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Honors News and Events

Contents:     Honors Students to See The Producers

                          Greetings from Spain, Ireland and England

                          Five Graduate With Honors                          

                      Students Win Recognition for Excellence

Honors Students to See The Producers

In our continuing effort to take full advantage of the many cultural opportunities in Charlotte, the Honors Program is sponsoring a night at The Producers, the critically-acclaimed Mel Brooks musical.   The Honors trip is set for Wednesday, October 20 and sixteen Honors students will be accompanying Dr. Kelso to Ovens Auditorium to see the show.  Yet another benefit of being an Honors student!! 

Honors Student at Republican Convention

Honors Student Ian Fiske attended the Washington Center Program at Republican National Convention in New York City from August 22 to September 3.  Ian was one of two Queens students to attend this program.  Senior Katelyn Penney attended the Democratic Convention in Boston in July.  Expenses for this Program were covered by the Honors Program, the CORE Program in the Liberal Arts, the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office and the Office of Academic Affairs.  To read about these experiences, go to:  http://www.queens.edu/news_detail.asp?press_id=676&section=home. 

Greetings from Spain, Ireland and England

Ishama Ali, Emily Cox and Kristin Reinhold send greetings from their studies abroad.  Ishama is at the University of Barcelona.   Emily is at Queens University Belfast.  Kristin is at the University of Redding in England.  Ishama is also doing an internship with Finques Rodes, a property and apartment-leasing family-owned company in the heart of Barcelona.  They have all arrived safely and are enjoying their new experiences.  We will miss them, but look forward to hearing about their experiences when they return. 

Five Graduate With Honors

Congratulations to the Honors Class of 2004:  Stephen Baldwin, Emily Best, Courtney Burns, Rosemary Gardner, and Barrett Goode.  All these students earned the distinction "With Honors" by successfully defending their Honor Theses at the end of the Spring Semester.   Extra congratulations go out to Emily Best and Rosemary Gardner, who shared The Director's Award for Outstanding Honors Thesis.  Emily's thesis was a collection of creative writing entitled, "Passion Fruit".  Rosemary's thesis consisted of building a camera and presenting a photographic show on windmills.   Her thesis was entitled, "Alternative Images".   The other theses were:  

1.  Stephen Baldwin , "Rethinking Socioeconomic Development in West Virginia:

     A Human Capital-Based Ethic"

2.  Courtney Burns, "Goddesses and Gylany:  Old European Civilization and Its

     Implications for Today"

3.  Barrett Goode, "Oderint dum metuant--"Let Them Hate Us As Long As They

     Fear Us" 

Students Win Recognition for Excellence

More Congratulations:   Julie Ohlandt was named Honors Student of the Year for the Sophomore Class.  Elizabeth Devore and Ruben Alvarez shared this honor for the Freshman class.  This award is  "in recognition of outstanding performance in the Honors Program".

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