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What does it mean to be Human in the Age of AI: A Sci Fi Film and Philosophy Discussion
Join us for 1982 film Blade Runner on Thursday night, 11/7, at 7 pm in Wehr Physics 153.
Philosophers Desiree Valentine and Kris McClain will host a discussion afterwards. Snacks included!
Honors Civic Dialogue Pedagogy Workshop
A Lunchtime workshop on civic discourse in the classroom for faculty and students. Thursday, 11/14, 12-1pm in the Raynor Library, 3rd floor. Lunch will be provided. Amelia Zurcher and two Honors students, Alyssa Maves and Noah Mualem, will be presenting. Register now
Honors Research Fair to Celebrate Research Award Winners
Congratulations to the Honors Research Fellowship Awards Winners for Summer 2024! Student awardees received up to $3500 for research or creative projects carried out June-August 2024. Awardees will present their research findings at the Honors Undergraduate Research Fair
Tues, Nov 19, 4 - 5:30pm
Sensenbrenner Atriums
Learn more about the summer projects.
Honors Clothing Swap
Tues, Nov. 12 4 – 6 pm
Honors suite + lower level garden hallway.
A collaboration with the Art Club. We have racks and mannequins of clothes waiting for your imagination! Bring your creativity and we’ll provide clothes patches, rhinestones, glitter, fabric scissors, embroidery floss, needles, thread, and more. Gently used clothes provided to rip, cut, or revamp! Join us – snacks provided!
Intellectual Joy
Mon, November 18 4 - 4:50pm, Straz Nursing 143
Tues, November 19 3:30 - 4:20pm, Straz Nursing 100
Fri, November 22 3 - 3:50pm, Straz Nursing 100
This is a follow-up to workshops that Dr. Melissa Shew (longtime instructor in Honors Core classes, now in the Center for Teaching & Learning) facilitated in October with the peer mentor program. In these follow-up sessions, we’d like to include instructors in the conversation to share their experiences with joy in their lives, educations, and as educators.
Straz Registration Event
Wed. Nov. 13 6-8 pm
Meet Honors Advisors in Straz Hall. Open to all students, regardless of where you live.
Creative Writing Workshop
Tuesdays, 5 - 6:30pm.
Honors Creative Writing Workshops offer three writing events open to everyone with an optional open workshop for feedback. Each workshop will cover a different topic. While each month’s session will build upon the last, feel free to come to one, two, or all three! Snacks,provided.
Nov. 19: Dialogue
HPSAB Honors Trivia Night
Nov. 21, 2024 6 - 8 pm
Sensenbrenner Hall Eisenberg Room
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Honors Welcome Picnic
Wed, Aug 28 5 – 7pm Sensenbrenner back lawn
Hot Dog Food Truck
A chance for all honors students to welcome the incoming class of 2028
Milwaukee’s Near West Side Bus Tour
Saturday, October 12th, Honors took a trip to various community locations providing students with the opportunity to engage with Near West Side partners. Some highlights of the trip included:
Concordia 27 (801 N 27th St, Milwaukee, WI 53233)
Davidson Park (3725 W Juneau Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53208)
Cherry Street Community Garden (1431 N 23rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53205)
Kilbourn Reservoir Park (2230 N Bremen St, Milwaukee, WI 53212)
Zócalo Food Park (636 S 6th St, Milwaukee, WI 53204)
Drive By Mitchell Park Domes (524 S Layton Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53215)
Lunch was provided!
Sunday Studies
Hosted in the Honors Suite (Sensenbrenner 002) Sundays (Sept. 29, Oct. 6, and Oct. 13.) Group study during designated times (10am 12pm Biology; 12pm-2pm Chemistry; 2pm-4pm Physics; 4pm-6pm Math & Computer Science; 6pm-8pm Accounting; 8pm-10pm General Study). Co-work was available for particular classes or general classes .
The Honors Alumni Leadership Council convened for a Civic Dialogues-style event on Thursday, Oct. 10 from 7pm to 8 pm in the Eisenberg (“Harry Potter”) Room of Sensenbrenner, facilitated by Honors students in Civic Dialogues. 8-9 members of the Alumni Council visited campus that evening, plus about 30 Honors students and a handful of faculty. Following the dialogue, from 8pm to 8:30pm, there was a dessert reception which was a great chance to meet alumni.
Educational Talks by accomplished scholar and author, Douglas E. Christie, Professor Emeritus of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University, were held at Marquette on behalf of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars Program. On Oct. 1 at 4pm, Christie delivered a lecture titled "Thinking Like a Mountain: Contemplative Ecology in the Anthropocene" in Raynor Library, followed by a reception. On Oct. 2 at 2pm, he lead a discussion on "Contemplative Practice in an Age of Distraction" in Marquette Hall 105, with light refreshments provided.
Harry Potter Room Concert
Tuesday Oct 29th
Live music by Jace Ocker and his band
Hot apple cider and cinnamon donuts
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