University Honors Program Blog
Archive for September, 2009
What’s Up Alum? – Michelle Costa
My name is Michelle Costa and I graduated from the Elliot School of International Affairs in 2008 with a degree in International Affairs and Economics. Since then I have been working as a Teach For America corps member in New York City teaching high school mathematics at a transfer high school in East New York, [...]
Top 10 College Women, win $3k + Trip to NYC
Each year Glamour sponsors the Top 10 College Women Competition for college juniors. They look for “topnotch students who have leadership experience on and off the campus with inspirational goals for the future.” (Sound like any of you, Honors students?) The winners receive $3,000, are featured in an issue of the magazine, and win a [...]
Career Panels and Honors Societies Events
Here are two events Honors Students might be interested in: (Event 1) Sigma Iota Rho and the Career Center host: An International Development Career Panel When: September 29th, 7:30pm (followed by reception) Where: 1957 E St., Room 505 http://studentorgs.gwu.edu/sir/ Guest Speakers will talk about careers and working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and [...]
NewsFlash!: Deadlines Tomorrow, Free Pizza, Looking at Law School?
NewsFlash! The George Washington University Honors Program Issue 4: September 24, 2009 Announcements FINAL DEADLINE for Schedule Changes Tomorrow, Sept. 25th is the last day to make changes to your schedule, without leaving annotations on your transcript. Need to switch your class status to audit or pass/fail? Want to drop a course? Make sure to [...]
Free Flu Shots
GW wants to stick you! And even better, they’re not going to charge you for it. That’s right, there are going to be free flu shots from the University for all GW Faculty, Staff, and Students. For more info, you could probably just check your email, or you can click here. Here are the dates [...]
Meet the Professor: Prof. Eyal Aviv
My name is Eyal Aviv; I am the Honors professor for Religious Studies. My main academic interests are Buddhism and East Asian religions. These interests are beyond mere research areas – they are an integral part of my personal and intellectual journey. I grew up in Israel and, as early as high school, I was [...]
Free food and Emergency info at University Yard…
Snag some free food and a free “Emergency Starter Kit” (if you’re one of the first 500) today from 11am-3pm in University Yard at GW for an emergency preparedness expo. Not a bad deal for any GW kiddos or any sneaky locals. There’s going to be some fire extinguisher demos as well, which, frankly, sounds pretty awesome. I’m [...]
Meet the Professor: Professor Lynette Osborne
Hey everyone! Since we have this fantastic new blog, I thought I’d introduce myself. Name and Creds.I’m Dr. Lynette Osborne and I’m starting my fourth year with the UHP at GWU. I hold a Ph.D. in sociology and women’s studies from Purdue University, an, M.A. in sociology and criminal justice from Old Dominion University, and [...]
Facebook photo tagging
Thanks to Adam for pointing out to me that tagging wasn’t activated on the Facebook Fan Page. Here I’d been asking you all to tag yourselves and friends, and it was actually impossible. Problem is fixed now, so feel free check them out and tag away.
Even CEOs Have Liberal Arts Backgrounds
If you’re a Chipotle lover like me, you may have wondered how Chipotle got its start. Believe it or not, Steve Ells, the CEO of Chipotle earned an undergraduate degree in Art History and has never had a formal education in business. Like Catherine and I always say, a Bachelor’s degree in a specific field doesn’t [...]
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