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October 6, 2015
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Honors Network News
Meet the Innovator: Huang Yi
This Thursday and Friday
Join us on October 9th for a luncheon welcoming Purdue's Fall 2015 Artist-in-Residence Huang Yi. There are also 15 tickets available to his performance on the 8th. RSVP so we can save your spot.
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Interdisciplinary Academics
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NISO Building Strong Academic Relationships Workshop
Wed. Oct. 7, 5:30-7pm in BRNG 1232
Understand the importance and benefits of building strong academic relationships with faculty. This NISO workshop gives you tips on building and maintaining these connections, and how to request recommendation letters when the time comes.
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Community & Global Experiences
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Meet the innovator: Melissa Fraterrigo
Thur. Oct. 15, 6:30-8pm in the Duhme courtyard
Bring your best wordplay and meet us and Melissa Fraterrigo, author of the short story collection The Longest Pregnancy. Learn more about the honors course she will teach in Spring 2016. Open to student performers of all kinds. Fraterrigo's fiction and nonfiction has appeared in more than thirty literary journals and anthologies. She currently teaches classes on the art and craft of writing at the Lafayette Writers' Studio.
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HLC Leadership Toolbox: Finding Whimsey
Sun. Oct. 18, 5-7pm on second floor of Krach Leadership Center
Come discover your creative side with child-like wonder. Enjoy finger painting, movie-short story boards, photography and snacks. The HLC will be there will you?
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Building Blocks of Undergraduate Research: College of Agriculture
Wed. Oct. 21, 12-1pm in Duhme Hall Living Room
Jump-start your undergraduate research experience at this lunchtime discussion with students and faculty from the College of Agriculture. Featuring: Mary Witucki & Prof. Joe Ogas / Eli Hugghis & Prof. Gebisa Ejeta. |
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Upcoming Events
| Torch Tuesdays: Lunch with Honors College faculty and staff |
12-1pm | Wiley Dining Court | Weekly
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| Oct. 6: NISO Truman Scholarship Application and Writing Workshop |
5:30-7pm | BRNG 1232 | RSVP
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| Oct. 7: Building Strong Academic Relationships |
5:30-7pm | BRNG 1232 | RSVP
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| Oct. 8: Huang Yi and KUKA |
7:30pm | Loeb Playhouse | RSVP
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| Oct. 9: Meet the Innovator Luncheon with Huang Yi |
12:30pm | Duhme Hall Living Room | RSVP
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| Oct. 9: Executive In Residence: David Bevirt |
| 2:30-4pm | Welcome Reception | Vawter Hall Living Room |
| Oct. 12: Executive In Residence: David Bevirt |
12-1:30pm | Lunch | Ford Dining Court
4-5pm | Farewell Reception | Vawter Hall Living Room
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| Oct. 15: Meet the Innovator in Residence: Open Mic Night with Melissa Fraterrigo |
| 6:30-8pm | Duhme courtyard (outdoors between Shealy and Duhme) |
| Oct. 18: HLC Leadership Toolbox: Finding Whimsey |
| 5-7pm | Krach Leadership Center 2nd Floor |
Other opportunities
MCAT Instructor Opening
Pre-Med Students Should Apply Soon
Kaplan is searching for part-time instructors to lead evening/weekend MCAT prep courses in the Lafayette area. Apply online or email Ann Peckskamp at ann.peckskamp@kaplan.com.
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igNITE Technology and Media Talks
5:30pm Thursday nights at MatchBOX Coworking Studio
Matchbox Studio and the Brian Lamb School of Communication bring you the igNITE talks on technology and media. This Thursday, join Rusty Rueff VC and board member of Glassdoor.com, former CEO of SNOCAP INC., former Executive Vice Presiden of EA, and past chair of the Grammy Foundation.
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Connect With Us:
Contact Info:
Purdue University Honors College
Duhme Hall, Room 134
205 North Russell Street
West Lafayette, IN 47906-4238
Phone: (765) 494-2929
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