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Critical Language Scholarship Winner Announced (4.09.12)
Congrats to Kelly Donovan, International Honors Student, who won a
U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to China, June 4 - Aug. 6, 2012. Kelly is a junior at UNCG with majors in Spanish and International and Global Studies with a concentration in Asian Studies. She will follow her summer study at Beijing Language & Culture University with a semester at Beijing Normal University this fall.
Kelly comes from Holly Springs, North Carolina, where she attended Holly Springs High School. She has a 4.0 UNCG GPA and intends to follow her time at UNCG with a career as a translator or interpreter in international government service.
The Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. CLS institutes provide fully-funded group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences for seven to ten weeks for U.S. citizen undergraduate and graduate students. Students may apply for one language, and will be placed at institute sites based on language evaluations after selection. Languages offered include: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu.
Selected finalists for the 2012 CLS Program hail from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia and represent 239 institutions of higher education from across the United States, including public and private universities, liberal arts colleges, minority-serving institutions and community colleges. During CLS Program outreach activities, particular attention is paid to states/regions of the U.S. that have been historically under-resented in the CLS applicant pool and to students from diverse backgrounds and academic majors.
In 2012, 256 professionals including critical language faculty, area studies specialists, international education professionals, and fellowship advisors participated in the selection process for the Critical Language Scholarship Program. Readers and panelists represented 44 states and 143 institutions.
Honors College Announces 2012 Symposium Winners (2.27.12)
The 2012 Honors Symposium was held on Friday, February 24, from 2:00 to 6:00 in the Elliot University Center.
CLICK HERE FOR THE 2012 SYMPOSIUM WINNERS (*PDF)
LIHC Announces Chancellor's Resident Fellow for 2012-13 (2.06.12)
Lloyd International Honors College is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Larry Lavender as Chancellor's Resident Fellow for 2012-2013. Dr. Lavender is Professor of Dance at UNCG, with research specializations in Aesthetics and Criticism, Choreography, and Creativity Theory. He is the author of Dancers Talking Dance: Critical Evaluation in the Choreography Class. Selected by competitive application for the Fellowship, Lavender will spend the academic year teaching in the Honors College. Based on teaching individual Honors courses over the last five years, Lavender says, "I have developed a great fondness for the College and its students. It is enriching to work with bright and curious students from multiple disciplines on the discovery and exploration of ideas." The fellowship also provides support for the recipient's ongoing research projects. Professor Lavender will use these resources for continuing work on his current book project. In the Honors College Lavender will offer courses on creativity in the arts, the performing body, and art and performance in their innovative and avant-garde forms.
Honors College Announces Dean's List (1.19.12)
Lloyd International Honors Council is pleased to announce its first ever Dean's List for students in LIHC. In order to qualify for the Dean's list, students were required to complete the previous term with a semester GPA of 3.9 or higher and maintain good standing in the Honors College. In all, two hundred six students representing all six undergraduate schools at UNCG qualified for the Dean's List.
LIHC is proud of its students and their achievements. Congratulations to all!
Please, see the link below for a complete list of students.
Lloyd International Honors Council 2011 Dean's List (*PDF)
Lloyd International Honors College (LIHC) provides its students with an enhanced and supportive intellectual and social experience that acculturates them to the life of the mind and helps them to become critical, independent thinkers who are active in the design and pursuit of their own education, globally aware and engaged, and prepared to lead successful and fulfilling professional, civic, and personal lives.
Gilman Winners Announced (1.9.12)
The U.S. Department of State has awarded Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarships to four Lloyd International Honors College students. The Gilman Scholarship Program offers awards for undergraduate study abroad and was established by the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000.
- Autumn Brehon, an English major from Charlotte, North Carolina, was awarded $4000 to study in Estonia.
- A'isha Crawford, also from Charlotte, received $2500 to study in Peru this semester. She has declared majors in Sociology and Political Science.
- Jazzmin Moore will head to South Africa with her $3000 award. She is a double major in Music Performance and African American Studies from Willard, North Carolina.
- Alayna Ward, who is majoring in Theatre and hails from Winston-Salem, will be using her $3500 to study in Spain.
In all, five students from UNCG were awarded Gilman Scholarships. We are proud to have four within Lloyd International Honors College.
The Gilman Scholarship Program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries to promote friendly, sympathetic, and peaceful relations.
Lloyd International Honors College (LIHC) provides its students with an enhanced and supportive intellectual and social experience that acculturates them to the life of the mind and helps them to become critical, independent thinkers who are active in the design and pursuit of their own education, globally aware and engaged, and prepared to lead successful and fulfilling professional, civic, and personal lives.
Rule of Law Conference Scheduled for February 10, 2012
Lloyd International Honors College Students Invited to Participate
The World Justice Project, a nonprofit organization seeking to strengthen the rule of law around the world, is convening a one-day rule of law conference on Friday, February 10, 2012, at North Carolina Central University in Durham.
The organizing group has invited 18 public and private colleges and universities to send student delegations to the conference. UNCG is one of the invitees.
