University Honors Program


University Honors Program
Hurst Hall, Suite 206
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016
Phone: (202) 885-6194
Fax: (202) 885-7013
E-mail: honors@american.edu
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm
          
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OUR NEWSLETTER
"HONORABLE MENTIONS"

We invite you to look through our monthly newsletter, Honorable Mentions, which keeps you up-to-date on the Honors news, provides a snapshot of the day-to-day operation of the University Honors Program and highlights individual student and faculty activities and accomplishments.

Current issue:
	Summer 2008 Honors Convocation Honors' Truman Scholars Lessons learned while studying abroad 2008 Capstone Conference Capstone: senior highlights national parks Spring break in Cairo Alternative spring breaks Honors' National Park Service Ranger President's reception for Honors seniors Honors Class of 2008
Past Issues:
	March 2008 Capstone Conference Tea Talk with President Kerwin Honors Alumnus (SIS ‘95) Capstone Conference Judge Capstone in Progress Honors Award Recipients Internship, Scholarship, and Award Info Capstone success (with less stress) Honors junior to publish novella Calendar of Events
	January 2008 Undergrad Research Funding Honors Outing Annual Honors Awards New Honors 101 Mentors Honors in Action Honors Student Internships Career Center News Tacenda Literary Magazine Launch Honors Alumni Spotlight Honors Special Event Calendar of Events
	December 2007 Season's Greetings December Graduates Calendar of Events
	November 2007 Honors plus Sports Honors Advisory Committee Honors Study/Travel in Cairo Honors Supplements Annual Honors Awards NCHC Honors FWS openings Career Center News Calendar of Events
	October 2007 Washington Walks Fourth Annual Brain Bowl Tea Talk with Prof. O’Connor Honors Student wins NSCS’ Merit Scholarship Honors student in AU play Honors Study/Travel on Cairo Take Your Professor to Lunch Capstone Research Grants New undergrad research funds Third Annual Fall Film Series Career Center News Teach for America Student research in Mexico

	September 2007 Honors students' summer abroad Star gazing party Tea Talk with Professor & Dean Louis Goodman New Honors Counselors Honors 201 Blocktoberfest & Maroon 5 Peace Corp Speaker Henry McKoy Change in Financial Aid Policy Oxford-style Debate Capstone Grant Deadline Baby Boomers film series Calendar of Events

	Spring/Summer 2007 Convocation celebrates Honors graduates New paths for Honors graduates Honors—abroad! Colloquium inspires playwrights, showcase of dramatic works Honors students’ spring break focuses on prison justice Honors spring in Beijing Honors hosts lively capstone conference 2007 Capstone Conference participants and projects Congratulations, Honors Class of 2007

	March 2007 Application deadline nears for 2007 Capstone Conference Interviewing for internships S'mores Night Hurricane Katrina and filmmaking topic of next 'Tea Talk' 'Creativity' series continues Honors Overnight x 2: Hosts needed Career Center hosts scholarship info sessions Presenting... Honors Google Calendar Honors' Truman finalists Honors -- abroad! Capstone voice recital to highlight female composers Congratulations, Honors award recipients! 'TV on the Radio' in concert Honors students win Kogod Case Competition Honors students, alums publish 'Prison Stories' Honors Course features 'Global Pulse' technology Calendar of Events

	February 2007 Choose -- and celebrate -- Honors' best Share your outstanding research at the SIS undergraduate symposium Feb. 12 deadline for Capstone grants Club Ice Hockey rounds out life in Honors Add your 'voice' to the Honorable Mentions Counseling Center activities Take your professor to lunch Make a date with Shakespeare Deadline approach for internships Calendar of Events

	January 2007 Apply to be Honors 101 Mentors/Co-Chairs Spring 2007 Study/Travel Program to Highlight China Nominate your choices for top Honors awards Edward Scissorhands Tune in to Tyler Honors students' unique tour of Moscow On Congress and Bush Career Center news round up Party to welcome Honors transfers Calendar of Events

	December 2006 Now accepting applications for Honors 101 Mentors and Co-Chairs Honors trip to China Sign up for HNRS 300-006H and learn by doing Honors marathoner SHB dinner benefits charity Yet another reason to stop by Honors... Interested in being published? Honors students jazz it up Jazz it up in class this spring ... Honorable Picks Summer Abroad: A different experience Russia honors AU’s Professor Kvint Frederick Douglass Scholars Awards Greetings from Kenya Making a difference in Zambia Congratulations, December Honors Graduates! Honors invades Philly! Meyer on Mathematics

	October 2006 Spring 2007 Registration NEW! Honors Course Search Function Honors Holds A Midsummer Night's Dream in November Tips on getting to know faculty "Teach For America" to offer info session Election 2006: Who Really Won and How Did They Do It? Honors Tea Talk 2007 Honors Study/Travel Trip to Beijing Honors COMM 100 launches class blog Honors 101 Midterm Event Jack Douglass' reason for "Celebration" Take your professor to lunch -- on Honors Honorable Picks Calendar of Events

	September 2006 Tea Talk with Professor Ahmed Honors 201 launches with Career event Career Center's Job and Internship Fair Twelve Angry Men at the Kennedy Center Honors Overnight: Hosts needed Multicultural Honors Initiative They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Third Annual Brain Bowl Clocks & Clouds: AU Releases Undergraduate Journal Honors Student Kimberly Bowen to present at National McNair Conference Honors Study/Travel Trip to China 2006-2007 Student Honors Board CAS hosts Honors 101 Reception Other Schools to sponsor Honors 101 events Honors 101 Group Activities Calendar of Events

	August 2006 Welcome from the Director Get Involved with the Student Honors Board 'Islam in the Age of Globalization' with Ambassador Ahmed A Prayer for Owen Meany New Associate Director, Paula McCabe Honors 101 Kick Off Extravaganza NEW! Honors 201 Take Me Out to the Ball Game John Mayer and Sheryl Crow: Live!

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