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Spring 2022
What's Happening, Spring 2022-check here for events, civic engagement, and social opportunities to meet Honors students and mentors.
The Honors Assembly will host the Honors Research Symposium on Thursday, April 14th, 1-3 PM, Cambria, Morris Library.
Honors Faculty showcase
Each year, the University Honors Program takes up a theme that we explore explore through our seminars and related events. Our theme for Fall 21-Spring 22 was The State of Climate Emergency - The Earth and Us.
Please join us to hear about the work done in our cluster of seminars.
- Wednesday, April 13, 3 - 5 PM.
- University Honors Program Lounge, Morris Library 180.
DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, MAYOR LUMUMBA'S TALK TODAY (February 24 at 5:00 PM) IS CANCELED. WE WILL RESCHEDULE AND LET YOU KNOW THE NEW DATE.
Our Spring 22 Glassman Lecture will be delivered by Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the mayor of Jackson Mississippi. Antar Lumumba ran on a progressive platform promising to make Jackson "the most radical city on the planet." Based on the principle of the “dignity economy” (as opposed to the GDP), Lumumba plans to reverse the “cycles of humiliation” by developing a community in which the right of self-determination is a fundamental human right. Read more
Thursday, February 24th, 7-8:30 PM
Register to join over zoom here
Fall 2021
What's Happening, Fall 2021-check here for events, civic engagement, and social opportunities to meet Honors students and mentors.
The Honors Assembly welcomes Fall 21 with two events:
- Moonlight on the lake: Friday, October 29th, 5-7 PM, Becker Pavilion and Bucky Haven
- Yoga on the lawn: Saturday, October 16th, 10-11 AM, Morris Library Lawns
The Tenney Distinguished lecture will be delivered by award-winning children's book author, Kate Klise. She will also be workshopping writing for children in Professor Jane Dougherty's UHON seminar, Exploring Children's Literature this Fall. Read more
Reading and Reception: Thursday, October 21, 4:30-6:30 PM, Guyon Auditorium
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.