HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: JUNE 2022 Hello from the Honors College! In partnership with Academic Advising, we are sending a monthly Honors College Communique on the Advising listserv, in which we will send short updates about: 1. Honors opportunities open to all students 2. A highlighted benefit of being an Honors College member 3. A student highlight from your advising areas 4. Contacts within Honors for more information Honors News: Honors has been busy since March, onboarding our new first-time freshmen. To date, Honors has advised 300+ new freshmen, through special VIP tours & sessions, virtual meetings, and in-person sessions. We have met many wonderful students who are eager & excited to start their journey at UTSA! An Honors College student was one of three UTSA students to receive a Fulbright Award to travel in 2023! Forough Askarirad, was selected to travel to Bulgaria to participate in the English Teaching Assistant Program. Read article here<https://honors.utsa.edu/news/2022/06/story/students-selected-as-f...;. Have a student in mind you think might be a good candidate? Let us know! Learn more about Fulbright here<https://us.fulbrightonline.org/>;. Dr. Drew Chapman is the Director of the UTSA Office of Nationally Competitive Awards & Fellowships<https://honors.utsa.edu/onca/>;, and is the contact<https://honors.utsa.edu/onca/contact.html> for the Fulbright Student Program. Honors Opportunities for All UTSA Students: Did you know non-Honors students can take Honors courses? It's simple! Non-Honors students with 3.3 GPAs or higher are eligible; they fill out this form<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2... for each course. We enroll them and then confirm via email. Below are some of the super cool Fall 2022 courses<https://honors.utsa.edu/academics/courses.html>;. Please share this opportunity with any of your students that might be interested! CE 4953.002: Collaborative Web Mapping for Social and Environmental Issues. Students develop a collaborative online mapping website for an issue they select. (TR 4:00-5:15pm; in person) ENG 3153.001: Orature: Performing Literature Out Loud. Students will work with professional actors to produce their own performances in a classic 1960's-style coffee shop poetry reading. (TR 11:30-12:45pm; in person) GEO 2113.002: Fundamental of GIS. Students learn spatial analysis to understand green initiatives around watersheds, wildlife habitats and parks and develop a project around an issue of their interests. (MW 1:00-2:15pm; in person) HON 3223.901: Design & Sustainability. Students combine photography and architectural design to investigating sustainability and the world of fast food. *Downtown course! (R 2:00-4:45pm; in person) MAT 1053.11H: Math for Business. Students research student debt and college financial services to provide feedback on UTSA services around financial wellbeing for students. (MWF 11:00-11:30; in person) PHY 4953.003: Fourier Trans using Mathematica. Students learn how to use Mathematica for 1-D and 2-D transformations used in optics and digital image processing. (TR 1:00-2:45pm; in person) Highlighted Benefit for Honors College Members: Honors Housing Honors housing is in Guadalupe Hall and is structured to provide our Honors students with a supportive, close-knit community, that is designed to help them succeed. Check out our website<https://honors.utsa.edu/student-life/housing.html> to learn more about Honors housing! Student Highlight: Charles Otte, Senior, major in Biomedical Engineering, with a minor in Foreign Languages. [cid:image002.png@01D8856F.9F2EAD10] * Works as a CVS Pharmacy Technician * Completing a summer 2022 internship for Texas SPDC (Small Business Development) * Involved in a research lab on UTSA campus with development on an Allergen chip and response rate. * Is an entrepreneur and owns his own revenue generating business: https://www.3dprintsanantonio.com/<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.... * Career goal is to develop technical medical equipment Best Regards, Alegra Lozano, Director of Counseling, Honors College, alegra.lozano@utsa.edu<mailto:alegra.lozano@utsa.edu> Jill Fleuriet, Honors College Associate Dean, jill.fleuriet@utsa.edu<mailto:jill.fleuriet@utsa.edu>