Hey Herky!

Tomorrow is the big end of the semester celebration! We'll have multiple stations available for students to enjoy and the option for seniors to pick up their medal during the event. To sign up for this event and others, take a look through this edition of the Honorable Messenger. 

End of Semester Celebration

End of Semester Celebration 

The honors program is excited to announce an end of semester celebration! Stop by the 4th floor of the Blank Honors Center tomorrow Friday, April 22nd from 2-5 PM to enjoy food, beverages, games, an appearance from Herky between 2:30-3:30, and more to celebrate the end of the semester. Click HERE to register! 

Congratulations to the 2022 Teaching and Mentoring Award Recipients!

Congratulations to Debra Trusty for winning the Teaching Award and Anna Stanhewicz for winning the Mentoring Award! Read more about these wonderful women by visiting our Awards for Faculty and Staff page HERE. 

Pizza and Service Night 

Join the Social Squad Club for a fun night of socializing for a good cause on Thursday, May 5th from 6 - 10 PM in 440 BHC. Bring your laptop and enjoy answering trivia questions to benefit Free Rice. You are welcome to bring a canned good that will be donated to the Food Pantry. To RSVP, click HERE. 

Honors Student Highlights

Honors students are encouraged to fill out this survey and share a photo of themselves and their favorite Honors memory. This will be shared on the 4th floor bulletin board and social media. Submissions will be accepted for the next couple of weeks HERE!

Summer Resident Advisor 

The Belin-Blank Center seeks summer Resident Advisers for students enrolled in our summer residential programs. Students are in grades 9-11 that attend over 6 weeks in the summer and weekly pay is $840! Candidates must have: *experience with gifted students and/or gifted programs prior experience working with students *experience in a residence hall setting *familiarity with the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and the Belin-Blank Center. Responsibilities include supervising students to ensure the health and safety of all participants, facilitating out-of-class activities, chaperoning field trips, assisting coordinators, teachers, and administrators. If interested, please email Jan Warren for an application! 

Enroll in CLSA:1200!

Register for CLSA:1200:001 to fulfill your interpretation of literature gen ed requirement and earn honors credit! The course will cover works written by ancient Greeks and Romans – plays, poems, fiction, and non-fiction that have to do with self-discovery and self-empowerment. The course will then compare the process of self-discovery and self-empowerment of the various characters and persons from ancient Greek and Roman times to that of pop-culture figures of today, both actual and fictional, who have gone through that same process. 

From the Blog

From the Desk of the Council

One of the core missions of the Honors Diversity Council is to serve as a voice for marginalized communities on campus and foster a sense of belonging. This semester, they are launching weekly blog posts that will discuss the experience of students with marginalized identities/and or how the University community can be a more inclusive environment for everyone. This week, Rabiah Na’Allah is sharing about her experience as a cinema major.