Chancellor Linda P. Brady has asked the Honors College to field a five-member student delegation for the conference. Nationally recognized constitutional law expert Erwin Chemerinsky will be the keynote speaker for the plenary session. In addition to that session, delegates will participate in small group discussions of the overall topic. This will be a multidisciplinary conference. The Honors College is looking to send students from diverse backgrounds and fields of study.
There is no charge for the conference, but participants will have to provide their own transportation to the meeting.
Given the significant number of Honors students who may wish to attend, there is a selection process that includes the completion of an application and an on-campus interview of the finalists. The downloadable application coversheet and directions are available here. (*PDF)
Please print the application form (*PDF), complete it, submit it to the Honors College office, 205 Foust Building, no later than 4pm on December 8, 2011. Interviews will be conducted shortly after we return to campus for the second semester.
This should be a fascinating conference and a great opportunity to meet and discuss a challenging topic with other students, rule of law experts, and scholars in the field.
The British Are Coming... to Debate (Not to Take Away Our Firearms) (8.24.11)
UNCG is one of sixteen U.S. university hosts for the Fall 2011 tour of the British National Debate Team. The British debaters, college students carefully selected to represent the United Kingdom in international debates, will hold a public debate with students from UNCG's Lloyd International Honors College on Thursday, November 10 at 7:00 p.m. in room 100 of the Ferguson Building. The debate is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. The British team also will be participating in campus and community events during their visit.
The U.S. tour of the British National Debate Team is sponsored by the Committee on International Discussion and Debate, which has sponsored international student debate exchanges in conjunction with the National Communication Association since 1922. The National Communication Association is the world's oldest and largest professional organization for communication educators. Previous U.S. tours have included debaters from Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, and Pakistan. The UNCG event is coordinated by Lloyd International Honors College.
Contact: Dr. Roy Schwartzman, Chancellor's Resident Fellow, Lloyd International Honors College, (336) 334-5758, docroy@triad.rr.com
Honors Students Awarded Undergraduate Research Assistantships (10.12.10)
18 of the 40 Undergraduate Research Assistantships at UNCG for the 2010-11 academic year were awarded to Honors students! Click here to read more and see a list of these outstanding students!
Nursing Faculty Publish Article on the Value of Honors (10.12.10)
Professor Deb Stanford and Dr. Mona Shattell from the School of Nursing published an article titled "Using an Honors Program to Engage Undergraduate Students in Research." The article appeared in the September 2010 volume of the journal Nursing Education Perspectives. Click here to read it!
Markham to be Honored for Fulbright (10.12.10)
Dr. William Markham, one of two 2010-11 Lloyd International Honors College Chancellor's Resident Fellows will be honored by the College of Arts & Sciences for his Fulbright Faculty Fellowship. Dr. Markham and several of his colleagues will be recognized at the Celebration of Scholarship on October 18th. Click here to read more about the Chancellor's Resident Fellows program!
NEWS RELEASE
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Undergrad Research Wins Meghan Fitzgerald a Graduate Fellowship
Honors student Meghan Fitzgerald spent two years studying dung beetles, earning her a somewhat unfortunate nickname: "the dung beetle girl." But the research also helped her win a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF), an award that usually goes to students who are already studying at the graduate level. Meghan graduated this spring with Disciplinary Honors in Biology and will attend graduate school in biology at the University of Wisconsin. For her Senior Honors Project, Meghan studied kleptoparasitic behavior, the stealing of prepared resources that can be observed in dung beetles; she has presented her research at 18 conferences and in three co-authored publications. Click here to read more!
Friday, February 26 - Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Honors Symposium Paper Prizes!
Arts and Humanities
First Prize, $250: Alexandra Creola, "Hero Burials: The Tourist Attraction of Ancient Greece"
Second Prize, $150: Gina Hurley, "At Face Value: Mark Twain, the Presentation of the Self and Photographic Agency, 1871-1908"
Third Prize, $100: Laura Brown, "Locating Lee Smith's Oral History in Southern Literary Traditions"
Social, Physical, and Applied Sciences
First Prize, $250: Tom Liles, "Stability and Security Problems in Ingushetia"
Second Prize, $150: Lee Weston Salisbury, "Hedge Funds: Structure, Function, Regulation, and Risk"
Third Prize, $100: Carrie Stephens, "The Effect of Fluid Boluses on Body Temperatures in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants"
2010 Undergraduate Honors Symposium
On Friday, February 26, undergraduates presented their research and creative work in a series of panels which convened at 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 in the EUC. Presentations covered such diverse areas as music, nursing, economics, classics, visual studies, and religious studies.
Then at 5:00 in the Maple Room, Michael Parker delivered the Symposium keynote address: "Everything You Hear Can and Will be Used: A Brief Guide to Research for Fiction Writers." Mr. Parker's talk was followed by the presentation of the Symposium Paper Prizes and a reception.
Click here to see the Symposium schedule (*PDF).
