Get excited...it's HONORS WEEK! ��

Monday 2/11

Getting Started in Research Workshop
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Gambrell 003A (PC Lab)
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A Passion for Justice:
An Encounter with Clarence Darrow
6:00 – 8:30 pm
Law School 103
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Honors Week: Bedtime Stories with the Pastides
8:00 - 9:00 pm
Honors B110
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Tuesday 2/12

Honors Week: Chips, Dips and Internships
6:00 pm
Honors B110
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Magellan Scholar Application Workshop
5:00 – 6:00 pm
RHUU 305
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Getting Started in Research Workshop
6:00 - 7:00 pm 
Gambrell 003A (PC Lab)
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Wednesday 2/13

Honors Week: Resume Workshop
2:00 pm
Gressette Room
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IAAR Presentation:
"Cause I Need Freedom Too"
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Petigru College 111
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Honors Week: Trivia Night
8:00 - 9:00 pm
Honors B110
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Thursday 2/14

Carolina Productions presents
Plants Won't Break Your Heart:
Plant Adoption Event
11:00 am – 2 pm
Davis Field I - RHUU Side
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Info Session:
Ethnographic Field School in Detroit
12:00 noon, lunch provided
Hamilton 322
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Honors Week: Curiosity Carnival
Honors Opportunity Fair
12:00 - 3:00 pm
RHUU Ballroom
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Getting Started in Research Workshop
2:00 - 3:00 pm 
Gambrell 003A (PC Lab)
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Friday 2/15

Honors Week:
Meet the Deans
11:00 - 12:00 noon
650 Lincoln Theater
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Dates & Deadlines:

2/20 Magellan Scholar Deadline

3/1 Artists in Residence exhibition opening

4/26 DiscoverUSC



Spotlight on Honors Advising

Honors advising begins in February! You'll receive an email from your Honors advisor on 2/18. Be sure to sign up for the earliest available appointment in order to have the best access to classes. Visit the Honors College website to learn how to prepare for your appointment and to find info and videos about advising and registration.



Opportunities

Black Honors Caucus  
BHC is a safe space for high achieving Black students to convene and share ideas unapologetically and without fear, building a sense of community to empower Black students and setting a precedent of excellence. Contact president  Alex Thompson for more info.  

Pastides Sustainability Scholarship

This award, created by President Harris Pastides and Patricia Moore-Pastides, recognizes an undergraduate student who has truly effected Sustainability at USC. Students may self-nominate, or be nominated by the USC community of students, staff or faculty. Nominations should address how the student has made an impact in one or more of the following areas related to sustainability: scholarship, leadership, and/or engagement. Deadline 2/22. More here.  

MIT Summer Opportunity
For STEM, humanities and other disciplines
Join a team of dedicated instructors, teaching assistants, residential advisors and mentors to help empower passionate high school seniors from across the country to develop the confidence and skills needed to pursue careers in STEM. More here.

Summer 2019 ethnographic research project
This summer project in Detroit, Michigan will emphasize the experiences that low-income people of color and immigrants have with urban “revitalization.” Students may earn 8 university credits for participation. Learn more about the opportunity and have pizza,Thursday, February 14th at noon in Hamilton 322. Contact Daniel B Freedman PhD, MSW, LISW-CP for more info.

Live in DC this summer
Do you have an internship in DC this summer? Live in a three-story town home two blocks from the capital with other UofSC students. June 1-August 17, 2019, $3500. (Ask about May housing.) Contact Julie Hutt at jhutt@mailbox.sc.edu

 
Further Together Columbia 
Founded by SCHC young alumni, Further Together Columbia is a new community outreach group focused on bringing students younger than 25 and adults older than 50 together to connect, communicate, and learn.  More here.

Senior Thesis Survey
This survey is for a senior thesis is focused on understanding wellness behaviors within undergraduate students with a particular emphasis on physical activity.




Pet of the month: Malory the cat
Thanks to advisor Ali Mathwig.  Submit your own!