Honors Network News

Mentor application open

Apply by Feb. 13 at 5pm

Honors students who are interested in becoming new mentors in Fall 2015 should apply by Friday, February 13th. Previous mentors who wish to return in Fall 2015 need only email Dr. Watkins and state their intentions in order to be considered.

Mentor Mixer

Thursday Feb. 5, 7-9pm in Union Rack and Roll

First-year students, do you miss your mentor from last semester? Mentors, do you wish you'd gotten to know mentors you didn't get to work with? Join us at Union Rack and Roll, to spend some time with the mentors.

France Study Abroad Callout

Tuesday Feb. 3, 5pm in Duhme Living Room

In HONR 299: French Food Culture, learn about French language and culture through a course in rural France, outside Lyon. The program will involve visiting a local market, cooking French foods (and tasting them), and learning about French wine and culture.

Design Garage

Saturday Feb. 7, 10-1pm in Pao Hall B179

Experience the intersection between art and technology. Processing is a programming language, development environment, and online community promoting software literacy within the visual arts and visual literacy within tech. Photo credit: Filament Sculpture by Lia at Liaworks.com

Italy Study Abroad Callout

Tuesday Feb. 10, 6:30pm in Duhme Living Room

The Renaissance and the area surrounding Venice was particularly influential in the transition from a Medieval to a post-Renaissance way of thinking about all aspects of the human. Open to students with a GPA of 3.0 or above.

(NISO) NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS OFFICE

Goldwater Nominees

Purdue University has nominated four students for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship. The nominees to this national competition are Dalton Chaffee, a sophomore from Knoxville, TN with a major in Electrical Engineering; Ben Helfrecht, a junior from Batavia, IL with a major in Materials Science and Engineering; Sam Otto, a junior from Pittsburg, PA with a major in Aerospace Engineering; and Teresa Saenz, a sophomore from Michigan City, IN with a major in Materials Science and Engineering.

Honors College and Residences Updates

Curious about what is currently happening with the Honors College and Residences construction project? For the most up-to-date information, follow @HC_Residences on Twitter as well as visit the blog at: https://purduehonorscollegeresidences.wordpress.com/.

For questions and concerns, contact Alison Maslar-Donar, Honors College Construction Intern, at amaslard@purdue.edu. Open office hours are held every Tuesday 8am-12pm and Thursday 1pm-5pm. Appointments are appreciated but not required.