Wichita State University
Honors Community News
Student Fee Scholarship Application Due
The Honors Student Council has instituted a scholarship fund to alleviate any financial burden placed on students by the honors student fee.
The application contains a 250 word essay. Applications are evaluated by the Student Council. If selected, this scholarship will cover half of the applicant's $50 Honors Student Fee for the Fall 2019 semester. Preference will be given to applicants who do not receive the Honors Merit Scholarship. Applicants will need to reapply every semester.
Application are due August 26th.
First Year Honors Advisory Board (FHAB) Applications Due
The First-Year Honors Advisory Board advises the Honors Student Council on issues facing freshmen and first-year students and creates an event to welcome incoming students to the Honors College. An elected member of this board will sit on the student council as Freshman Representative. Multiple students serve on this board.
Applications are due August 29.
Honors Expansion Welcome Event
Honors Opportunities
Essay Competition
The Wichita Space Initiative and Wichita State University are cosponsoring an essay
competition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing.
The competition is open to all undergraduates in Kansas Universities. The NASA Kansas
Space Grant Consortium is funding the competition.
Prizes of $1,000, $500, and $250 will be awarded to the top three finalists. The first-place finalist will read their paper at the symposium, "Celebrating the Scientific Legacy of NASA and Apollo", taking place on Saturday, October 19, 2019, at Wichita State University.
Not too Late to Enroll in HNRS 405F and HNRS 305U
It's not too late to sign up for an Honors course! Enroll in HNRS 305U The Power of
Storytelling or HNRS 405F Walling the Self: Dwelling and Identity in Early Lit.
The Power of Storytelling will allow you to understand the structure and impact of
narratives on individuals and society while creating a narrative of your own. Whenever
a story is told, a narrative is being built. Simple things can impact how you perceive
everything from characters to news stories, learn how to analyze these stories.
Walling the Self will explore some of the greatest early literature, The Epic of Gilgamesh,
The Odyssey, Beowulf, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Look into the cultures,
how they express their identity, and how they separate themselves from others. A unique
anthropological approach to literature to discover what was important and was dishonorable
within these cultures.
Contact the Honors advisor if you have any questions about how either of these courses
may fulfill general education requirements by emailing honors@wichita.edu.
Honors Student and Alumn Chosen as Wichitalks Speakers
Honors alumn Dalton Glasscock, and Honors student Jordan Hawk have been chosen as Wichitalk speakers for Wichitalks 2019.
In the words of Wichitalks, "We had an outstanding field of applicants for Wichitalks 2019. Thank you to everyone who told us about their passions. It was difficult to narrow it down to just ten."
The 2019 speaking event will be held at Roxy's Downtown on August 21.
Honors Office Updates
Welcome to new Records Coordinator Erin LeBegue
We are delighted to welcome, Erin LeBegue, new Records Coordinator for Honors. Erin will maintain student records; provide administrative support and event management for undergraduate research, recruitment, and scholarship programs; support graduation audit processes and advising program assessment. In addition, she’ll serve as the college commencement coordinator. We look forward to providing even better service to the growing Honors community and to students and faculty across campus with this new administrative role.
Erin is an alumna of Wichita State University. She earned her BA in English with a minor in history in 2014 and will be graduating with her MA in History in fall 2019. She has worked in the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Advising Center, as the W. Frank Barton School of Business Graduation Coordinator, and most recently as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the department of history.
Advising Appointment Protocol
To schedule an Honors Advising Appointment email Honors@wichita.edu or Jessica.Raburn@wichita.edu. If you happen to be in the Honors College or nearby when a question occurs to you, please feel free to stop by to see if the Honors Academic Advisor can visit with you immediately.
-Jessica Raburn, Assistant Director and Academic Advisor
Office Hours - Dean Engber
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