First SAS Honors Newsletter of the Year

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Welcome, fellow SAS Honors students, to a wonderfully new year at Rutgers!

We hope you have all had a delightful summer, particularly one that was anywhere between relaxing to productive! As we prepare for the new academic year, we encourage you to check out the weekly SAS Honors Newsletter at http://sashonors.rutgers.edu/news/honors-newsletter for important announcements, exciting events, and career-boosting opportunities.

Ever feel like you could use some study tips or an exciting story? Check out our new SAS Honors Program Blog, written by hilarious Honors students, at https://rutgershonorsblog.wordpress.com!

Remember to like our page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RutgersSASHP and follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.coml/RU_sashp.

If you have any questions or concerns throughout the year, always feel free to contact us at 848-932-7964 or honors@sas.rutgers.edu.
Until then, we wish you all a fun and successful year!

Sincerely,
Stacey Damito
Student Director of Honors Media

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Announcements

Welcome Message from the Dean

Dear SASHP Students –

Welcome, and welcome back!!!!

All of the SASHP staff are so happy to have all of you – our continuing and new students – back on campus – come see us!

Isn't summer supposed to be slow and lazy? Not in the SAS Honors Program!

Summer 2015 was a busy one. At the beginning of the summer we welcomed over one hundred members of the Class of 2019 to campus for our Peer Mentor gathering at the Werblin Center on Busch Campus. The incoming Honors students spent the morning with their peer mentors stomping balloons and playing games, and then shared stories over lunch. We hope that many friendships were born on that day!

By mid-summer our Sakai Summer Reading blog started to hum as students finished reading Tracy Kidder's riveting account of genocide and redemption, Strength in What Remains, and began to share their insights and exchange ideas with fellow students. Many of our students met the hero of Kidder's story, Deo, at our Summer Reading Program and Induction ceremony on Friday, August 28. Dean Karen Dentler, who runs our Summer Reading Program, once again picked a winner!

In July, the Honors Admission Committee read over 140 applications from continuing and transfer students applying to the SASHP. We invited forty outstanding students to become members of the SASHP. We welcomed them at a special induction ceremony on Monday, August 31.

Throughout the summer our team of SASHP student bloggers for the SAS Honors Program Blog filled our inboxes with fascinating and funny stories about their summer internships, summer playlists, medical work in Peru, and country dancing in Switzerland. Don't miss Nida Saeed's most recent post on what to bring to college!

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Honors Colloquium: No Class This Week

For students who are registered in the Honors Colloquium this semester, please note that there will be NO CLASS this Wednesday, September 2. The first Honors Colloquium is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, September 9 at Hickman Hall, Room 138.

Questions or concerns? Feel free to contact the SAS Honors Main Office at 848-932-7964 or email honors@sas.rutgers.edu.

Spaces Available in our Fall 2015 Honors Seminars and Sections

owlclassThere are still seats available in many Honors Interdisciplinary Seminars and Honors sections being offered in the Fall! Check out the list of offered courses at http://sashonors.rutgers.edu/academics/curriculum/honors-courses.

If you have any questions, call the SAS Honors Main Office at 848-932-7964 or email honors@sas.rutgers.edu!

Honors Events

Tea with the Dean

teawiththedeanAll SASHP students (old and new) are invited to join Dean Jennifer Jones for a cup of tea at the first "Tea with the Dean" of the semester on Thursday, September 10 at 4:30 at 35 College Avenue.

For more information, visit http://sashonors.rutgers.edu/news/events/icalrepeat.detail/2015/09/10/1457/396|397|398|401|403|404|405/tea-with-the-dean-with-dean-jones

Artists Collective First Meeting

Find an outlet for artistic expression with the Artists Collective!

Join us for our first meeting on Friday, September 11 at 3:30pm in 35 College Ave to learn more!

For more information, visit: http://www.sashonors.rutgers.edu/news/events/icalrepeat.detail/2015/09/11/1454/396|397|398|401|403|404|405/artists-collective-first-meeting

Campus Events

Get Involved at Rutgers Involvement Fair

Want to get involved?

Make sure you check out the Rutgers Involvement Fair on Monday September 7 from 12-4pm on College Avenue with over 400 student organizations, university departments, and community partners to learn about the amazing opportunities Rutgers has to offer!

For more information, visit: http://www.sashonors.rutgers.edu/news/events/icalrepeat.detail/2015/09/07/1456/399/get-involved-at-rutgers-involvement-fair

Opportunities

Get Involved with the Darien Civic Engagement Project

Undergraduates: Get Involved!

LIMITED space is still available for undergraduates interested in the Darien Civic Engagement Project.
Darien students earn 1.5 credits for a Topics in Political Science course (790:250) focused on citizenship and civic engagement and meet weekly to help organize voter registration drives and mobilize Rutgers students to be politically active. The program is open to all majors, all schools, and all class years. Learn more here.

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Resident Coordinator Position Available

The University Inn and Conference Center, located on the Cook/Douglass campus, is accepting applications for the position of Residence Coordinator. This is a live-in position with on-call responsibilities.

Duties include, but are not limited to:
• Providing stellar customer service to all guests in person or via telephone and electronic media
• Coverage of Guest Services Desk for a minimum of (3) 8-hour shifts per week
• On-call rotation during the week and weekends at Guest Services Desk
• Responding to emergency facility situations
• Resolving any issues related to conferences after supervisory staff has gone home

Compensation includes:
• A private room with bathroom, A/C, DirecTV, Wireless Internet, and mini-fridge/microwave
• A stipend per semester deposited to your Knight Express card
• Potential for incentives based on performance

Requirements
Current Rutgers student, either 4th year or Graduate level preferred, leadership potential as shown through past leadership experiences, strong interpersonal, critical thinking, and communication skills. Some weekends and holidays required. Fluency in a foreign language a plus. Previous customer service, operations, and supervisory experience or hospitality experience preferred.

Interested? Email your resume to Maria Panlilio at m.panlilio@docs.rutgers.edu.

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An archive of this and past newsletters can be found here.
 
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