JMU Honors Program Events Calendar
Fall 2007

August

22, 12:30-1:30pm Meet 'n' Greet.
Quad in front of Wilson Hall. First-year honors scholars and families. Informal attire.

22, 1:30-2:30pm Honors Induction Ceremony.
Wilson Hall Auditorium. First-year honors scholars and families. Informal attire.

25, Freshman Assessment Day.

27, 8:00am Classes begin.

29, 5:00-6:15pm First Honors Symposium.
Dr. Jim Mazoue and Ms Sarah Cheverton, Center for Instructional Technology, will present “Technology Today” and “Blackboard Training for First Year Students.”
Attendance is required of all first-year students. ISAT 159.

30, 5:00pm RSVP for Honors Banquet. Due in Honors Office.

September

1, 5:00p, R.S.V.P. to honors@jmu.edu for Honors Banquet.

3, 7:00-8:00pm, Freshman Honors Scholars' Open House
Come meet your classmates and Honors staff and enjoy refreshments! Front yard of Hillcrest House.

5, 12:20-1:10pm First Brown Bag Lecture.
Mr. Kai Degner, Executive Director of The Arts Council of the Valley, will present “Building Community Within & Beyond.” Taylor 404

5, 5:00-6:15pm Prospective Subject-Area Students
Informational Meeting. ISAT 159

7, 5:00pm Honors Option Forms due in Honors Office.
Click here to download a form.

12, 12:20-1:10pm Brown Bag
Dr. Mary Thompson, Assistant Professor of English, will present “Learn Something From this: The Problem of Optional Ethnicity in America’s Next Top Model.” Taylor 306

12, 5:00-6:15pm Prospective Project-Only Students.
Informational Meeting. ISAT 159

13, 6:00-8:00pm 22nd Annual Honors Banquet
Festival Conference and Student Center Ballroom (East Campus)
Bring JAC Card; your meal is partially funded by the Honors Program. You will be charged for one meal.

14, Last day to withdraw with refund of fees

17-21, Class Meetings. Hillcrest reception area. Required for priority registration.
Pick one meeting:
Sophomores (all returning students who will not begin senior honors project this year): 17th: 11:15-12:05; 19th: 9:05 - 9:55; 20th: 2:00-2:50; 21st: 1:25- 2:15
Juniors (all students planning to begin work on a senior honors project in either fall or spring semester): 17th: 12:20-1:10; 19th: 10:10-11:00; 20th: 3:30-4:20; 21st: 2:30-3:20
Seniors (all students currently working on senior honors project) Project advisers are also welcome. 17th: 1:25-2:15; 19th: 5:00-5:50; 21st: 3:35-4:50

19, 12:20-1:10pm Brown Bag
Dr. Lamont King, Associate Professor of History, will present “The Salience of Ethnicity in Northern Nigeria.” Taylor 306

20, 5:00pm Study Abroad Informational Session
Dr. Jack Butt will hold informational sessions on 2008-2009 study abroad programs at Oxford, St. Andrews, and Cambridge for all interested students. Hillcrest Reception Room

26, 12:20-1:10pm Brown Bag
Dr. Barry Falk, Professor of Economics and Director of the JMU Honors Program, presents "Honors Education and the Future of Honors at JMU." Taylor 302

26, 5:00-6:15pm Symposium.
Linda Royster will present “GLBT Rights in Virginia.” ISAT 159

28-30, Family Weekend
Honors Open House in Hillcrest on 29th, 9:00-10:00am.