NEWS RELEASE
Release Date: December 10, 2009
Honors College Awards Chancellor's Resident Fellowships
The Lloyd International Honors College has named two faculty members as its Chancellor's Resident Fellows for 2010-11. Dr. William Markham, a sociology professor, and Dr. Alexandra Schultheis, an associate professor of English, will spend the academic year teaching in the Honors College. The fellowship also provides support for ongoing faculty research projects. Dr. Markham has taught in the sociology department since 1980 and has received two Fulbright Fellowships; his current research focuses on environmental organizations in Cameroon, West Africa. Dr. Schultheis is an expert on postcolonial studies and international human rights in literature and film, and co-directs the University's annual international human rights film festival. Click here to read more!
NEWS RELEASE
Release Date: December 7, 2009
UNCG Honors students selected to attend World Model UN Conference
The Lloyd International Honors College at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has selected seven students to participate in the Harvard World Model United Nations Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, March 14-18, 2010. UNCG is one of only two public universities in North Carolina to send delegates to this conference, which will give students the opportunity to tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges along with more than 2,400 students from over 50 countries. Click here to read more!
December 2, 2009 - For the final "Food for Thought" of the fall semester, Dr. Sarah Krive of LIHC led a group of students and faculty in a variety of improvisation games. Afterwards, the group discussed the nature of improvisation in theater, music, and language, and how it can help us think more creatively. "Food for Thought" will begin again on January 27, 2010.
November 13, 2009 - Disciplinary Honors students Debbie Nestvogel and Matt Jones showed off the results of their hard work when the new Salvation Army Select store opened at 3610 N. Elm Street. For their Senior Honors Project in Interior Architecture, Debbie and Matt designed the store under the supervision of Prof. Suzanne Cabrera. The store, which will operate as both a retail store as well as a donations center, has a boutique atmosphere and will serve as a prototype for other similarly designed Salvation Army stores. At 10:00 a.m., the ribbon was cut and shopping commenced!
October 1, 2009 - A record crowd of faculty and students gathered in the Alumni House for the annual Honors College Raft Debate. Swords crossed (metaphorically, of course) as representatives from different fields of knowledge argued for the importance of their own field to the survival of humanity. Dr. Jamie Anderson of the History Department represented the art and humanities, Dr. Joan Paluzzi of Anthropology represented the social sciences, and Dr. Don Kautz of Nursing represented the natural and applied sciences. Finally, Dr. Patrick Lee Lucas of Interior Architecture played the Devil's Advocate.
The presentations were memorable, to say the least! Florence Nightingale was invoked, as was cannibalism—and the afternoon was not without a bit of singing, dancing, and audience participation. In the end, the votes were tallied, and Dr. Paluzzi walked away with top honors. A good time was had by all, and we look forward to the next intellectual thunderdome...
September 9, 2009 - Dr. Bruce Kirchoff of the Biology Department hosted today's "Food for Thought" lunch, on the subject of "Understanding Emerson." In Dr. Kirchoff's new book, Emerson's Science of the Spirit, he pairs passages from the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson with photographs of the Sierra Nevada mountains taken by the environmentalist and nature writer John Muir. To see a selection of those pairings, click here.
Join us for other "Food for Thought" discussions, held every Wednesday at noon in the Faculty Center.
August 18, 2009 - The Human Rights Research Network announces the schedule for the Third International Human Rights Film and Speakers Festival. The title for the 2009-2010 series is Democracy and Globalization: Human Rights of Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers. Events will focus on a variety of immigration and human rights issues, attempting to answer the overarching question "Can democracy be sustained in this era of globalization in which identities are fluid, time and space are compressed, and the notion of citizenship is challenged?" The Film Festival will be augmented with a series of guest speakers and reading discussion groups.
Click here for a PDF file with a schedule and descriptions of all events.
NEWS RELEASE
Release Date: March 25, 2009
UNCG's Lloyd International Honors College announces new residence hall
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Lloyd International Honors College announced today that it would open its first Honors Residence at North Spencer Hall in the fall of 2010. The Honors Residence at North Spencer will provide an extraordinary, newly renovated space for International Honors College student activities on campus, combining modern convenience with distinctive historic design. Amenities include living space for nearly 250 Honors students, renovated bathrooms and laundry rooms, a classroom, office space for residence hall and Honors staff, and a beautiful, well-appointed Common Room that will serve as a hub for Honors student activities on campus.
Centrally located on leafy College Avenue, North Spencer Hall was built in 1904, and is named after Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1826-1908), poet, social historian, and journalist. Joined in 1907 by South Spencer Hall, the combined facility was at that time said to be the largest women's dormitory under one roof in the country.
Students in the Honors Residence - incoming first-year students through seniors - can expect an environment that challenges and supports them as they grow as scholars, citizens, and human beings. Staff and residents will promote an atmosphere that allows students to balance their social and academic life and to provide vibrant, thought-provoking programming - from weekly Food for Thought lunches with faculty, to the Honors Film Series, to student recitals and guest lectures. Lloyd International Honors College officials expressed particular pleasure that the facility will have a new, state-of-the-art seminar room where Honors students may take classes together from University faculty, allowing for collaborative studying and learning.
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