Spring is the semester of engagement in Honors. Attend a campus event to broaden your perspective and engage in dialogue with students, faculty, and community members. The February 13^th Civic Engagement dialogue hosted by the Honors Student Council with special guest Mayor Brandon Whipple 4-5pm in RSC 262 is a great place to start conversation. The Tilford Symposium on February 27^th and 28^th engages the WSU campus, private industry and non-profit organizations to promote the legacy of equity, diversity and inclusion in our community.

Find volunteer opportunities organized by WHEAT, the Honors student organization, or check the university’s Volunteer ICT platform. Work toward earning recognition for your service with Honors Community Engagement award. Above all, keep dreaming of the world ahead of you and moving confidently in that direction. As American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau reminds us, “our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”

Happy springing forward into February!

Remember you can stop by Shocker Hall anytime for study space or an advising conversation. Email honors@wichita.edu with ideas, questions, or concerns.

The Outstanding Cohen Honors Student Award recognizes a high-achieving senior leader who takes on challenges and demonstrates commitment to academic excellence in Honors. Awards are presented each year at the spring Senior Honors Banquet. For more information, visit the Current Students section of the Honors webpage and click on Outstanding Honors Student Award. Applications are due by February 11th.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Graduating Senior who has completed at least 90 credit hours by the end of the summer prior to award being selected
• Active standing in Honors

WSU students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in the competition for a new logo for the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism’s popular (and now renamed) Walk-In Fishing Access program or WIFA. This program provides fishing access to private lands on thousands of acres of Kansas waters. The logo competition runs from now until Sunday, March 1.

The designer who wins will receive $2,500. Entries must be submitted at KSoutdoors.com/WIFA_Logo. Only original artwork will be considered, copyrighted images may not be used. Only Electronic submissions will be accepted.

Entries must be submitted in black and white. A color version of the logo may be submitted in addition to the black and white logo.

Participants must be at least 18 years of age by March 1, to participate. To learn more about this program and contest rules, go to KSoutdoors.com/WIFA_Logo.

The Ulrich Museum of Art’s free film series resumes downtown at 6 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 7) at mamafilm at The LUX, 120 E. 1st Street North, with films examining technology out of control. Admission is free.

Emotions Go to Work: The Film Series, is co-curated by Zoe Beloff and Rebecca Cleman. The theme is “It’s Gonna Blow – Gadgets Go Mad.” This group of films focuses on the home and household gadgets gone wild.

Join us at 6:30 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 7) for the 9th Annual Art That Touches Your Heart (ATTYH) at the Cadman Art Gallery in the Rhatigan Student Center. This is a two-day art experience you don't want to miss.

ATTYH celebrates black art while informing and educating the attendees on the history and traditions of black art and culture, while presenting and celebrating local and global artists. Many times the black experience is seen as a monolith, but this art show exemplifies the beauty and the differences in blackness through artistic expression.

Black art has always been around us and we are proud to kick off Black History month with art that truly touches your heart! This event is free and open to the public; however, vendors and artists will have items available for purchase. You are encouraged to support black art, especially in the local community. Learn more at wichita.edu/attyh. This event is co-sponsored by the Art That Touches Your Heart Foundation, ODI, Cadman Art Gallery, Wichita Chapter of The Links Inc., and Wichita Public Schools.

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

Wednesdays 3-4:30 p.m.

Shocker Hall RA-A118