October

1, 5:00pm Study Abroad Informational Session
Dr. Jack Butt will hold informational sessions on 2008-2009 study abroad programs at Oxford, St. Andrews, and Cambridge for all interested students. Hillcrest Reception Room

3, 12:20-1:10pm Brown Bag
Dr. Joanne Gabbin, Professor of English, Director of the Furious Flower Poetry Center and Director Emeritus of the Honors Program, will present “Poetry as Activism.” Taylor 306

3, 5:00-6:15pm Symposium
Mr. Joseph Opala, Visiting Assistant Professor in the History Department and Honors Program, and Mr. Gary Chatelain, Professor of Art and Art History. "Bunce Island: Using History and Computers to Confront the Reality of the Atlantic Slave Trade." ISAT 159

6, 1:00-4:00pm Honors Program Fun Day!! Meet on the lawn at Festival for an exciting afternoon of fun and refreshments with the Honors Program

8, 5:00pm Deadline to contact the honors program office if you are in danger of being dropped from the program for reasons indicated on your status report. If you believe an error has been made in our evaluation and you do not contact us by today, you will be withdrawn from the Honors Program and its benefits immediately.

10, 12:20-1:20pm Brown Bag
Dr. Bob Kolvoord, Professor of Integrated Science and Technology and Learning, will present "Mapping a Difference: Can the Eyes Lie?" Taylor 404

10, 5:00-6:15pm Symposium
Dr. Bill Scheuerman, President, United University Professions and Professor of Political Science at SUNY Oswego, “Stealth Totalitarianism: Questioning the Academic Bill of Rights.” ISAT 159

12, First block courses end.

15, Second block course begin. Last day to submit application for December graduation.

17, 12:20-1:10pm Brown Bag
Mr. Art Dean, Director, Center for Multicultural Student Services, will present "Navigating Diversity (Tips for Success)" Taylor 306

19, Fall Holiday. No Classes!!!!

22-24, Freshman Honors Scholar meetings. Required for priority registration.
Pick one meeting:
22nd: 1:25-2:15 (Taylor 309); 23rd: 2:00-2:50 (Taylor 309); 24th: 5:00-5:50 (ISAT 159)

24, 12:20-1:10pm Brown Bag
Dr. Jim Steele, Professor of Sociology, will present “The Pastoral Motif in American Writing.” Taylor 306

24, 8:00pm, Romeo and Juliet at the Blackfriars Theater
All Honors Program students, faculty, staff, and liasons are invited to see Romeo and Juliet as a guest of the Honors Program at the Blackfriars Theater in Staunton on Wednesday, October 24 at 8:00 pm. A bus will be provided free of charge. Meet at the Duke Dog statue (near the parking deck) at 6:45; the bus will leave promptly at 7:00. In order to reserve your free ticket and bus ride, sign up on the list on the bulletin board just inside the basement door on the back side of Hillcrest House no later than Oct. 1. We have reservations for 50 people, so the sign up will be first come first serve.

26-28, Homecoming Weekend

29, Registration for spring semester begins

31, 12:20-1:10pm Brown Bag
Dr. Celeste Thomas, Outreach and Consultation Specialist, Counseling and Student Development Center, and Assistant Professor of Psychology, will speak on “The Nuts and Bolts of College: Adjusting to Your First Year.” Taylor 306

Happy Halloween!

October 31- November 4, National Collegiate Honors Council, Denver, CO.

November

1, 5:00pm Senior Honors Project: Exact title, your full name, project adviser's full name and highest degree, due from seniors completing honors projects in December 2007. Submit in writing to Honors Program Office.

7, 12:20-1:10pm Brown Bag
Dr. Cullen Sherwood, Professor of Geology and Environmental Science, presents "Geology Solves a Mystery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello." Taylor 306

9, 5:00pm Senior honors project proposals due from juniors enrolled in 499A (Independent Study) and planning to graduate December 2008. Submit to the Honors Program Office.

14, 12:20-1:10pm Brown Bag
Dr. Irvine Clarke, Professor of Marketing and Head of the Department of Marketing, will speak on "International Marketing." Taylor 306

16, 5:00pm Senior honors projects due for students graduating December 2007.

21-25, Thanksgiving Holiday. No classes!!!

December

5, 5:00-6:15pm Symposium
Dr. Joann Grayson, Professor of Psychology and Virginia Distinguished Faculty of the Year, “Fracture in the Family: Child Maltreatment and Child Abuse Prevention.” ISAT 159

7, Last Day of classes.

10-14, Final Exams.

15, Graduation

January

7, Spring Semester classes begin.