Year: 2022

Apply to Serve as a Student Representative on the L&S Faculty Honors Committee

Are you interested in representing Honors students and helping shape decisions that impact the Honors Program? Would you like to gain direct experience with academic governance? Want to develop professional relationships with faculty from across L&S? The L&S Faculty Honors Committee (FHC) seeks two student members for the 2022-23 academic year and beyond. FHC is …

Honors Alumna Megan Binkley maps ‘multiple lives’ of Ho-Chunk travel routes

Megan Binkley is working with the Ho-Chunk Nation and other partners to map Ho-Chunk travel routes throughout time. Her doctoral project builds on research she began while earning Honors in the Major in anthropology.

Yonah Davis’s Leadership Award Project Highlighted by Channel3000 News

Honors Program sophomore Yonah Davis has been bringing students together to talk about polarizing issues and engage with different perspectives through “It’s Just Coffee.” His project is funded by a Cyrena Pondrom Leadership Award. UW students get intentional about tackling taboo topics (Channel 3000)

Wednesday @ Washburn filled with stars!

On Wednesday, May 4, Honors students and guests gathered in the library at Washburn Observatory for the final Wednesday @ Washburn event of the 2021-22 academic year. Those that attended were treated to a delicious meal and remarks from both Jim Lattis, the Co-founder and Director of UW Space Place, and the College of Letters …

Honors Graduate Claire James awarded inaugural Wolff Fellowship

Heartfelt congratulations to Honors in the Liberal Arts graduate Claire James on receiving the inaugural Wolff Fellowship!

“Understanding Ukraine” Interdisciplinary Panel a Success!

On Monday, April 25, the L&S Honors Program co-sponsored an interdisciplinary panel titled, Understanding Ukraine. The event brought together eight faculty experts from various fields on the UW campus, with the aim of enlightening primarily first- and second-year undergraduates about the Russian invasion and its application to the lives of the students. The event began …

HSO Earth Day Cleanup

On Saturday, April 23, the Honors Student Organization (HSO), led by HSO Service Chair Lucy Kuo, participated in a lakeshore cleanup along the Lake Mendota bike path. Honors students began by gathering at Washburn Observatory at 10:00 AM and spent the next two hours in the sunshine, cleaning up trash and other garbage that had …

Graduate School Demystified for First- and Second-Year Students

On March 29, the L&S Honors Program co-hosted a new event: Demystifying Graduate School. This was an evening for first- and second-year undergraduate students who are exploring the possibility of graduate school and aren’t sure how to get started, what the options are, or what to do next. Over 70 undergraduate students in the Honors …

WSDS Wins the Deans Award of Excellence

The Deans Award of Excellence is a prestigious award which recognizes The Wisconsin Speech and Debate Society (WSDS) for its value on campus.  This award is presented to a student organization that excels in three pillars: Wisconsin Experience, Discovery, and Innovation. The Wisconsin Experience revolves around the idea that together we create and apply learning inside and outside …

WSDS Elects fall 2022 Exec Board

The Wisconsin Speech and Debate Society (WSDS) elected a new executive board on March 8, 2022. The ‘22 WSDS executive board will be composed of President Sophie LaRose, Treasurer Ria Dhingra, Secretary Marina Kerekes, and Corresponding Secretary Zach Dyar.