Recruiting Exceptional Students

Gordy Honors College is dedicated to recruiting top students to MUW.

Spring Scholars Day: March 2nd, 2012

Students with at least a 24 ACT may apply to attend Spring Scholars Day. If you know students who should be attending please encourage them

to apply for Scholars Day by visiting www.muw.edu

Dr. Thomas G. Velek will travel to high schools to do a presentation on academic excellence and the value of higher education. The Honors College will also host high school groups on the MUW campus. If you know a high school that would be interested in such a presentation

contact Dr. Velek at tvelek@as.muw.edu

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ContactDr. Thomas G. Velek

Director, Gordy Honors College1100 College St. MUW-599

Columbus, MS 39701662-241-6850

tvelek@as.muw.edu

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The Gordy Honors College is happy to announce the schedule for its Spring Forum Series. All presentations are held at Nissan Auditorium and begin at 6pm. The Forum Series is free and open to the public.

The Forum Series is made possible by the Honors College endowment and the continued support of alumni and friends of the Honors College.

January 19th, 2012The Internship Experience

Dr. Brian Anderson

February 2nd, 2012 “Katrina Revisted: ‘Trouble The Water’”

Academy Awarded Nominated Film

February 16th, 2012

april 5th, 2012 “The Politics of Command”

Lt. Col. Michael Gibbons (USAFR ret.)

april 19th, 2012Gordy Honors College Undergraduate

Research Symposium

Spring Honors Forum Series

Alumni

Scotland 2011

Carrie pate, 2007, completed a Master of Social Work degree from the University of GA and earned a L.M.S.W. (Licensed Master Social Worker). She works at Gulf Coast Family Counseling Agency.

amrita BalaChaNdraN, 2005, is a PhD candidate in molecular biology at the University of Pittsburgh.

susie Baker, 2006, completed her degree at MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and is now Dr. Susie Baker Dickerson, DVM. She is currently a veterinarian in South MS

Join the Gordy Honors College alumni group on Facebook by searching for “I Survived the

Gordy Honors College.”

Alumni are invited to all Honors College events.

Contact the Honors College about hosting an alumni event in your area. The Honors College will sponsor events such as luncheons for

alumni and friends of the Honors College.

What have you been up to?Send your news to tvelek@as.muw.edu

In the summer of 2011, nineteen rising juniors from the Residential Honors Program spent four weeks in Edinburgh, Scotland. For the first time the program was open to any member of the Honors College on a space permitting basis. The students were accompanied by faculty Dr. Thomas Velek, Dr. Thomas Richardson, and honors mentors Lizzie Locker and Stefani Sloma.

The students took two Honors Seminars in an intensive format. Dr. Richardson taught “Scottish Literature and Place” and Dr. Velek taught “Edinburgh; Biography of a City.” In addition to course work the students took trips to Glasgow, the Scottish highlands, Blair Atholl Distillery, Blair Atholl Castle, and were given the opportunity to go hiking in the Pentlands Hills. Living and studying in the center of Edinburgh just steps from the Royal Mile, the students had access to all the sights and amenities of the city. They enjoyed a performance by John Cleese and a traditional Scottish ceilidh.

In 2012 honors students will travel to Belgium with Dr. Brian Anderson and Dr. Kendall Dunkelberg.

The honors study abroad is the culmination of the two-year Residential Honors Program. All students received at least partial scholarship support from the Gordy Honors College.

Support for undergraduate research, internships, and the Honors Study Abroad is made possible by the Honors College endowment and the continued support of alumni and friends of the Honors College.

Supporting Exceptional Students,

Providing Exceptional Opportunities

Senior honors student stefaNi sloma has been accepted into the MLitt program in publishing at the University of Sterling in Scotland. Sloma is completing her senior honors project on the writing

of Scottish detective writer Ian Rankin.

As part of her research she conducted an interview with Ian Rankin in Edinburgh, Scotland in the summer of 2011. She was in Scotland serving as a mentor for the Gordy Honors College study abroad program. Sloma’s work and stay in Scotland was supported by a grant from the Gordy Honors

College.

“The New Normal” Lt. General

Russel Honore

March 22nd, 2012“Cystic Fibrosis Research at MUW”

Dr. Ghanshyam Heda

Supporting the Gordy Honors College

As an alumni or friend of the Gordy Honors College you can help continue to offer exceptional opportunities, academic support, and scholarships to current and future students. By making an annual gift to the Gordy Honors College you show your appreciation for the Honors College and what it has provided you. A contribution also provides the needed resources to help support students.

Please support the work of the Gordy Honors College and its students by sending a contribution made payable

to the Gordy Honors College to:

The Gordy Honors CollegeMississippi University for Women

1100 College St.W-599

Columbus, MS, 39701