What's Happening this month?
AJCU Honors Conference
This weekend, some of our Honors Representatives attended the Jesuit Honors Conference at John Carroll University. They were able to meet with many other schools and develop some new ideas and initiatives to bring back home to our Honors Program. We are excited to implement all that we learned!
Honors Course Schedule
We recently had our Honors Course Unveiling and are excited about what we are offering for the Fall 2019 Semester! Some of the courses include:
- Genocide & Human Rights in the 20th Century
- Public Health & Mental Health in America
- Modern Christianity
- Science in the 21st Century
- Cities, Suburbs & Spaces
- Modern Myths and Fairy Tales
- And many more!!
Feel free to contact Dr. Dierenfield with any questions pertaining to your Honors schedule for next semester!
Contact Briana Garcia with any questions about the Honors Lounge events (garciab@canisius.edu)
Honors student of the month
Meighan Murphy
This past month Honors student of the month was Meighan Murphy. Meighan is a sophomore in the Honors Program, majoring in Biology/Pre-Med with a minor in Neuroscience. Here are some interesting facts about Meighan:
Hometown: Tonawanda, NY
Describe Honors in One Word: Motivating
Favorite Honors Course: Disease and Medicine in America
Favorite Honors Experience: Travel & Learn to Philadelphia
Campus Involvement: Member of the Society of Pre-Health Professionals and Pre-SOMA, Harvest House children's tutor
Interesting Fact: Favorite place is Allegheny State Park
Thank you, Meighan, for all that you do for Canisius and our Honors Program!
Executive Board
- President: Pat Collins
- Vice President: Meg Rooney
- Secretary: Anna Gullo
- Treasurer: Claire Rosenecker
- Communications Chair: Jake Dollendorf
Class Representatives
- Class of 2019: Josh Canavan, Msaada Nankumba, Lauren Reno, Cam Rosenecker
- Class of 2020: Justin Begley, Amanda Popovski, Lauryn Saldana
- Class of 2021: Clare Smokowski
- Class of 2022: Alyssa Deacon, Erik Pawelski, Sean Rooney, Rosalia Sedano