2:15-4:30 p.m. Introduction of university resources along with hands-on exercises
Saturday, April 5
Ohio Regional Phi Alpha Theta Conference, Department of History, Third Floor, Kent Student Center, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $20 before March 28 or $25 at the door
