WHAT'S NEW at the HONORS COLLEGE
Honors College Announcements & Events
Commonwealth Honors College Merchandise
Sleeping Bag Seminar
Goodie Auction Results
Achievements & Accolades
Pizza and Prof November 30, 2010
Internships & Employment
Undergraduate Research/Work Study Assistant Needed
Academic Opportunities
Spring ‘11 CSL Honors Seminar
— HONORS COLLEGE ANNOUNCEMENTS and EVENTS —
COMMONWEALTH HONORS COLLEGE MERCHANDISE
Looking for a holiday gift? Commonwealth Honors College will be selling t-shirts (limited sizes), water bottles, and totes. Merchandise will be on sale in the Goodell Lounge the following dates:
Monday December 13th between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday December 14th between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday December 15th between 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m.
Friday December 17th between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
** If you are interested in Commonwealth Honors Merchandise and cannot make the above times please email popykd@honors.umass.edu or call 413.545.0742 to arrange a different time.
SLEEPING BAG SEMINAR
The University of Massachusetts at Lowell Commonwealth Honors Program Presents
A Sleeping Bag Seminar More than Mills: Exploring Ethnicity, Honoring History, and Inspiring Innovation in the Cradle of the American Industrial Revolution.
Join in for a weekend of fun, friendship, and food in Lowell, MA!
February 4th-6th 2011.
A limited number of students will be accepted, please sign up by January 10th!
More Information.
GOODIE AUCTION RESULTS
CHC's 2nd Annual Goodie Auction raised a total of $361.00 this year! A heartfelt thanks to all the participants in this years auction. The proceeds from the auction will go to Capacidad.
Capacidad is a multicultural, anti-bias afterschool program serving children ages 5-12 at the Fort River Elementary School in Amherst. The program seeks to empower children and families through a social justice curriculum and community-based learning environment. Capacidad also seeks to empower college students to work with children using skills in conflict resolution, bias intervention, behavior management, creative leadership and educational/cultural group facilitation. Capacidad provides training for student volunteers as well as the opportunity to contribute directly to Capacidad's curriculum development.
— ACHIEVEMENTS & ACCOLADES —
PIZZA AND’ PROF NOVEMBER 30, 2010
Dr. Heather Richardson related to students her research on the effects of alcohol on rats and the possible implications of her findings when applied to college students. Alcohol, Dr. Richardson explained, actually induces stress hormones in rats' brains.
However, after a selection of rats were routinely given "binge" amounts of alcohol (for humans, that's five or more drinks in two hours for men and four or more drinks in that same time for women), the stress they experienced from withdrawal made them crave alcohol for relief. Dr. Richardson emphasized the likely parallels between this process of addiction and the ways in which people, especially college students, become addicted to alcohol. Binge drinking, in this case, has some serious potential consequences-especially for college students who are frequently stressed.
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— INTERNSHIPS and EMPLOYMENT —
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH/WORK STUDY ASSISTANT NEEDED
Dr. Lisa Chasan-Taber, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, is looking for a responsible and enthusiastic student to work as an undergraduate research assistant or work study student on several large epidemiologic studies of women's health. The studies are funded by the National Institutes of Health and focus on health behaviors during pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes among Hispanic women. This assistant would
assist the Project Manager with the day-to-day operations. The position is in the Department of Public Health, specifically epidemiology: interest and background in epidemiology is a plus. If interested, please email the Project Manager, Megan Ward Harvey at meward@schoolph.umass.edu.
— ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES —
SPRING ‘11 CSL HONORS SEMINAR
Add action to your Honors Seminar this Spring! Learn about your local community and make a contribution towards positive social change.
291AS, Community Service Learning Honors Seminar—Ideas That Changed the World, combines community service with reading and reflection to explore essential questions of life, work and citizenship.
Read More.
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