From the monthly archives: February 2015

First luncheon of the semester: Career Center

By On February 25, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Events, Luncheons

For our first Honors luncheon of the spring semester on February 11th, Rebecca Weiler, the Director of Counseling & Programming at the Career Center, gave a presentation entitled “Take Your Career to the Next Level,” which introduced our students to the services that the Career Center provides and how the professional staff at the Center […]

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Am I Charlie?

By On February 24, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Events

On February 4th, the Honors Program hosted a relevant and timely event as part of an ongoing series on Violence and Social Justice, in conjunction with the Schneier Program for International Affairs, entitled “Am I Charlie? French Universalism and the Jewish Question.”  During the event, Dr. Rachel Mesch discussed the recent attacks in France, attempting to […]

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A Trip to Jazz at Lincoln Center

By On February 9, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Events

On Saturday, January 31st, 18 Honors students plus Prof. Cwilich and Dr. Gellens ventured out into a cold night to hear a performance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis.  The program, titled “Duke, Dizzy, Trane & Mingus: Jazz Titans,” consisted of arrangements by members of the JALC Orchestra of classic compositions by […]

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Matisse at the MoMA

By On February 3, 2015 · Leave a Comment · In Events

The Honors Program started off the new semester by taking advantage of the rare opportunity to see an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) of Henri Matisse’s (1869-1954) later works. On Friday morning, January 30th, Prof. Joanne Jacobson led students from both her Honors section of First Year Seminar and other Honors students to […]

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