Hello Hawkeyes!

We wish you all good luck as exam season approaches! In this edition, you’ll find great opportunities and events with the Farmers Market, ICFRC, and the Department of Theatre Arts.

Honors Program Portal ICON

Honors Fall Board

To celebrate the swiftly approaching beginning of fall, we want to hear what your favorite part of the season is! Is it the leaves, or pumpkin-flavored everything, or something else? Submit your responses HERE to see it posted on the 4th floor bulletin board in BHC. 

Farmers Market Meet Up 

Do you love fruits & veggies, food trucks, live music, supporting local businesses, art, homemade pastries, sustainability, or cute local events? Then the Iowa City Farmers Market is the place for you! The Iowa City Farmers Market takes place in downtown Iowa City every Saturday from May to October from 7:30am to 12:00pm. And on Saturday, September 17th, we want to invite you all to to the Honors Program Farmers Market Meet-Up. We will meet in the atrium on the first floor of the Blank Honors Center at 9:30am and walk over to the Chauncey Swan parking ramp to explore the Farmers Market together. Please feel free to contact Iris Peimann, Student Engagement Coordinator, at ipeimann@uiowa.edu if you have any questions. 

ICFRC Intern Application

The Iowa City Foreign Relations Council is looking to hire new interns for the fall semester! The positions available include Community Outreach and Engagement, Social Media and Communications, and Videography. ICFRC interns receive professional development opportunities including leadership, mentoring and training, networking and career advice. These positions require about 5-7 hours/week during the academic year. If you are interested, fill out and submit the application by September 30th at 5PM. Click HERE to access the form!

Borderless: I’m Writing to You Today 

I'm Writing to You Today is an environmental audio experience created by Ann Kreitman that will lead you through campus in the footsteps of our queer ancestors. Listeners are able to go alone or in pairs to reimagine campus as the backdrop for historical queer love letters. This outdoor experience will begin at the University of Iowa Theatre Building (200 N. Riverside Drive, Iowa City, Iowa) and will last approximately one hour. The podcast will be available for digital download on Apple Podcasts and Spotify beginning Wednesday, August 17 and will be available through September 23. You can also listen in your browser HERE! 

News

Paws at Iowa

“Paws at Iowa is looking to bring therapy animals to campus to improve students’ overall mental health and wellbeing.” Check out what some of our honors students did for their UI Presidential Leadership class and learn more about Paws at Iowa HERE!