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September 2024
Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Book Discussion with Dr. Keith Dougherty
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups are announced at the beginning of every semester on the Honors listserv Book: FOUNDING PARTISANS: HAMILTON, MADISON, JEFFERSON, ADAMS, AND THE BRAWLING BIRTH OF AMERICAN POLITICS by H. W. Brands Discussion Leader: Dr. Keith Dougherty, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Political Science Date: Thursday, September 12, 6:00-8:00pm Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: To the framers of the Constitution, political parties were a fatal threat to republican virtues. They had suffered the consequences…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »October 2024
Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Book Discussion with Dr. Sarah Shannon
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups are announced at the beginning of every semester on the Honors listserv Book: HALFWAY HOME: RACE, PUNISHMENT, AND THE AFTERLIFE OF MASS INCARCERATION by Reuben Jonathan Miller Discussion Leader: Dr. Sarah Shannon, Director, Criminal Justice Studies Program, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology Date: Monday, October 7, 6:00-8:00pm Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of twenty million…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Book Discussion with Dean Meg Amstutz
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups are announced at the beginning of every semester on the Honors listserv Book: BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett Discussion Leader: Dr. Meg Amstutz, Dean of the Morehead Honors College Date: October 15, 6:00-8:00pm Location: Dr. Amstutz’s home Description: Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, Bel Canto is a story of negotiation, music, and love in a moment of crisis. Set in South America at an exclusive birthday party for an influential businessman, the novel…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Book Discussion with Dr. Richard Menke
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups are announced at the beginning of every semester on the Honors listserv Book: POOR THINGS by Alasdair Gray Discussion Leader: Dr. Richard Menke, Associate Department Head, Professor of English Date: Tuesday, October 22, 6:00-8:00pm Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: The 1992 novel behind the recent Oscar-winning film of the same name, Poor Things takes the reader to 1880s Glasgow, Scotland, where medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Book Discussion with Dr. Cody Marrs
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups are announced at the beginning of every semester on the Honors listserv Book: A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA by Ursula K. Le Guin Discussion Leader: Dr. Cody Marrs, Professor of English Date: Tuesday, October 29, 6:00-8:00pm Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: Ged was the greatest sorcerer in the archipelago of Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long-held secrets and loosed…
Find out more »November 2024
Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Book Discussion with Dr. Assaf Oshri
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups are announced at the beginning of every semester on the Honors listserv Book: MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl Discussion Leader: Dr. Assaf Oshri, Director, Youth Development Institute, Professor of Human Development and Family Science Date: Tuesday, November 5, 6:00-8:00pm Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: Translated into more than fifty languages and sold over sixteen million times since its publication in 1946, Man’s Search for Meaning is a work of survival literature…
Find out more »Honors Book Discussion with Assistant Dean Jessica Hunt
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups are announced at the beginning of every semester on the Honors listserv Book: THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mothar and Max Gladstone Discussion Leader: Ms. Jessica Hunt, Assistant Dean and Director of Scholarships, Morehead Honors College Date: Wednesday, November 6, 6:00-8:00 (an additional meeting will be held Wednesday, January 8, 6:00-8:00pm) Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: Cowritten by two award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lose the…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Book Discussion with Associate Dean James Warnock
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups are announced at the beginning of every semester on the Honors listserv Book: ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE by Anthony Doerr Discussion Leader: Dr. James Warnock, Associate Dean of the Morehead Honors College, Professor of Engineering Date: Wednesday, November 20, 6:00-8:00pm Location: Moore Hall 116 Description: Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she…
Find out more »December 2024
Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »Honors Information Session
Honors Information Sessions offer prospective students and their families a comprehensive overview of the Jere W. Morehead Honors College experience. These sessions are intended for current high school students, and topics will include the history of the Honors College and its current makeup, academic programming and opportunities, and student life. A Q&A period will conclude the session. Registration is required. Register here for a Morehead Honors College Information Session. Each session is scheduled to last no longer than one hour. Information…
Find out more »January 2025
Honors Book Discussion with Dr. Scott Nelson
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - All book discussion sign-ups are announced at the beginning of every semester on the Honors listserv Book: OCEANS OF GRAIN: HOW AMERICAN WHEAT REMADE THE WORLD by Scott Nelson Discussion Leader: Dr. Scott Nelson (author), Georgia Athletic Association Professor of History Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025, 6:00-8:00pm Location: Professor’s home Description: Oceans of Grain is a study of how the US became a global superpower. Rather than emphasizing technology, values, or the military, the book argues that…
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