Author: Griselda Gomez

The Cohen Honors College dean and faculty council invite all faculty/staff interested in the honors law and public policy track to an open discussion from 3:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday, April 24 via Microsoft Teams, including general information about the track, updates in progress and sharing ideas for collaboration with other college or campus initiatives created since the honors track was launched in 2014.

An open honors faculty council meeting will follow from 4 to 4:30 p.m.

The Cohen Honors College Student Council, Faculty Council and deans cordially invite faculty and staff to the Cohen Honors College General Assembly and First-Year Colloquium Celebration in the Beggs Ballroom from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 2.

The event is celebrating 10 years of the Cohen Honors College along with all of the Honors Eras since the 1957 start of the Honors Program at Wichita State. Be sure to wear your name tag, if you have one.

Program outline:

Approximately 140 first-year students (including transfers) gathered twice each semester for the Honors Colloquium. The final gathering is open to current students, faculty and staff and will serve as the College General Assembly for the year.

• 3:30 p.m.: Welcome
• State of the College presentation
• 3:50 p.m.: Recognition of first-year students and graduating seniors in groups by college, student names slides
• 4 p.m.: Honors through the Eras photo slideshow

Light refreshments will be served

Multiple opportunities to engage with the Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College are available to faculty and staff. Spring is a good time to consider proposing a new Honors seminar or request to teach an existing Honor seminar course topic such as HNRS 351 Survey of Leadership, HNRS 352 Survey of Law and Public Policy or HNRS 486 Collaborative Research.

How to propose an Honors course: Submit a course proposal through Course Information Management (CIM) system that includes information about what makes the course an Honors-level experience, or submit a course proposal form for more preliminary ideas and discussion with the faculty council. For more information about Honors curricula, visit the undergraduate catalog.

Departmental honors courses: Departments may offer an honors (H- suffix) section of any existing department course by adding a cross-listed course through the CIM. These courses are reviewed by the faculty council and, if approved, scheduled and supported by the department. Department chairs are welcome to contact Kimberly Engber, dean of the Cohen Honors College, or contact your college’s honors faculty council member with any questions.

And, if you’d like to receive the honors weekly update, a Friday email bulletin with honors news, information and opportunities, email honors@wichita.edu.

The Cohen Honors College invites the campus community to presentations from candidates for the director of Undergraduate Research and Creativity Hub on June 6, 7 and 11 in A1311 Shocker Hall, Honors Seminar Room or via Zoom.

Information about the presentation schedule, candidates and position description can be found on the director of Undergraduate Research and Creativity Hub page.

The Cohen Honors College invites the campus community to a recruitment presentation from a candidate for the recruitment and communications specialist position.

The presentation will be from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 14 in the Shocker Hall Honors Seminar Room, Room A1311.