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2009:

 

March 2009

6 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby
11 Last day to drop a course
13
20 Spring Break Offices Cllosed
27 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby

April 2009

1 Registration for summer and fall semesters
3
7 Phi Kappa Phi Induction Ceremony Merket Alumni Center
10 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby
14 Award reception  - Merket Alumni Center 5PM
17
24 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby
28 Last day of classes

May 2009

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3  
8 Honors Recognition Banquet
17  
27 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby

 

 

 

March 2009

6 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby
11 Last day to drop a course
13
20 Spring Break Offices Cllosed
27 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 2009

2 Honors College Scholarship deadline. http://www.depts.ttu.edu/honors/scholarships.php
6 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby
7 Honors College semi-formal, “Spice up the Night” 7 p.m. in the Matador Room in the SUB. 
13 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby
19-22 Ski trip to Taos
25 DISfigured (2008) Cinema Libre Studio
Directed by Glenn Gers, writer of FRACTURE & MAD MONEY
Wednesday, February, 25th | 6:00pm - 9:00pm  HS 169
20 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby
27 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby Dr Lynne Fallwell "Hitler, the Holocaust, and the History Channel: Exploring the Myths and Facts about Nazi Germany's Exterminationist Policies.” 

January 2009

2 University offices open
5 Faculty on Duty
7 Classes begin
12 Last day to add a class
15 HON general meeting 6PM Canyon room in the SUB @6PM
16 Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby
19 MLK Day : University CLOSED
21
  • Contracting forms due to Dr Verrone
  • Passport Program information meeting HS 169 @5PM
22 Pizza with a Prof: Dr. Martha Smithey, who will be speaking on the subject of infanticide. RSVP to Bill Benda at pizzawithaprof@yahoo.com before 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 21st.
23
26 Book club meeting, 4PM Knapp Hall Lobby
27 Ski Trip meeting Forum @5:30 PM You must attend one of these meetings to be eligible for the trip.
28 Ski Trip meeting Forum @5:30 PM You must attend one of these meetings to be eligible for the trip.
29

Former United States diplomat and ambassador Carl Coon will lecture on “America In The World—Which Way?” (Foreign Policy After Bush) on Thursday, January 29th at the International Cultural Center, Texas Tech University, 8 PM. The event includes a reception, and Coon will take audience questions.
30
  • Lunch discussion noon in the Knapp Hall Lobby
  • If you will graduate in December of 2009 and wish to write a thesis for "Highest Honors" contact Dr Verrone * and arrange an appointment with him for before Honors advising starts in March.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 ARCHIVE

NOVEMBER 2008

3 SAB: Election speaker 6 pm TBA
4 ELECTION DAY!
6 HON General meeting 6PM in the Forum
7 Lunch discussion noon in the Forum
10 College and Career Night 6 pm a the Civic Center
14 Lunch discussion noon in the Forum
20
  • Pizza with a Prof: TBA
  • SAB: Classic Movie Night 6 pm in the Forum
21 Lunch discussion noon in the Forum
26, 27 & 28 No classes - Thanksgiving Holiday. All offices closed on 27 & 28. No Lunch Discussion
   

DECEMBER 2008

   
3 Last day of classes
4 No classes or exams
5 Lunch discussion noon in the Forum
12 Honors College Recognition Banquet
13 Graduation

SEPTEMBER 2008

1 Labor Day University closed
3
  • Study Abroad Fair in the Library 10 - 4
  • FYE Plenary BA 202 at 4:30.  Contact Thomas Reynolds * for details. Food!
4 HON General meeting 6 PM in the Forum.
7 SAB Opening Social Gordon Lawn 3 PM.  Contact Kathleen * for details. Make your own sundaes, games & prizes.
8 Undergraduate Research Fellowship applications due by 5 PM
9
  • University Convocation - USA 5 PM
  • FREE FILM: One Woman, One Vote (DVD – 1995) Witness the 70-year struggle for women’s suffrage. Discover why the crusaders faced entrenched opposition from men and women who feared the women’s vote would ignite a social revolution. 6:30 PM, HS 169
12 Lunch discussion noon in the Forum
Undergraduate Research Fellows mandatory meeting ADM 248 at 3 PM
13 Gameday Cookout Gordon Lawn All day. Contact Thomas Reynolds * for details
18 Pizza with a Prof: 6:30 PM in Chemistry room 25 Dr. Dom Casadonte presents the "Science of McGyver"
Email Bill Benda* if you wish to attend.
19 Lunch discussion noon in the Forum
21 HON New Member event 3 - 4PM TBA
25 Classic Movie Night: The Princess Bride 7:30 PM in the Forum. Free popcorn and soft drinks.
26 Lunch discussion noon in the Forum, "Texting" with Stephen Torrence
27 Community Service Event: The Haven Animal Shelter.  Contact Kathleen * for details.
29
  • LCG Mentor Meeting: 5 pm ADM 241
  • Phi Beta Kappa Lecture:

Dr. Loch K. Johnson “Changing the World through Secret Intervention: The Use and Misuse of Covert Actions as an Instrument of American Foreign Policy” 7:30 p.m.  Human Sciences 169
30 FREE FILM: CHISHOLM ’72 Unbought & Unbossed (DVD – 2003) This documentary is the first historical documentary on Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and her campaign to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee in 1972. 6:30 PM, HS 169

OCTOBER 2008

1 LCG Mentor Meeting: 4:30 pm ADM 241
2 HON General meeting 6 PM in the Forum
2 - 10 TTU GLBT Awareness Week. More information to follow
3 Lunch discussion noon in the Forum, "Comic Book Attitudes" with Thomas Reynolds
4

Join the Honors College in the fight against cancer! 8:30 a.m. Lubbock Civic Center

Registration forms due by Friday, September 19.  Come by the Honors College to fill out a form and pay the $20 registration fee (cash or check only).  Your money goes to the Komen foundation and you will receive a t-shirt and lunch after the race. 

