Please Join Us: Celebrating Honors Student Work @ Honors Pinnacle April 18th

I am writing with an invitation to a unique upcoming opportunity for you to explore a wide variety of Honors student work. Our Honors Pinnacle day of events (April 18^th) brings together three events showcasing Honors student work:

1)      The First Year Project Showcase (4/18, 12:00-2:00PM, North Ballroom - SUMC): The Showcase features the work of 83 Honors first-year students taking part in undergraduate research through the Honors First Year Project. Through this program, students get early experience in research through a one-semester opportunity to explore a topic or issue of interest with the guidance of a faculty mentor. This work culminates in a final project, paper, artifact, or recorded performance shared with the campus community at the Showcase.

2)      The Thesis Fast Pitch Competition (4/18, 3:30-4:30PM, Catalina Room - SUMC): Honors students devote a lot of time and attention to their Senior Thesis/Capstone projects and often learn more than they could have imagined about their topics.  This event is about taking that project one step further by challenging Thesis students to work on a way to concisely explain their thesis work to people outside of their discipline. Research is about more than just collecting and analyzing information -- It’s about articulating an issue, making an impact, and helping people understand why what you’re doing should matter to them. For this event, ten selected Honors students will share two-minute pitches about the importance of their Thesis.

3)      The Honors Engagement Expo (4/18, 4:30-6:00PM, North Ballroom - SUMC): The expo demonstrates the breadth and depth of Honors student work by serving as a platform for Honors students to share a wide variety of academic, engagement, and/or involvement work in a showcase-style format. Come hear about study abroad experiences, internships,  research projects, creative work, and service-learning from students presenting academic posters, written work, visual demonstrations and works of art.

We very much hope that you can join us at one of these fantastic events!

If you have students that you believe may be interested in any of the events above, please share the attached flyer and direct them to any of the following pages:

Honors Pinnacle (shares details on all events)

First Year Project Showcase (participation limited to students in FYP Program, all first year students encouraged to attend)

Thesis Fast Pitch Competition (for students completing thesis - deadline to apply is April 3^rd, all students welcome to attend)

Honors Engagement Expo (for all Honors students - deadline to register is April 7^th, all students welcome to attend)

Please direct any questions about these events to me at TMSulliv@email.arizona.edu

Best Wishes,

Thomas Sullivan

Thomas M. Sullivan, M.Sc.

Senior Coordinator | Student Programs

The Honors College | 1027 East 2^nd Street | Tucson, AZ 85719
(520) 621-4262