Honors Reception
February 5, 2010
4:00 p.m.
Honors Library
Notes


1. Welcome! Remember, the Honors office (FH 214) is always open to you. My number is 837-8770. Call or come by and visit when you can. Be sure to sign in before you leave today.

2. Semester Check-In: We need you to make at least one appointment every semester for us to go over your status within the SRSU Honors Program and to insure that you are on track to graduating with an Honors designation on your transcript. You can call Clare at 837-8408 or me to make such an appointment. A good time for this meeting is before you go to meet with your faculty advising before registration begins.

a. If you are within 45 semester credit hours of graduation, you need to visit with me so that we can do a degree/program audit and make sure that you are track for graduating with an Honors designation on your transcript.

b. If you plan on graduating in May, you need to speak with me before Spring Break so that we can confirm that you’re on course for graduating with an Honors designation on your transcript.

3. Golden Key Honor Society: We’re still working on bringing a Golden Key Honor Society chapter to SRSU. We have been speaking with the national organization. Our start-up officers are Jessica Lien, President, and Clare Ritzi, Secretary.

4. Honors Party: There will be an Honors Party in the Lobo Village Community Room on Monday, February 15, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Bring a game to play. Bring a friend to play with. RSVP to Clare at 837-8408.

5. SRSU Honors Program Dry Erase Board: Be sure to pick up your SRSU Honors Program dry erase board. Display it with pride.

6. Convention: The Great Plains Honors Council 2010 Conference will be held in Tulsa, OK, March 26-28 (Friday-Sunday). We’d need to leave on Thursday. We would return on Sunday. The conference theme is “The Art of the Critique.” It would be four people to a room. We could only allow $20.00/day for food.

7. SRSU Honors Program Blog: We are grateful to SRSU Honors Program member Mitch Waechter for creating a blog for our program. The SRSU Honors Program blog can be found at srsuace.blogspot.com.

8. Lobo Literati League Spring 2010: The SRSU Honors Program in conjunction with Residential Living continues to sponsor the Lobo Literati League, a book club.

Spring 2010 meetings times and books:
Feb. 18 (R) 7:00 p.m. Lobo Literati League – Honors Program
(LV Conference Room)
Moderator: To be determined
Book: Harriet and Isabella by
Patricia O’Brien

Mar. 18 (R) 7:00 p.m. Lobo Literati League
(LV Conference Room)
Moderator – To be decided
Book – The Zookeeper’s
Wife by Diane Ackerman

Apr. 15 (R) 7:00 p.m. Lobo Literati League
(LV Conference Room)
Moderator – To be decided
Book: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s
Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a
Time by Greg Morenson and David O.
Relin

If you would like to be the moderator for any of these sessions, please contact Dr. Stein.

9. Lobo Literati League Fall 2010/Spring 2011: Please start thinking about books that you would like to recommend to go onto the ballot for the 2010/2011 academic year. I will solicit your recommendations in March. The ballot will be put together and then the SRSU student community will be invited to vote on the selections for next year in April. When you send recommendations, be sure to bring us information concerning the title, the author, and a short synopsis of what the book is about.

10. Super Sully Saturday: The SRSU Honors Program along with the Academic Learning Center will host a table at Sully Super Saturday, Saturday, February 20, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. We need volunteers to help staff the table. Contact Clare to schedule your community service hours.

11. SRSU Honors Program Web Site: On the ACE Web site, you can find the Honors Web pages.
A. Honors Activities Form: If you are looking for activities to participate in to help you complete your Honors Activities Form, please click on the link “Events and
Happenings.” At some point soon, the university Web person will have uploaded the
Spring 2010 Events. We have listed a number of activities for this semester along
with the category which those events fill. We will try to add events to this calendar
as the semester continues, but a better bet might be to check the Honors blog.

Clare has uploaded a copy of the “Honors Activities Form” that you can print out to
document your activities. Or you may come by the ACE office (FH 214) and pick up
a paper copy.

