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News and events
 
November, 2008:
November 1 -8, 2008: Homecoming Week.
 
October, 2008:
October 24: Former Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Ann Brown talks at the Named Scholars Ceremony
October 17, 2008: Deadline for FCHC Writing Contest
October 7th and 15th: Presidential Debate Watch Parties
Profile of HC Student-future leader
HC Professor studies church arsons
 
September, 2008:
• Sept. 26, Presidential Debate Watch Party, 9-11pm in the Burrow
Honors College student receives research award
HC Faculty researches aging in cells
Honors Summer Institute creates lasting impression
September 5, 2008: Parent and Family Weekend

 

August, 2008:
Weeks of Welcome (W.O.W.) Events on the Jupiter Campus
August 24, 2008: WHC Freshman Honors Convocation
 
June, 2008:
Honors College student Jeffrey Joyner appointed gubernatorial fellow
• HC student Lauren Nys's internship highlighted in Palm Beach Post
 
May, 2008:
May 25, 2008: In Memoriam-Hank Smith
May 2, 2008: Graduation
 

April, 2008:

April 9, 2008: HC Students/Faculty receive University awards
Saturday, April 5, 2008 Rooney's 5k Walk/Run to benefit the Autism Project of Palm Beach County and FAU Honors College. To Register For The Race: www.active.com
Friday, April 4, 1 pm, AD 119: NASA Astronaut Tracy Caldwell, Ph.D. gives the Chastain Honors Symposium Guest Lecture at the Honors College
Friday, April 4, 8:30 - 4:30, Honors College Symposium
 
March, 2008:
Debate Team Earns National Recognition
 
February, 2008:
Thursday, February 28th at 8:00 p.m., in AD 103, “The Relationship between Music and Culture” A talk by Dr. Jeremy Wallach given by the Anthropology Club
Counselor Luncheon, February 27, 2008.  To RSVP, please contact the Office of Admissions, 1-800-920-8705 or email.
Saturday, February 2, 2008, the Honors College and the Campus Debate Team will host a Regional High School Speech/Debate Tournament.
 
January, 2008
Presidential Campaign 2008 Events
3 HC students receive Florida Collegiate Honors Conference writing awards: Maria Hall, first place in poetry; Bobby Wicks, first place in documented research; Emily Miller, honorable mention in poetry.
Honors College Alumna Autumn Widdoes presents her theater work in New York City
 
November, 2007
November 16th at 8:00pm: Comic as Literature presented by the MacArthur Campus Library. For more information contact Peter Salomone
November 15: International Education Day
November 10: HC Students win awards at Debate Competition
 
October, 2007
October 25: Deadline to submit for FCHC Writing Contest. Submit to Dr. Mark Tunick, HC 133, by 5pm. Further info on the contest is online.
October 24: Samantha Montgomery, Honors College student, wins the Talon Leadership Award.
October 22, 4pm, HC 135: "Have you Ever Thought About Law School?" with Nancy Benavides, Associate Dean, FSU Law School: see flyer

October 18, 7th Annual Talent Show in AD 119, 8 pm, showcasing Honors College students

October 6, Family Day
 
August, 2007:
New Faculty Join the Honors College
 
Summer, 2007:
High schoolers learn CSI techniques at FAU Honors College
HC student wins NSEP-Boren prestige scholarship
 
May, 2007:
May 4, 5:00 pm, Boca Campus, Honors College Commencement
May 4, 9:00 am, Medallion Ceremony
 
April, 2007:
Apr. 25, 9:00-11:00 pm, in the Dining Hall, Night Breakfast
Apr. 13, 8:30-4:30 pm, Honors College Symposium
 
March, 2007:
Mar. 17, 1:00 pm, Open House
Mar. 14, 1:00 - 4:00 pm, in SR, FAU Jupiter’s Career & Graduate School Fair
Mar. 5, Honors College adds Arts Concentration
Honors College Announces Study Abroad Grants
 
