Welcome back!

It is the first week of classes in the new year of Honors. Excellent to be here on campus. This is the view out our office window.

COLD AND RAIN = WINTER in CALI

We are wet but ready to go. Here are some important Honors related things that we'll cover below.

1. UCLA TAP Certification workshops - must do it if you applied
2. San Jose State Honors X
3. Tracee has moved to a bigger office - nice
4. Classes still open - English 1C Honors
5. Honors Connection Club - upcoming events
6. Bay Area Honors Symposium at Stanford - you gotta present!
7. College Field Trips to Berkeley, SJSU, and Webinars
8. Hawaii Field Program in August, what is it like there? Not the same as here.

UCLA TAP Certification Workshops

If you applied to UCLA for Fall 2024 and are expecting to participate in the UCLA Transfer Alliance Program, the UCLA TAP Certification process begins soon. Students that need to be TAP certified MUST attend a TAP Certification Workshop where you will be walked through the complete certification process such as completing the worksheet, meeting with a counselor, and obtaining the signature of one of the co-directors.

Monday, January 22, 12-1pm (In person room 3101)

Wednesday, January 24, 4-5pm (Virtual see Honors Zoom Link)

Tuesday, January 30th, 1-2pm (Virtual see Honors Zoom Link)

Monday February 5th 5-6pm (Virtual see Honors Zoom Link)

Wednesday, February 7th 11-12pm (In person Room 3103)

Thursday, February 15th, 4-5pm (Virtual see Honors Zoom Link)

Last 2 weeks of February - Any last-minute students can meet with Tracee during her Honors Drop-In times

San Jose State Honors X

SJSU has this excellent new program that all students should consider. Have a look. You join a cohort and are able to meet and work with leaders in the field. They are inclusive, grassroots, and hand-on. https://www.sjsu.edu/honorsx/index.php

They want students from the area who want to succeed in new fields of study. It is a minor that you do in conjunction with your major. It is an incredible opportunity, especially if you want to stay local.

There are many opportunities like this out there -- check out the Honors Transfer Council Webpage where they detail other programs in California that are really cool. We are lucky to be in this state. Seriously.

https://www.honorstransfercouncil.org/transfer-partners/csu-honors-programs/sjsu-honorsx

Tracee Has Moved Across the Hall!

More room for Students to hang out with Tracee in her new office. Lots of sunlight and space to hang out in Honors. If you need a quiet space, come hang out.

Here are the weekly office hang out hours for you to visit Tracee Cunningham.

Winter Quarter Drop-In Hours

January 8 to March 28

MEET IN PERSON

Bldg 1900, Office 1960

Mondays 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Wednesdays 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

MEET VIRTUALLY

VISIT HONORS ZOOM ROOM

Tuesdays 2 p.m.–4 p.m.

Thursdays 11 a.m.–12 p.m.

Honors Transfer Program

If you are not in your final year, and may be transferring next year, we want to remind you to take advantage of the transfer partnerships we have with various colleges ad universities. The Foothill College Honors Institute along with the Honors Transfer Council of California (HTTC) has transfer partnerships with colleges and universities across California and the United States. Students completing our Honors Scholar Program enjoy enhanced transfer consideration and/or other benefits at the partner campuses. These may include guaranteed or priority acceptance consideration, special scholarships, housing priority, and pre-transfer library privileges. 

If you have not yet done so, please join the Honors Transfer Program to ensure you qualify for the many transfer opportunities available to you as an Honors Scholar. For more information, please visit the website for our Honors Transfer Program.

Winter 2024 Honors classes - ENGL 1C HONORS HAS SPACE

Just today we had first-time students enroll in their first honors classes. Honors truly is for everyone.

The Honors Courses being offered are on our Honors website.

ENGL 1C Honors has space!!! Check out the class and enroll. It starts in Week 3 and runs for 10 weeks.

Honors Connection Club

Meetings are upcoming! Group Service Projects are being organized so you can work together with a common purpose. If you have a great idea for the group to use please contact the club officers. Here is the discord link for upcoming events.

https://discord.gg/ZKQzPB8D

The Bay Area Honors Symposium - Want to Give a Presentation?

The Bay Honors Research Symposium on May 4 at Stanford gives students the opportunity to participate in scholarly research in a variety of disciplines, with the goal of presenting their findings in a variety of formats. The Honors Institute will pay Reg Fees for anyone who wants to go! This is a cool thing you can put on your applications and use for your CV. It is amazing to be able to meet a community of like-minded scholars.

Consider submitting a presentation abstract. It isn't much at this point, just an idea that can be assessed. Honors co-director, Dr. Sam Connell can help you refine it in the next month. Let us know if you are interested. Also talk to any professor you have submitted a cool project to already - that can be made into an easy presentation!

https://foothill.edu/honors/researchsymposium.html

The RSL Symposium

Plan to participate in this campus and community-wide event on May 16!

The Research and Service Leadership Symposium provides students an opportunity to expand their learning beyond the walls of the classroom (or the confines of the screen); to investigate their world through in-depth research projects; to create and participate in worthwhile service learning activities, including original creative arts projects, and to present their newfound knowledge, insights and experiences to the campus community.

Students will gain experience presenting in a professional conference setting on the virtual campus through presentations, performance, displays and discussion.

The Symposium itself is the culminating event of these student projects. The event includes

• A full day and evening of presentations, peer discussion forums, art galleries, and creative performances.
• Awards ceremony, keynote speaker and closing celebration.

Go to this link to find out more.

We are going to Berkeley and SJSU! Come with Honors to get a tour

Starting in February we are going to Berkeley and San Jose State for a campus tours. If you are interested in joining the honors group to attend the tours please sign up here. For Cal, we will be taking the BART from San Jose up to Berkeley. We should leave in the morning and get back by 3pm. Sign up if you are interested, and we will arrange dates this month. For SJSU, we will meet at the college.

Berkeley Webinars for Transfers

Berkeley Transfer Center is running a series of really interesting and helpful online workshops. Check them all out here and see below.

August in Hawaii on the Anthropology Field School

Just in case you want to do something this summer on the Big Island in Hawaii. Check out the Foothill Field Program in Hawaii. Students will be there from August 1-21 helping native Hawaiians restore ancient fishponds and doing agroforestry. Much more info available January 23 - Tuesday at noon in room 3101 with Dr. Connell doing an INFO SESSION. See also the anthropology department webpage! https://foothill.edu/anthropology/field/hawaii.html