Hello!
Here's what's happening this week:

Honors Advisement for Juniors begins today! Check your USC email for the the web link to schedule your Spring 2019 Honors Advisement Appointment. If you did not receive the email, check your junk email filter first before contacting your Honors Advisor. Honors Advisor/Advisement questions should be directed to Dr. Banks at bankshk@mailbox.sc.edu.
See all the spring Honors courses with descriptions here.


Monday 10/1

Deadline to submit photos for the annual Honors College Study Abroad Photo Contest.

Getting Started in Research Workshop 
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Gambrell 150 (PC Lab) 
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Tuesday 10/2

Magellan Scholar Application Workshop
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
RHUU 305
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Getting Started in Research Workshop
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Gambrell 150 (PC Lab)
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Wednesday 10/3

OFSP Workshop: Boren Scholarship and Fellowship and Critical Language Scholarship  
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Gressette Room, Harper College
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Getting Started in Research Workshop 
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Gambrell 150 (PC Lab) 
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The Last Lecture Series with Dr. Kimberly Simmons
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Gressette Room, Harper College
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Friday 10/5

OFSP Workshop: DAAD Scholarships (for study abroad in Germany)
12:00 noon
Humanities Classroom 101 A
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OFSP Workshop:  Investigate National Fellowships
1:30 p.m.
DeSaussure 228
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Lecture:  Mr. Haris Lalacos, Ambassador of Greece to the U.S.
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Capstone 1723 - The Carolina Room
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Sunday 10/7

Honors College Family Weekend Picnic
12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Historic Horseshoe
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SAVE THESE DATES:

10/12 Honors College goes to the theater: Shakespeare in Love
*register for free tickets in next week's newsletter

11/1 Extended:  Study Abroad Scholarship Deadline



OPPORTUNITIES

Enter your photos in the Annual SCHC Study Abroad Photo Contest!
Have you studied abroad? Do you have the pictures to prove it? Submit them to our Annual Study Abroad Photo Contest! Share your best study abroad photo along with title, date, location and short description of why the photo was significant to your study abroad experience. Winners will be recognized with prizes on October 10 from 5:30-7:00pm in the Honors Residence Hall Room B110. Email entries to Megan Campbell at tone@mailbox.sc.edu by October 1st at 5pm.

Study away with the Honors College
The Honors College is now accepting deposits for all Honors College 2019 study away courses. Deposits can be submitted electronically  here. 

Honors College Caffeine Connection 
Perk up your network with another current honors student who has done an internship. Select by major or industry. You choose the date and time, the Honors College picks up the tab! Contact  Erica Elbery for more info. 

Fellowships Peer Mentor Program
Meet with a national fellowship winner and find out how applying for a national fellowship could change your life.

Beyond the Classroom funding opportunities
The Honors College offers competitive awards for Beyond the Classroom experiences including study away, internships and research. Funds are limited and awarded on the basis of need and merit, in accordance with the various donors’ wishes.  More [pdf]

SC Humanities Student Research Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to undergraduate students in their sophomore or junior years to support research in the study of history, philosophy and ethics, literature, linguistics, languages, jurisprudence, cultural anthropology, archaeology, comparative religions, art history and/or criticism, folklore, or interdisciplinary scholarship in these areas. Special consideration is given to projects that have a South Carolina focus or component. In FY2019, the maximum award amount is $1,000.
Deadline: Friday, November 16, 2018
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Are you registered to vote?
Students, faculty and staff can get help registering to vote or applying for an absentee ballot for the upcoming election through the university's partnership with TurboVote.