Honors Program Advising
Meeting
WELCOME!
Policy Changes and Reminders
•A D M I S S I O N S P O L I C Y
•G R A D U A T I N G W I T H H O N O R S
•T H E O L O G Y T R A C K
Admission
 Not after Sophomore year
 Must have a 3.5 GPA at CUA
 Application for current CUA students
 Interview with the Director
Graduating with Honors
 Maintain 3.5 GPA
 Complete at least one Honors track, with at least B-
in all classes
 Students on probation at the time of graduation will
not receive Honors
Theology Track
 Honors TRS 201 counts toward the HSTR track.
 TRS 201 + 3 of the HSTR courses (101, 102, 203,
204) qualifies for Honors in Theology.
 We recommend that students take all four HSTR
courses.
Announcements
 Ingrid Merkel Fund
 Inaugural year!
 To be used for academic travel
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Conferences, study abroad, class trips
Submit a one-page letter with a description of their plans and a
budget itemizing costs to Abigail Shelton prior to this Friday,
September 30
Awards (up to $500) will be given on a competitive basis
Courses Offered Spring 2012
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HSPH 102, HSPH 204, PHIL 212
HSHU 102, 204
HSTR 102, 204
HSEV 102, 204
HSSS 102, 204
MATH 330
POL 505B (“Constitutional Democracy”) for UHP
students
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Graduate-level Politics course
 Capstone seminar (on “Memory”) open to all graduating
Seniors in Honors Program, including non-University
Scholars
Honors Events
 Regan Tea
 Alternating Fridays (9/23 onward) in Regan Faculty
Apartment with Drs. Okuma and Gibbons
 Fall Hike
 Saturday, October 1 at Sugarloaf Mountain
 5-mile Northern Peaks Trail
 RSVP at cua-honorsprogram@cua.edu
 Hitchhiker’s Guide to Culture Mini-Lectures
 Every other Friday (9/16 onward) in Gibbons lobby
 Arranged by Lindsay Puvel and Connor Duffy, Gibbons RAs
 Check Honors website for updates!
Medieval and Byzantine Studies
JENNIFER PAXTON
CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL AND BYZANTINE
STUDIES
What is Medieval and Byzantine Studies?
 Interdisciplinary program drawing on expertise from
faculty across the university
 Offers Majors and Minors
 Includes Islamic Studies
Why Minor in MBS?
 The practical reasons:
 If you’re going to graduate school
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It will set you apart from the crowd
If you’re not going to graduate school
It will demonstrate depth as well as breadth
 It will demonstrate your interdisciplinary and cross-cultural
credentials
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Why Minor in MBS?
 The frivolous (but fun!) reasons
 You’ll be learning about fascinating people
 You’ll have the longest and most impressive-sounding degree
of anyone you know
 You’ll understand popular culture much better
Requirements for the MBS Minor
One required gateway course: MDST 201:
Medieval Pathways
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Students in the Honors Program can substitute HSHU 102:
From Charlemagne to Chaucer for MDST 201 with special
permission.
More Requirements
Three courses in specific distribution groups
(one from each group):
 History and Social Structures
 Thought and Worship
 Cultural and Artistic Expressions
Last Ones!
Two approved electives:
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Two additional courses from the three categories above OR
Relevant language courses (Latin, Greek, Arabic, Syriac,
Coptic, Old English, Old French, and other medieval
vernaculars)
How To Minor in MBS
 Good news for all!
 You can double-count two courses from your major towards
the Minor in MBS.
 Many courses used for distribution requirements will also
count for the MBS Minor.
How to Minor in MBS
 Good news for Honors Students!
 If you are taking the Christian Tradition track, HSHU 101 and
HSHU 102) count for the History and Social Structures
requirement
 If you are taking the Aristotelian Studium track, HSPH 204
counts for the Thought and Worship requirement.
