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Activities
IMPORTANT NOTES: * All listed events are Honors Events. Events in RED are major events and we do ask that ALL honors students make every attempt to participate.
EVENT: Honors Cording Ceremony DATE: Friday, April 25th TIME: 4:30 Reception and 5:30 PM-Ceremony LOCATION: Arts Complex /FGCU Campus CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Honors Students and Invitees
DESCRIPTION: Formal ceremony recognizing our Spring 2008 graduates.
Past Events
EVENT: David Loy, Ph.D. "Healing Ecology: Buddhism and the Ecological Crisis" DATE: Thursday, March 13th TIME: 6:00 PM LOCATION: Reed Hall 249 CONTACT: Kevin Aho (kaho@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Open to the Public
DESCRIPTION: Existential Psychotherapist and Professional Philosopher will share his research on alternative approaches to contemporary health care and ecology.
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EVENT: Training for Southwest Florida Holocaust Museum Service Team DATE: Friday, March 14th TIME: Session A (Introduction to Genocide Issues): 9 AM-12AM Session B (Training for Service Team): 1PM-3PM LOCATION: Southwest Florida Holocaust Museum (Naples) CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Session A: Open to Public Session B: Honors Students Only
DESCRIPTION: A workshop to help us understand genocide and training for our efforts to stop it.
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EVENT: FGCU Trail Clearing DATE: Saturday, March 15th TIME: TBA LOCATION: FGCU Trails - Entrance is Accross from the Soccer Field
CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Honors Students (Please, bring your friends)
DESCRIPTION: Clearing a running/biking trail around campus of FGCU.
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EVENT: Honors Meeting " Are you smarter than a Fifth Grader?" DATE: Monday
TIME: TBA LOCATION: TBA CONTACT: Jimmy Richter (jsrichte@fgcu.edu) COST: TBA OPEN/CLOSED: Must Sign Up in Advance
DESCRIPTION: Help us build a home for someone!
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EVENT: Habitat for Humanity DATE: Saturday, March 29 TIME: TBA LOCATION: TBA CONTACT: Jimmy Richter (jsrichte@fgcu.edu) COST: TBA OPEN/CLOSED: Must Sign Up in Advance
DESCRIPTION: Help us build a home for someone!
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EVENT: 5K Run or Triathalon (Decision on which to come) DATE: Saturday, April 5th TIME: TBA LOCATION: Honors Trail CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: TBA OPEN/CLOSED: Open to the Public
DESCRIPTION: A race for charity on the trail that we cleared on March 15th.
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EVENT: "Invisible Children" DATE: Monday, April 7th TIME: 8 PM (tentative, please check back) LOCATION: Reed Hall 249 CONTACT: Cristen McCarthy (cdmccart@eagle.fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Open to the Public
DESCRIPTION: Screening of the moving documentary on the "night children" in Uganda.
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EVENT: Introduction to Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking DATE: Thursday, February 28th TIME: 3:00-7PM LOCATION: TBA CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Honors Students (feel free to bring a friend) DESCRIPTION: Students will receive an introduction to the work of FCAT.
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EVENT: Dying to Leave: The Dark Business of Human Trafficking DATE: Thursday, February 28th TIME: 7 PM LOCATION: Sugden Welcome Center CONTACT: Julieth Monroy (amnestyinternational@eagle.fgcu.edu)
DESCRIPTION: Documentary on Human Trafficking.
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EVENT: American Humane Association Service Team Training DATE: Friday, February 22nd and Saturday, February 23rd TIME: TBA LOCATION: Library Room 441 CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Open to the Public
DESCRIPTION: Representatives from the American Humane Association will inform us on the issues relating to animal welfare and behavior. They will also begin training our service team to work in the field of Humane Education.
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EVENT: Breaking Ranks DATE: Thursday, February 21th TIME: 7 PM LOCATION: Sugden Welcome Center CONTACT: Julieth Monroy (amnestyinternational@eagle.fgcu.edu)
DESCRIPTION: Documentary on Americans soldiers who have moved to Canada because of their conscientious objections to the war in Iraq.
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EVENT: Night at the FGCU Hockey Game *CANCELLED
DATE: Saturday, February 16th TIME: 8:30 PM LOCATION: Germain Arena Blue Rink CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: ? (We think it is free with a student ID) OPEN/CLOSED: Honors Student (bring a friend!)
DESCRIPTION: Come join us to support our hockey team as they face the South Jersey Raptors. (For those of you collecting ink cartridges, the Everblades canceled on us, so please bring them to Carey's office.)
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EVENT: Suicide Bombers: Inside the Minds of Failed Martyrs DATE: Thursday, February 14th TIME: 7 PM LOCATION: Sugden Welcome Center CONTACT: Julieth Monroy (amnestyinternational@eagle.fgcu.edu)
DESCRIPTION: Documentary about failed suicide bombing attemps.
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EVENT: College Bowl DATE: Tuesday, February 12th TIME: 6-8PM LOCATION: TBA CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Registered Honors Students Only
DESCRIPTION: Honors student team competes against other teams in a game of knowledge.
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EVENT: Intramurals
DATE: TIME: Various LOCATION: Various CONTACT: Jimmy Richter (jsrichte@eagle.fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Registered Honors Students Only
DESCRIPTION: The Honors Program fields teams in various intramural sports.
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EVENT: Information on Study Abroad in Brazil DATE: Thursday, January 17th LOCATION: Reed Hall Room 125 CONTACT: Noami Creagan COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Open to all FGCU community members
DESCRIPTION: Information on studying in Brazil in Summer 2008.
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EVENT: Graduate School Night DATE: Monday, January 21st TIME: 5:30 PM LOCATION: Alico Arena Hospitality Suite CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Honors Students Only (feel free to bring a friend) !
DESCRIPTION: Representatives from the fields of medicine, business, sciences, law, criminal forensics, humanities, and business will answer questions and provide insights about graduate school and career choices. Pizza provided.
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EVENT: Washington Center Informational Meeting DATE: Tuesday, January 22nd TIME: 12:30 PM LOCATION: Free Side of the Perch in the Student Union CONTACT: Richard Coughlin (rcougli@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Honors Students
DESCRIPTION: Informational meeting for students interested in an internship in the Washington, D.C. area for Summer 2008.
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EVENT: Training for Homelessness Census DATE: Friday, January 25th TIME: 10-10:45 LOCATION: TBA CONTACT: Tina Gelpi (tgelpi@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Honors Students (feel free to bring a friend) DESCRIPTION: Students will receive training for how to interview homeless individuals for the county-wide census of the homeless. Honors-Event credit given only to students who participate in both the training and the census.
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EVENT: "The Devil Came on Horseback" DATE: Monday, January 28th TIME: 6:00 PM LOCATION: Sugden Welcome Center CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Open to general public
DESCRIPTION: Film and informational night on the genocide in Darfur.
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EVENT: Qallunaat! Why White People are Funny DATE: Thursday, February 7th TIME: 7 PM LOCATION: Sugden Welcome Center CONTACT: Julieth Monroy (amnestyinternational@eagle.fgcu.edu)
DESCRIPTION: Docucomedy in which Inuits look at white people from their point of view.
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EVENT: What Do Professors Want? DATE: Friday, February 8th TIME: 10:00 AM LOCATION: Library Rm 441 CONTACT: Carey Fells (cfells@fgcu.edu) COST: Free OPEN/CLOSED: Honors Students Only
DESCRIPTION: Informal discussion with professors about what professors look for in a good student.
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