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[email protected]  www.clemson.edu/cuhonors  864-656-4762  January 13, 2014 

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Interested in studying abroad this summer? Be sure to look into the Honors College's own

study abroad program in Belgium, led by our former director, Dr. Steve Wainsco. Students

in Dr. Wainsco's program live and study in Brussels for a month, while learning about the

history of Belgium and issues involving the European Union. Not to menon the Belgian

french fries ( pommes frîtes) and chocolate. 

Dr. Wainsco has a wealth of experience in , knowledge of, and enthusiasm for Belgium in

general and Brussels in parcular. He'll be organizing excursions to important sites and cies

--including the medieval town of Ghent, and the historic baleelds at Ypres. Your courses

(which can count for general educaon credit) are taught by European professors, so you'll

get a very dierent perspecve than you'd get in the States. 

There's sll me to aend an informaon session on the Brussels Program (Tuesday at

5:30pm, Holmes basement conference room), or email Dr. Wainsco ( [email protected]) 

for more informaon. The Honors College will even help subsidize your airfare! 

- Dr. Lasser 

Honors Ambassador

Applicaon Now Open Calhoun Honors College Am-

bassadors are a group of Hon-

ors student volunteers who

are passionate about Honors

at Clemson University and the

opportunies available toHonors students. Honors Am-

bassadors meet with prospec-

ve students and their fami-

lies to provide a student per-

specve on the various Hon-

ors experiences. The dead-

line to apply is January 17. Not sure if you would like to

be an Ambassador—or would

like more details….. THEN….There will be an Hon-

ors Ambassador social on

Tuesday, January 14 from

6:00pm—8:00pm in the

Holmes Mulpurpose Room.

This event is for any Freshman

-Junior considering applying

for Honors Ambassador.

There will be pizza, drinks and

cookies provided, so we hope

to see you there! 

Contact Julie White at [email protected] if you

have any quesons. 

SASH Peer Advisors

Needed!

Do you love honors andwant to share your experi-

ence with other Honors

students? Apply to become

an advisor in the Seniors

Advising Sophomores in

Honors (SASH) program.

Rising Seniors in the Honors

College are invited to apply

for one of these posions

where you will work with

sophomore honors students

to help broaden their expe-rience at Clemson and be-

yond. Some topics covered

are resumes, internships,

and honors requirements.

The deadline to apply is

Friday, January 17, 2014.

Interviews for the 6 posi-

ons will be scheduled be-

fore spring break. Send your

applicaon to Dana Irvin at

[email protected]. 

May Graduates GRADUATING IN MAY…. well this infor-maon is for you! You must ll out the

Honors Candidacy form - you will nd the

link to it here hp://www.clemson.edu/cuhonors/current-

students/forms/graduates.html.  The deadline to submit it is

Wednesday, January 29.  Also on the above webpage you

will nd helpful informaon for graduates. It would benet

you to take a couple of minutes and look over the infor-

maon! 

NOW is the Time to Plan Your  Study Abroad in Belgium! LAST Informaon Session:  Tuesday, January 14  Beginning at 5:30pm  Holmes Hall Conference Room Dr. Wainsco, former Director of the Honors College, coor-

dinates the trip and will travel with you. He is a wealth of

knowledge and a lot of fun! Don’t miss this opportunity!

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Last Day to Add a Class Is……… TODAY Tuesday, January 14. 

If you are having problems nding your honors class, are

sll working on a contract, etc., and you don’t believe you

will have a class/contract by the above date, you should

ll out the Extension, Exempon, Withdrawal Form. It

can be found here hp://chcnohonorsclass.weebly.com/. 

This form will prevent you from being removed from Hon-

ors. Contact Dana at [email protected] if you have

any quesons. 

American Bar Associaon:

ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund The ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship grants 20 in-coming diverse law students with $15,000 of nancial

assistance over the course of their three years in law

school. For more informaon you may visit the ABA

website at hp://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/

diversity_pipeline/projects_iniaves.html  or you may visit

the program website at hp://www.americanbar.org/

groups/diversity/diversity_pipeline/projects_iniaves/

legal_opportunity_scholarship.html. 

Creave Inquiry—Math Spring 2014  Math 3990 - Secon 2 in math applicaons in biomedical

imaging

We will visit the Center for Systems Imaging (CSI) at Emory

University

Visit CDC during a eld trip to Atlanta  Students have provided very posive feedback on taking

the courses.

For more informaon please see page 3. 

The Dixon GPS Applicaon is open. GPS oers an opportuni-

ty for students interested in pursuing a major scholarship to

enhance their knowledge of the issues that shape the world.

For more informaon, including the applicaon, please see

the webpage at hp://www.clemson.edu/cuhonors/current

-students/out-of -class/dixonGPS/index.html. 

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