9 Student Activities Board meeting 5:30 in the Forum
10
  • Spring study abroad application due date extended to October 10th
  • Lunch discussion noon in the Forum,
16 Pizza with a Prof: TBA

 SAB Event: "The Full Monty" 8PM at the Mainstage Theatre Contact Kathleen*  for more information.
17 Lunch discussion noon in the Forum
21 FREE FILM: Sisters of '77 (2005) 6:30 PM, HS 169
22 SAB: Capitol Steps 8PM in the Allen Theatre
30 SAB Classic Movie Night: 7:30 pm in the Forum
31
  • Lunch discussion noon in the Forum
  • Science Spectrum Halloween 4 pm.

 

 

AUGUST 2008

18 New Student Orientation begins
18 Law School classes begin (Moot Court and Torts)
25 Classes begin. Morning snacks in the Forum all week.
28 Last day to sign up for a class

 

 

JULY 2008

14 New Student Orientation begins
16 New Student Orientation begins
20 New Student Orientation begins
23 New Student Orientation begins
27 New Student Orientation begins

JUNE 2008

8 New Student Orientation begins
11 New Student Orientation begins
15 New Student Orientation begins
18 New Student Orientation begins
25 New Student Orientation begins

 

MAY 2008

6 Last day of finals
9 Honors Graduation and Recognition Banquet - Lubbock Memorial Civic Center 7:30 PM RSVP to Janet Veal *

Graduating seniors: please contact Janet even if you will not attend the banquet. You will still need to pick up you Honors Medallion to wear at commencement!
9 & 10 Graduation - Check with your college
28 Summer I begins

April 2008

8 SAVA meeting and Hotel Rwanda screening. 6 pm Honors Forum, and BIOL 102 (film)
8,9 & 10 Study Abroad info sessions 9 am - 3:30 pm main floor Holden Hall
11 Lunch Discussion - Dr Chris Smith
12 Pre-Med Conference 10 - 12, 3601 4th St. in the Academic Class Building
15 Engineering Career Night 6 pm Education basement. Free Pizza!
17 Awards Reception 3-5 SUB Ballroom
23 Law School Career Night 6:30 pm in LAW 106
26 The Metropolitan Opera performance of “La Fille du Regement” (Daughter of the Regiment), a comic opera by Gaetano Donizetti, will be simulcast at 12:30 p.m. on April 26 at Movies 16. The Honors College will buy the tickets and Dr. Elbow will lead a discussion of the performance afterward over ice cream at The Ice Cream and Shoppe & Soda Fountain at 26th & Boston.
27 HON Banquet - 6 PM location TBA
29 Last day of classes
30 Dead Day

March 2008

3 University Day
Advising starts
7 Lunch discussion
11 “’Two must have got hanged together…’ German-Jewish Exiles & African Americans in Hollywood”
ADM 245, 3:30 – 5:00pm.
15 - 23 Student Spring Break
21 All University offices CLOSED
24 No classes
25 Graduate school information night. HS 169 @6 pm.
27
3 Events!		 HON Pizza with the Prof 6:30pm  Dr. David Rudd will speak on, ”Psychological Disorders of Soldiers of the Gulf War & Operation Iraqi Freedom”.  To RSVP, e-mail Pizza with a Prof *.

Classic Movie Night (follows @7:45) Dr. Strangelove or:  How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(Get 2 points if you attend both)

Haragan Lecture: Colonel Jerry Jaax was the inspiration for the bestselling novel, The Hot Zone, and hit movie Outbreak, and one of America's leading experts on infectious disease and bioterrorism. BIOL LH100 @7 pm.
28 Lunch discussion
29 The Duke Ellington Orchestra will perform on Saturday, March 29th at 8p.m. in the Allen Theater in the Student Union.  Honors students will receive a discounted ticket price, so if you are interested e-mail Kathleen Sutherland *.

February 2008

1 Lunch Discussion Noon in the Forum
3 HON Executive Board meeting 2 PM in the Forum
7 HON General meeting 6:30 in TBA
8 Lunch Discussion
13 GPHC applications due
15 Lunch Discussion
21 Taos Ski Trip departure
22 Lunch Discussion
27 Ambassador Houdek speaks on security matters in Darfur, Sudan, Congo 6 PM in BA 358
29 Lunch Discussion

January 2008

25 Foreign Film Club - Guantanamera
26 SAB Winter Semi-Formal in the SUB
28 Dr. Thorsten Botz-Bornstein lecture - "Dreams East & West" Noon in the SUB Bell Tower room
29 Taos Ski Trip information meeting 5:30 PM in the Forum
30 Taos Ski Trip information meeting 5:30 PM in the Forum