SHAC Event: Masters of Persian Music, Feb. 20

Next Saturday (2/20) the Honors Program will be offering a limited number of tickets to see Masters of Persian Music at The Cleveland Museum of Art at 7:30.

The Vagina Monologues

The Honors Program is once again pleased to help sponsor the student production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues.  It will be performed by students this  Friday, February 12th and Saturday, February 13th in the Marinello Little Theater at 7:30PM. Students have produced this show in the belief that it is a powerful tool that empowers women, raises awareness, and promotes social justice in the John Carroll community.  Proceeds will be donated to a local non-profit agency that supports the message of The Vagina Monologues, the Domestic Violence Center of Greater Cleveland.  Tickets can be bought in the atrium all this week between 11 and 1.  Tickets are $5 if purchased in advance and $7 if purchased at the door.

Honors Program Los Niños Immersion Trip, August 2010

The Honors Program has sponsored a service trip in conjunction with Los Niños to Tijuana and Mexicali, Mexico, for several years.  We are planning to do a similar trip this summer, to either Tijuana or Guatemala, this August.  This year however, it will be part of a three-credit course, HP 291, Justice and Democracy in a Global Context, that will focus on a critical examination of issues related to community development and service in the context of the history of Los Niños as an organization.  Registration for the course may be on the Summer III schedule (in which case students would need to pay summer tuition) or on the Fall 2010 schedule (as part of the normal 18 hour load there would be no additional tuition involved).  A travel fee will be necessary, although it will be subsidized by the Honors Program.  The course will offer Honors Program credit, and International (R) or Diversity core credit.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please respond by email to rkolesar@jcu.edu.

Celebration of Scholarship and Honors Spring Banquet

Proposals for any papers or posters that you want to present at this year's Celebration of Scholarship are due soon.  Panel sessions are scheduled as they are received; paper sessions are scheduled when the application process is closed. The deadline to submit applications to the paper and panel sessions is February 8, 2010. You can apply to share your scholarship already completed or in-progress.Research abstracts will be published on the Celebration website. For more information, visit the website listed below. Space is limited for the paper/panel sessions; apply early to reserve your spot.
http://www.jcu.edu/celebration/applications.htm
Also please note that we are again planning to hold the Honors Spring Banquet the Sunday prior to the beginning of  Celebration of Scholarship, March 21.  Please save the date!

SHAC Event: Cleveland Public Theatre, Jan. 28

Next Thursday evening, January 28th, the Honors Program will be taking a trip to see "Anna Belle Eema" a one act, dark comedy presented by Cleveland Public Theatre. The play is written by Lisa D'Amour and tells the story of "a woman, her daughter, and a strange girl in a trailer park. . . . Anna Bella Eema combines creepy campfire stories, music, sound and fairy tales in an original, highly stylized one-act" (CPT). So come, break up your week with us next Thursday!

If you're interested in attending email Lydia Munnell at lmunnell12@jcu.edu, and specify in your email whether or not you are van certified.

Thanks and we hope to see you next week!

SHAC Events, Fall 2009

This fall, the Student Honors Advisory Council (SHAC) organized a number of outing to cultural events in Cleveland.  Tickets (and sometimes food!) are free or greatly reduced in price for Honors Program students.  The events included:

Flamenco! Juan Carmona Quintet Saturday evening, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, part of the Cleveland Museum of Art's Viva! & Gala series.

Saturday November 14,  Fabulous Food Show at the International Exposition Center including a food demonstration by celebrity chef Guy Fieri.

Yucatan Study Trip, Jan. 4-16, 2010

Yucatan Study Trip