February, 2007:
• Feb. 21, 3rd Annual Student-Faculty Advising Dinner

• Feb. 19, 9:30 - 3:30pm, Admitted Student Preview Day

• Feb. 8, 4pm, AD Auditorium, Executive Lecture Series
• Feb. 1, 8pm, AD Auditorium, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth
• Feb. 1, 4pm, AD Auditorium, Executive Lecture Series
• Jan 29 - Feb.. 3, Campus Climate Challenge Week Of Action
 
January, 2007:
• Jan., Career Development Center Workshops
• Jan. 25, 4pm, AD Auditorium, Executive Lecture Series
• Jan. 18, 4pm, AD Auditorium, Executive Lecture Series
 
December, 2006:
• Dec. 29, 6:30-7:30pm, The Grape(@ Downtown Gardens), Alumni Happy Hour
• Dec. 8, 4pm, AD Auditorium, Giant Panda Talk
 
November, 2006:
Nov. 18, Open House, 1 pm.
Nov. 8, 2pm, SR 108: Forum on Graduate Programs in International Affairs and Public Policy--see flyer
 
October, 2006:
Oct. 26, 7-9pm, AD 119: Donald Downs speaks on Free Speech
Oct. 20, 1pm, AD 119: Harry A. Johnston speaks at Named Scholar Ceremony
Oct. 19, 8pm, AD 119: 7th Annual Honors College Talent Show!
 
September, 2006:
Honors College receives NSF funding for Science Scholarships for students
Fall 06 Tutoring Hours Announced
OutTakes Quick Cuisine opens in SR Burrow: M-R 8-9, F 8-6
• New Faculty join the Honors College
 
July, 2006:
Wilkes Honors College student Sarah Wiggill awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship
 
May, 2006:
Honors College students selected for Summer REUs
 
April, 2006:
• April 27, Honors College art exhibit
• April 27, Night Breakfast, 9pm-11pm, Dining Hall
April 14: Research Day
• April 6: 80's Prom, 8pm-11pm
April 1: Family Day
 
March, 2006:
March 25th: Open House
Honors College literature concentrators present papers at national conference
March 29: Disaster Symposium
 
February, 2006:
Honors College Biology professor's work appears in the journal 'Nature Cell Biology'
Feb. 6: Composing Utopia: The Case of John Luther Adams. A Presentation by Allen Gimbel.
Feb. 17: Scripps Careers in Science Day: two lectures, a panel discussion, lunch, and a tour of the Scripps facility.
 
January, 2006 :
Honors College Student participates in poetry workshop
Jan. 30: John Templeton, Director of Admissions, Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs discusses graduate study in public policy and international affairs and PPIA Summer institutes for Juniors.
 
October, 2005:
6th Annual Honors College Talent Show: Thursday Oct. 20, 8-11pm, Auditorium. Presented by Housing and Residential Life.
Honors College announces Honors Summer Institute in collaboration with Scripps-Florida
 
September, 2005:
• Honors College announces Marine Biology Concentration
• Honors College responds to Hurricane Katrina
• Honors College's Dr. Christian Weisser takes helm of composition journal
 
August, 2005:
• New faculty join the Honors College
• Student Wendy Martinez completes Ford CHLI Leadership Program in Washington D.C.
 
July, 2005:
Honors College's Prof. Martin Sweet receives Corwin Award
Honors College launches new website, designed by Miri Cohen of b4media.net. View image of old website (pdf)
Honors College professor receives Fulbright
 
April 15, 2005:
3nd Annual Honors College Symposium for Research and Creative Projects.
See also the 1st annual research symposium; and the 2nd annual research symposium
 
Feb. 2005:
• Morgan Cable ('05) and Prof. Eugene Smith publish in international chemistry journal
Theater in the Raw (Honors College drama group) presents "Fish with Fur"
 
May 2004:
•Scripps Research Institute comes to FAU's Jupiter campus (pdf)
     
  March 22, 2001:  
 

• Honors College students meet Tim Russert of Meet the Press

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
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