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Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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Spring 2024
What's Happening in Honors -Spring 2024 at a glance.
HCIR Student Symposium:
We are proud to host the 2024 Annual Student Symposium of the Honors Council of the Illinois Region: February 23-24, 2024. Honors students and faculty from across Illinois will be attending.
The annual HCIR Student Symposium organized under the auspices of the Honors Council of the Illinois Region is an opportunity for Honors students and faculty to meet and share the excitement and unique nature of the Honors experience.
To view the images from the Symposium, click here.
The Glassman Distinguished Speaker Spring 2024:
In celebration of Black History Month and University Honor's theme for this year, Cosmos and Culture, Fr. Joseph Brown will deliver the Glassman Distinguished lecture on the imagination of the cosmos and relationship with ancestors in the Black spiritual tradition. Read more
Sankofa: Let the Songs of the Ancestors Teach Us To Fly
Talk and reception:
Tuesday, February 13, 5:00-7:30 PM
Christian A. Moe Theater, Communications building, SIUC.
Interspersed with dances presented by Darryl Clark (Associate Professor, Theater and Dance) and Dominique Atwood (Visiting Artist). See recording here.
Fall 2023
What's Happening, Fall 2023 - check here for events, civic engagement, and social opportunities to meet Honors students and mentors.
The Glassman Distinguished Speaker Fall 2023:
We are proud to welcome Winifred Haun & Dancers as our distinguished speaker for
the Glassman Distinguished Speaker Fall 2023, in collaboration with the College of Arts and Media.
Friday, November 17, 7:00 PM
Shryock Auditorium, Carbondale, IL
Meet the Artist:
Thursday, November 16th, 11-12:30 PM
Honors Lounge, Morris Library, Room 180
Winifred Haun is an SIU alumna and award-winning artist, the recipient of a 3Arts and a MacArthur Foundation International Connections award. During her residency, she will hold workshops locally and present some of that work in the showcase on Friday, November 17th.
The event is free and open to the public. To view the program, Click here.
It is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts
and also here
The Charles D. Tenney Distinguished Speaker Fall 2023:
We are proud to welcome Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen as our distinguished speaker for the Charles D. Tenney Distinguished Speaker Fall 2023, in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts.
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Chat over Coffee and Donuts: 10 AM - 11 PM, The COLA Dean's Atrium
Presentation and Reception: 5 PM - 7:30 PM, Guyon Auditorium, Morris Library
Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen, a SIU alum, and expert on xenolinguistics, will give a talk titled, "Interstellar Challenge: Would blind aliens build telescopes?"
The lecture will also be live on zoom. To register: Click Here
The event is free and open to the public. Read more about Dr. Wells-Jensen
Honors Lecture Series
Each year, the UHP brings distinguished speakers to our campus. These presentations offer an opportunity to bring together various disciplines to consider significant questions related to the human condition. In addition to the public lecture, we host workshops, and critiques, and explore other forms of intellectual exchange and collaboration. There are two major lecture series:
MICHAEL & NANCY GLASSMAN LECTURER SERIES was established by Michael and Nancy Glassman. Nancy and Michael met when they were students at SIUC and have continued to support SIUC by establishing the Lecture series. The list of our distinguished speakers is here.
The CHARLES D. TENNEY DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES is named after Charles D. Tenney, who joined the English Department in 1931 and played a significant role as the Provost in transforming SIU from a teacher’s college into a research university. The series is animated by the ambition to bring the university together in reflecting on big problems, concerns, and themes that confront us. The list of our distinguished speakers is here.