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The Messenger

The online newsletter of the
Renée Crown University Honors Program at Syracuse University

October 23, 2009

SPECIAL SPRING 2010 REGISTRATION EDITION!

It's already time to start thinking about your Spring 2010 classes! As always, The Messenger brings you a special edition containing all of the information you, as an Honors Student, need to know about registering for Honors Classes!

START HERE!

2009 Honors Lecture with Norman Doidge, M.D.
Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30 PM
Hendricks Chapel

Dr. Doidge's talk is entitled "The Brain That Changes Itself:
The Neuroplasticity Revolution, and the Discovery that Mental Experience Changes Brain Structure."

For more information about his work, click here.

Annual Spring NRHC Conference
April 8th-11th, 2010
Harrisburg, PA

Have you written a paper or completed a project you’re really proud of? Share it with Honors students from the Northeast Region at the spring NRHC conference. Presentations at student conferences are a great way to meet other students with similar interests, build your presentation skills, and expand your academic experience!

Click here to find out more about this conference.

Tagging elephants was only the beginning!
Jamie Sherman, Senior Biology Major

Jamie Sherman may never again be able to watch Disney’s Lion King in quite the same way. Not after having an opportunity to live her dream—seeing, feeling, smelling, hearing, and experiencing the daily circle of life in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Read more ...

Teach For America’s 2nd Application
Deadline: Wednesday, Oct 28th, 2009

Of the 14 million children growing up in poverty today, only one in 10 will graduate from college. Join the movement to end educational inequity because a great education should be the rule, not the exception.

Interested? Read more ...

Spend Your Spring Break Abroad

Imagine a spring break abroad.  You’re in Mexico, in the southern state of Oaxaca , meeting with human rights activists and local civic groups to understand the issues of out-migration, poverty and development. Or, you’re exploring Berlin to place into context the history, culture and politics of a once divided city and the incredible diversity which thrives today under unification. And, you’re earning credit.

Click here to find out more.

Upcoming Events & Opportunities

 
 
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