Honors Community News

NSE applications due Feb. 1 - study and travel!

Ever wonder what it would be like to hit the books in the morning and hit the beach in the afternoon? Thanks to National Student Exchange (NSE), you can. NSE allows undergraduate, domestic students the opportunity to study at one of nearly 200 universities across the United States and Canada – while paying regular WSU tuition and earning credit toward your degree. The application materials for exchange during fall 2020 and spring 2021 are available at wichita.edu/nse and are due Feb. 1, 2020. If you have questions, please contact Trish Gandu at trish.gandu@wichita.edu.

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Catalogue Description: Reviews current interventions which promote successful aging.  Theoretical bases of this work in biomedical and life-span-developmental psychology will be featured.  This course is intended for advanced students in the College of Health Professions, Liberal Arts & Sciences and Engineering.

PURPOSE: Psychosocial and biomedical factors contribute to well-being and high quality of life; successful coping with disease and disability allow preservation of a sense of purpose as we age. The goal of this class is to promote awareness and application of this knowledge to a wide variety of fields.  In addition to class reading and discussion, students will explore these concepts with a person over 65-year-of-age (with the help of the instructor), bringing firsthand experience and classroom instruction together culminating in a research paper.  For the research paper, students will be asked to focus on a particular aspect of aging that is meaningful to them and explore it in depth.  For example, students might focus on health care or wellness promotion (medical, psychological, or physical), social policy (e.g. developing housing policies), the arts (music, painting, writing or singing), technology and it’s use to create age-friendly environments, or business and finance (e.g. developing products and services to meet the needs of older adults). 

Meeting Times: MW, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., 310 Lindquist Hall

Louis Medvene, Ph.D. is a social and community psychologist, and Professor Emeritus in the department of psychology at WSU.  Dr. Medvene has been at WSU since 1992 and became an Emeritus professor in September, 2019.  His primary interests are in social relationships and their influence on development over the course of the life-span.  He developed and first taught this class on successful aging in 2016.

At 1 p.m., Nov. 16 students are invited to help honors student Brittany Wojciechowski pick up trash at the Keeper of the Plains. The event is planned to occur from 1 p.m.-3p.m. and the City of Wichita requires the completion of a release form prior to the event. 

Those interested should email Brittany at brwojciechowski@shockers.wichita.edu. 

Campus News

World Kindness Week approaching

Tenth annual WSU drag show

Hosted by Trinity "The Tuck" Taylor, the Wichita State Drag Show is back for its 10th year, and the queens and kings are better than ever! Don’t miss your opportunity to witness all of the sass, style, and sexy from local, regional, and student kings and queens. Get your tickets in Student Involvement in 216 RSC.

The show will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in the CAC Theater.

If you’re a Latinx/Latine student who wants to connect with other students who have this in common with you, Mi Gente is the place to be! Join us to connect with other students and to share challenges and tips. After all, Mi Gente es Tu Gente!

We’ll be meeting from 3-4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, in 266 RSC.

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

Walk-Ins: None

By Appointment: email honors@wichita.edu. 

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