News and Events

Two hundred eleven Honors students graduated in the May 2011 ceremonies.  Full list is available here.


 

Honors Students got in the holiday spirit by participating in a hall decorating contest:

 

Congratulations to the Honors Faculty Award Winners!

1 The Honors Student Association recognized Mary Elkins as the 2011-2012 Honors Prof of the Year. She teaches Honors seminars on a variety of topics but is probably best known for her seminars, "Nature in the West: Art, Politics, and Perceptions" and "America and the Civil War".
A graduating senior wrote this about her: "Looking back at my four years at Colorado State University, I can say with all honesty that Dr. Elkins has been the best professor I've had." Another observed that her seminars are the first to fill at registration.

 

The Honors Student Association also selected Diane Burton as the Honors Adviser of the Year.
She is the Assistant Director of the University Honors Program. Diane always declines her nominations but this year she was in Senegal visiting her daughter in the Peace Corps when the nominations came in so she wasn't able to decline. Her nominators noted that “she truly cares about every one of her students and takes the time for everyone, no matter what."

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Honors Students in Action

Check out where our students have been traveling, what awards they have received, and how they get involved in their communities.



Upcoming Thesis Presentations

Student Name
Major

Thesis Title

 
Date and Time
Location
Robert Cope Physics The Search for Anisotropies with the Pierre Auger Observatory May 9 @ 12pm Physics Conference Room in Engineering Building
Lindsey Noble Music Process and Performance through a Flute Recital? May 9 @ 2pm UCA C114

Danica Baker

Sociology Music and Movement: Universal Languages TBD TBD
Brittany Cabral Psychology Self-Concept Incoherence and Error-Related Negativity May 11 @ 9 am Behaviioral Sciences 264

Learn more about the Honors Senior Thesis


Spiritus Mundi

Read the 2012 edition of the Honors literary magazine


Faculty Firesides

Every fall the Honors Program invites faculty members to share their career paths, specific research interests, and life experiences with students. All the faculty firesides are held in the Honors Fireside Lounge unless otherwise noted. Please sign up to attend beforehand in the Honors Office.

Fall 2011 Faculty Firesides*

Date Name Title Where? Time
September 6th Gerald Callahan Lousy Sex: A Marriage of Art and Science Fireside Lounge 4:30pm
September 12th Jeff Boulter Capitalism & Entrepreneurship in a Communist Country Fireside Lounge 5pm
September 15th Mark Brown

A Behind the Scenes Look at Biomedical Research

 Fireside Lounge 5pm
September 20th Debbie Crans Demystifying Organic Chemistry Fireside Lounge 3:30pm
September 27th Nancy Irlbeck Which Door Will You Walk Through? Fireside Lounge 4pm
September 29th Janice Moore Confessions of a Freshman English Major Fireside Lounge 4:30pm
October 4th Carmen Menoni TBA Fireside Lounge 6pm
October 6th Bob Keller The Real Deficit in the U.S. Fireside Lounge 5pm
October 12th Bill Timpson

Sustainable Peace & Development in Post- Genocide Burundi: The Students’ Perspective

 Fireside Lounge 4:30pm
October 19th Jen Krafchick My Experience in the Peace Corps Fireside Lounge TBD
October 20th Bob Richburg How Helpful is Your Brain in Finding Your Perfect Mate? Fireside Lounge 4:30pm
October 27th Greg Florant To Eat or Not to Eat: Which Fats Are Good For You Fireside Lounge 5pm
November 9th Mark Fiege Nature, History, and the National Parks Fireside Lounge 6:30pm
November 29th Mary Elkins Honors Prof Lecture: "Great American Narratives: the Stories We Tell to and about Ourselves" LSC Ballroom 7pm
December 1st Carl Burgchardt The Rhetoric of James Cameron’s Avatar Fireside Lounge 6pm

*New topics are chosen at the beginning of each fall semester.