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Honors Day

A Celebration of the Liberal Arts

Alma College — Thursday, April 2, 2009

Over the years, Alma College has fostered a tradition of involving undergraduate students in high-level scholarship and creative work. Our students have presented the results of their work from the laboratories, library and studios in local, national and international venues. The purpose of Honors Day is to celebrate scholarly and creative activities in the liberal arts on our campus.

The 2009 Honors Day events will begin with a presentation by the 2009 Honors Day Keynote Speaker, Anna Rosmus, at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in the Remick Heritage Center, Presbyterian Hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

Other Honors Day events include student poster presentations, the awarding of the Eighth Annual Ronald O. Kapp Honors Prize, and the annual Honors Convocation that includes the bestowing of honors for Outstanding Senior Leader, Outstanding Senior, Outstanding Faculty Awards, and the Barlow Trophy.

A copy of the Honors Day Abstracts Book (PDF, 3.9 MB) is available from this site.

The 13th Annual Honors Day Schedule
 

Wednesday, April 1

 
8:00 p.m. Honors Day Address:
“In Search of the Rosetta Stone”
Presbyterian Hall
 

Honors Day, Thursday, April 2
Classes Cancelled

 
9:30–11:00 a.m. Honors Convocation
Attendance Required
 
Presbyterian Hall
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Luncheons 
 Convocation HonoreesHeather Room
  Kapp LuncheonSouth Van Dusen Commons
  Honors Day Participants North Van Dusen Commons
  All Other Students
 
Hamilton Commons
12:30–1:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions I
 
 
1:40–2:40 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II
 
 
2:50–3:50 p.m. Concurrent Sessions III
 
 
4:00–5:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions IV
 
 
5:15 p.m. Kapp Honors Day Prize Remick Heritage Center
  Sigma Xi Prize Lobby
  Reception and Winners Announced 

 

Spring Term at Alma is a one-month immersion on a single academic topic that offers learning experiences not typically available during the more traditional 15-week fall and winter terms. For example, during Spring Term ‘07 students explored important cultural sites in China, worked to restore a Jewish Holocaust cemetery in Poland, analyzed ethic politics in Scotland, and studied medieval literature in London.

 

Student Profile

Kwon JinJu

Kwon JinJu
Graduation: 2008
Major: Advertising and Public Relations
From: Seoul, South Korea
Interests: Dance, Nature, Travel

Alma has had lasting relationships with colleges and universities in South Korea, with the Korean international students completing one full year of study at Alma. Here at Alma, the international students make lifelong friendships and leave everlasting impacts on our students and on the surrounding communities.