Honors Network News

Interdisciplinary Academics

Fall 2016 Honors Sections and HONR courses

As you finalize your fall 2016 academic schedule, enrolling in an HONR course or an honors section of a course, will keep you on track towards completing the honors curriculum. HONR courses offer unique, interdisciplinary content, taught by top-notch faculty. HONR courses can be found online at https://honors.purdue.edu/current-students/courses/honr-courses/index.html. Additionally, honors sections of courses create a smaller classroom environment, with fellow honors students. Honors sections of common courses such as COMM 114, ECON 251, and PSY 120, among others, are available.

If you have any questions about maximizing your fall 2016 schedule with honors courses, please contact your Honors advisor.

Schwarzman Scholars Info Session

Tues, March 29, 5:30-7pm in BRNG 1284

Guest Speaker: Christian Tanja, Schwarzman Scholars

Top academic achievers of any nationality develop leadership skills through a fully-funded one-year Master's Degree at Tsinghua University in China. Students of any major pursue a degree in Public Policy, Economics and Business, or International Studies in English-language classes. Class of 2017 undergraduates apply now for 2017-18 study in Beijing.

Creating Client Solutions

Mon, Apr. 4, 3-5pm in Duhme Living Room

As a team, meet for 20 minutes with Patrick Mosher, Chief Scientist, Sales and Marketing Talent Solutions for Accenture Strategy, to solve real client problems and gain experience in building highly effective presentations. This project will have statistics and analytical components, as well as communication and business analysis components.

Teams must be available to present on Friday, Apr. 8 from 6-8:30pm.

Copernican Scholars Exchange Program

Applications now open!

Applications for the spring 2016 Copernican Scholars Exchange Program in Padua, Italy are now being accepted. Apply by April 8.

An exchange program between the Purdue University Honors College and the Honors College at the Universita degli Studi di Padova for two "Copernican Scholars" is set for 2016-2017. Scholar selections will be made prior to the end of May 2016.

Undergraduate Research

Honors Research Grant

Research grants available for Honors College students

The Purdue Honors College has funds available to promote independent undergraduate research on campus. Apply for up to $500 for first-time projects, and up to $1000 for continuing research.

To be eligible for this grant, students:

• must be enrolled in the Purdue University Honors College in good academic standing;
• must be engaged in scholarly work under the supervision of a faculty mentor;
• must demonstrate that they do not have, and do not anticipate having, other sources of funding support for their research;
• must commit to presenting their results in an academic professional context (conference paper or poster, academic publication, etc.)

Submit applications to Dr. Elizabeth Brite at britee@purdue.edu.

Leadership Development

NCHC Conference Presentation Grant

Proposals due Mar. 28, apply for funding by May 1

The Purdue Honors College is a member of The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) and is seeking students to participate in and represent us at the annual conference. This year's conference will be held October 12-16, 2016 in Seattle, WA. The Purdue University Honors College has a limited amount of funds available to support students who would like to participate.

Community & Global Experiences

HHH Friday Night Lights

Fri. Mar. 25 from 6:30- 7:30pm

Join Honors Helping Hands and the Office of University Sustainability for Friday Night Lights. Volunteer an hour to turn off lights in classrooms so they will not be left on over the weekend. Sign up early to get a free burrito. Be sure to list the HHH as your organization.