March Newsletter

March Newsletter All-College Honors Program 2018-2019

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!

Trivia Night

When: March 4th, 5-7 pm

Where: Honors Lounge

Pop and food available & Griff Bucks Drawing!!

HONORS BANQUET!

When: March 7th, 6pm

Where: Hotel Lafayette

Semi-formal Attire

Honors Students and Professors will gather for a nice evening of entertainment, socializing, and excellent food as we begin to wrap up the semester. We hope to see you there!

St. Patrick's Day Party

When: March 25th, 5-7pm

Where: Honors Lounge

Scavenger Hunt

Rainbow and Green treats will be served.

Contact Briana Garcia with any questions about the Honors Lounge events (garciab@canisius.edu)

We hope you enjoy your Spring Break!

Safe travels!

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!

Feel free to email Pat Collins with any questions or suggestions for the rest of the semester at collin71@canisius.edu

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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

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Claire Rosenecker

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