Fall 2020 – Monday Message Week 5
HCSA Events This Week THIS WEEK! HCSA Scavenger HuntThe HCSA’s week-long scavenger hunt starts TODAY! This hunt takes place on campus beginning today, Monday, Oct 26 and will run until Friday, Oct. 30. To participate in the scavenger hunt, please visit this link for further instructions and clues. Once you are done finding the clues, your name will be entered into the raffle for an exciting prize! NEW THIS […]
Fall 2020 – Monday Message Week 4
HCSA Events This Week THIS WEEK! HCSA Student-Faculty Trivia Night – Register Now!Join us for a friendly trivia competition against fellow Honors College faculty and students on Thursday, Oct. 22 from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Challenging questions, brilliant competitors, and fabulous prizes – you won’t want to miss it! Register here. COMING SOON! HCSA Scavenger HuntThe Honors College […]
Honors Remote Learning Perspective – Grace Knutsen
Oregon State University’s switch to remote delivery of courses in spring term 2020 presented unique challenges for students and faculty alike. Some classes, however, had already laid a foundation for remote success. For students, if not for instructors, the Honors College HC 408 thesis courses, which had previously blended in-person and asynchronous content delivery online, […]
Fall 2020 – Monday Message Week 3
HCSA Events This Week NEW! HCSA/Honors X General Meeting Every Thursday, New Members Welcome!Looking for an opportunity to meet other students and get involved with the Honors College? The Honors College Student Association and Honors X hold their general meetings every Thursday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. via Zoom (meeting ID 922 1349 4129, password: HCSA). All Honors College students are welcome […]
Fall 2020 – Monday Message Week 2
HCSA Events This Week NEW! Volunteer Opportunity: Knit for Those in NeedWant to get crafty while also engaging in service? Participate in the Fall Knitting Project! We will meet once a month to socialize and work on a knitting project to donate to someone in need. Attend our first meeting Thursday, Oct. 8 from 6-7 […]
Jax Richards – HC Student Spotlight
Jax Richards is only going into his second year at Oregon State University, but he is already a leading advocate for change on campus. Jax, an economics and public policy major, is the founder of Safeguard Youth, a non-profit that seeks to create a platform for youth and survivors of child abuse to advocate for […]
Fall Plans Build on Spring Lessons
When Oregon State University announced that spring term 2020 would be fully remote, Honors College staff, faculty and students knew they were facing an unprecedented challenge. The Honors College has offered courses through Ecampus for a number of years, but in-person classes and activities have traditionally been central to the honors experience. With just a […]
Honors Remote Learning Perspectives – Professor Tenisha Tevis
While working to make the quick, complicated switch to remote learning last spring, College of Education Assistant Professor Tenisha Tevis kept a positive attitude for her students as she taught HC 407: What is a Good Society?. “I believe this course serves students well by providing them a safe space to think freely and dialogue […]
Fall 2020 Monday Message – Week 1
A Message From Dean Doolen Last week at the New Student Induction, I spoke to students and families about the importance of the Honors College community. The Honors College strives to form a community that supports students in the authentic expression of their identity and in the pursuit of their personal, academic, and professional goals. […]
Honors Remote Learning Perspectives – Lorenzo Curtis
As the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of summer plans, many Oregon State students opted to take summer term courses to get a leg up on the coming school year. Among those students was honors ecological engineering major Lorenzo Curtis, who took ENGR 211 Statics taught by Dr. Jeffrey Knowles. ENGR 211 is class […]