 Courses from the Oxford Program count towards the Minor
What To Do Next
 Check out the list of approved MBS courses on our
web site at http://mbs.cua.edu/current.cfm
 Contact the undergraduate advisor, Dr. Jennifer
Paxton, at Paxton@cua.edu
Spring Break 2012: Vienna
VIENNA TRIP WITH DR. BORNHOLDT:
SPRING BREAK 2012
GER 120: Vienna:
A Walk Through History
1-credit course offered in Vienna
March 2-11, 2012
We will walk in the footsteps of the Habsburgs
We will visit beautiful churches
We will explore fin-de-siècle Vienna (Jugendstil)
We will enjoy coffee in a Viennese Kaffeehaus
We will visit many museums and see world
famous pieces of art
We will go to the opera – in the Wiener
Staatsoper
We will listen to a concert at the Musikverein
We will ride the famous Riesenrad in the Prater
We will explore modern Vienna
Cost
Application Fee: $100 non-refundable, due at the time of application
Program Cost: $1,826 (includes one credit of CUA summer tuition and
overseas program fee).
What's included:
 CUA tuition for 1 credit
 Hotel accommodation (2-bed rooms with private showers)
 Field trips and museum entrance fees
 Ground transportation
 All pre-departure advising & services and on-site orientation
 Emergency evacuation insurance
 Official CUA transcript for non-CUA participants
What's not included? Round-trip airfare, meals, passport, optional
excursions, health insurance, and personal expenses
http://cuabroad.cua.edu/programs/springbreak/viennaspr
ingbreak2012.cfm
Info
 http://www.wien.info/en
 CUA ABROAD:
 http://cuabroad.cua.edu/programs/springbreak/index.cfm
 Dr. Claudia Bornholdt:
 bornholdt@cua.edu
 McMahon Hall 206b
Grants and Fellowships
UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM
SARA SEFRANEK
FELLOWSHIPS COORDINATOR
32ERICKSON@CARDINALMAIL.CUA.EDU
What We Offer…
 Personalized advising for grants and fellowships
applications
 Editing and revision of fellowship applications
 Fellowship administration: interviews,
workshops, and advising
 General advice on “big” scholarships for Honors
Program students
Fellowships, Scholarships and Grants
 George J. Mitchell Scholarship
 Marshall Scholarship
 Fulbright Fellowship
 Boren Scholarship
 Harry S. Truman Scholarship
TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP
 For graduate school in the US in a public service field
 “Change Agents” - Are you one?
 Begin application in spring of Sophomore Year
(maybe fall of Junior)
 Apply in spring of Junior Year
 CUA APPLICATIONS DUE: January 10, 2012
Who We Look For…
• Stellar Academics (>3.7 GPA)
• Sophomores and Juniors (now)
• Individual research projects
• Dedicated community service, internships, or
volunteering
• Engaging and Adventurous Personality
• Graduate school plans (or “gap year”)
Post-graduation plans?
ANTHONY BUATTI
RECRUITMENT DIRECTOR
TEACH FOR AMERICA
A Great Injustice
WHERE CHILDREN GROW UP DETERMINES THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROSPECTS
• 9 year olds living in low-income communities are 3 grade levels
behind their high-income peers*
• About half won’t graduate from high school. Those who do will
perform on average at an eighth-grade level*
• Only 1 in 10 students from low-income communities will graduate
from college**
• For 15 million children growing up in poverty today, these
disparities severely limit opportunities in life.
• Because African-American, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American
children are three times as likely to live in a low-income area***,
children of color are disproportionately impacted by this inequity.
*[Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2005]
**[Source: Mortenson, Tom. “Family Income and Higher Education Opportunity,”Postsecondary Education Opportunity, 2005]
*** [Source: National Center for Children in Poverty, 2006]
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The Basics of Teach For America
• Video: Teach For America
• All majors and academic backgrounds
• Two year commitment to teach in one of
43 regions next year
• Extensive training and support
• Full salary and benefits ($31,000 - $50,000)
•Transitional expenses during first summer
•Eligible for federal loan forbearance
•AmeriCorps education award totaling $11,000*
• Graduate school and employer
partnerships
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Contact Information
To learn more about Teach For America, please
visit www.teachforamerica.org or watch one of
our online events at
http://www.teachforamerica.org/admissions/meet_u
s.htm
Anthony Buatti
Manager, Campus Recruitment
anthony.buatti@teachforamerica.org
Next Application Deadline:
Wednesday, October 26th @ 11:59 pm EST
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