B. Honors Calendar: We have created an SRSU Honors Program Calendar for Spring
2010. This calendar lists the activities that you need to be aware of as a member of
our program. It is available on the SRSU Honors Web site and on the SRSU Honors
blog.

C. Events to Know About: If you know of events happening around campus or town
that other SRSU Honors Program members could benefit from knowing about,
please contact Clare Ritzi at 837-8408 with the pertinent information and she will
post it.

Spring 2010 Activities

Below are listed a number of activities that you are invited to participate in this semester in order to complete your Campus Activities Form. To get more information about these or other activities that are tentatively listed to occur this semester, please go to the SRSU Campus Activities Calendar.

Multicultural Events
Super Sully Saturday: February 20 (8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.)
Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering: February 26-28

Lectures/Academic Activities
Lobo Literati League (7:00 p.m. at the Lobo Village Community Center Conference Room)
Jan. 21: The Lost City of Oz: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
Feb. 18: Harriet and Isabella
Mar. 18: The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story
Apr. 15: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time
Leadership Sul Ross: Time Management - Jan. 28 (5:30-7:00 p.m.)

CDRI Nature Center Lecture Series
Feb. 18: 7:00-8:30 (Orchids)
Mar. 4: 7:00-8:30 (Grassland Sparrows)
Apr. 22: 7:00-8:30 (Sustainable Development)

Cultural Activities (Art Shows or Theatrical Performances)
Private Lives of Private Spies (Granada Theatre): Feb. 19-28
Original Play Festival (Granada Theatre): Mar. 2-4
Aye, No! (Studio Theatre): Apr. 16-25
Rio Grande: Bravo (Museum of the Big Bend): Sept. 12, 2009 – Jan. 31, 2010

Athletic Events (See Campus Activities Calendar for specific days and times):
Women’s Basketball: Most Thursdays and Saturdays in January - March
Men’s Basketball: Most Thursdays and Saturdays in January – March
Softball: Most Saturdays in February and March
Baseball: Most Saturdays in February and March

Conference/Field Trip (3 before graduation with at least one conference)
Great Plains Honors Council: The Art of the Critique in Tulsa, OK. We’ll leave on Thursday, March 25, and return on Sunday, March 28. Contact the office if you are interested in attending.


Community Service/Leadership Project (10 hours per semester):
Relay for Life April 17
SRSU Blood Drives:
February 11 and 12
April 19 and 20

Spring 2010 SRSU Honors Calendar

SRSU Honors Program Calendar
Spring 2010


Date Time Event and Location
________________________________________________________________________
Jan. 21 (R) 7:00 p.m. Lobo Literati League
(LV Conference Room)
Moderator – Dr. K. Stein
Book – The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly

Obsession

Jan. 26 (T) 5:00 p.m. HONS 4300 Proposals Due

Jan. 29 (F) 5:00 p.m. Honors Contracts Due

Feb. 4 (R) 4:00 p.m. SRSU Honors Reception
(Honors Library/FH 209)

Feb. 18 (R) 7:00 p.m. Lobo Literati League – Honors Program
(LV Conference Room)
Moderator: To be determined
Book: Harriet and Isabella by Patricia O’Brien

Mar. 15 (M) Scholarship Packets Due.

Mar. 18 (R) 7:00 p.m. Lobo Literati League
(LV Conference Room)
Moderator – To be decided
Book – The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

Mar. 22 (M) Honors Advising Begins

Mar. 26 (F) - Mar. 38 (Sun) Great Plains Honors Council: The Art of the Critique

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Apr. 15 (R) 7:00 p.m. Lobo Literati League
(LV Conference Room)
Moderator – To be decided
Book – Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time by

Greg Morenson and David O. Relin

Apr. 19 (M) 7:30 p.m. Honors Convocation

May 7 (F) 5:00 p.m. Honors Activities Forms Due

May 14 (F) 5:00 p.m. Signed Honors Contracts Due
Completed HONS 4300 Proposals Due
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