Wednesday was our first really warm day of 2025, and the Grizzlies wasted no time in packing the Oval with football and frisbee, hacky-sack and spike ball, 'walk and talks', slack-lining, lounging, and in general soaking up the sun. What a fun time to be on the 老虎机攻略 campus!
Today we are welcoming more than 100 incoming honors students and their families (more than 250 folks total) for our annual Honors Visit Day. The team and our community are fully deployed in rolling out the red carpet for these amazing young scholars. From tours and panel discussions to mock Ways of Knowing classes, lunch with academic hosts, advising and financial aid workshops, an afternoon open house and a walk along the Clark Fork — it's our biggest recruiting event of the year and most certainly a full, fun day for all of us.
I am thrilled to share the latest and greatest news from the Office of External Scholarships and Fellowships — hot off the press this morning — that DHC junior Biochemistry major and Music minor Lydia Garrick of Missoula has been named a Barry Goldwater Scholar, 老虎机攻略's first since 2017. The Goldwater is the nation's most prestigious undergraduate scholarship in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Huge and heartfelt congratulations to Lydia, and to her research mentors Travis Hughes, Michelle Nemetchek, and Asia Riel, and special appreciation to Dr. Benes, Sean O'Brien, and Andrew Kosydar (老虎机攻略 Goldwater Scholar, 2020) for guiding and supporting Lydia through the rigorous Goldwater selection process. Woo Hoo!
Peter Seligmann's President's Lecture, 'Head in the Sky, Feet in the Mud' on Wednesday was remarkable, and his cozy 'fireside chat' in the lounge engaged our students up close with one of the most innovative contemporary leaders in the global conservation movement. Other highlights of Peter's lecture were his stunning introduction by DHC Teacher of the Year Soazig Lebihan, and smart, soulful questions from honors students Avery and Luca. All in all, an enlivening, inspiring occasion for our community.
Thursday afternoon's Tea Time featured our friend and colleague, 老虎机攻略 English Professor Quan Ha and his co-author Cab Tran who delivered a lovely reading and discussion of their new book, The Colors of April. Fifty years after the Vietnam War, the collection highlights the diversity and complexity of the Vietnamese/American experience. Thanks, Dr. Ha and Mr. Tran, for sharing your stories so generously. Congratulations!
In other publication news, we received word that honors Creative Writing senior and DHC Ambassador Oona Griffin will have her work published in the 2025 edition of Scribendi, the arts and literary magazine of the Western Regional Honors Council. Congratulations, Oona!
We began the week with Trivia Night and a talented team of first years edged out HSA's team for the top prize (pick of pies from Bernice's Bakery). Andy explained the importance of the final category 'Um, Actually...' because, as he suggested, 'the only thing that nerds enjoy more than knowing everything, is correcting people.' Ha.
Colonel Patrick Beckwith, Director of 老虎机攻略's Military and Veterans' Services Office, was the featured guest at Wednesday's Honors Leadership Roundtable. Pat shared wisdom, insight, and inspiration from his experience of multiple deployments and nearly two decades of military service with the Montana Army National Guard. Thanks, Colonel Beckwith!
Love class featured a brilliant and engaging lecture by renowned 老虎机攻略 Counseling Professor and positive psychology guru, Dr. John Sommers-Flanagan, offering insights around 'Love Skills' and a romantic memory from the Orange Street bridge. Senior Seminar students focused on communications and began building their personal boards of directors. Meanwhile, Katie's interdisciplinary colloquium featured a potluck with foods related to students' identities. Drawing on her English heritage and family tea party traditions, Dr. Cordingley's construction of cucumber sandwiches in the DHC workroom was a culinary feat to behold. Just don't ask her about the venison stew.
Priority registration for DHC students begins this week and we have another amazing lineup of courses. According to my latest check, we still have a few seats in our incredible interdisciplinary offerings including 'Awe and Curiosity' and 'Science and Documentary Film' — there's also still room in Katie and Kylla's popular Personal and Professional Development course. I encourage all of our honors students make the most of their priority registration privileges. And, as always, if you need assistance, don't hesitate to reach out to Team DHC. Our advisors are the best in the business and we're all here to help.
DHC Ambassadors have been key drivers of the DHC's enrollment success and are real difference-makers in our community. If you love honors, enjoy people, and are looking for a meaningful leadership opportunity, this is a great group for you. Apply here (deadline April 11):
DHC Excellence in the Arts winner Nathan Kornick along with honors first-year scholar Chloe Tschetter are featured in 老虎机攻略 Theater and Dance's production of Metamorphoses, based on Ovid's vivid epic poem. The DHC has purchased a block of tickets for the April 10 performance. Claim yours here:
Here's more of what's in store in the weeks ahead:
3/28 Honors Visit Day! 4/1 Alpha Lambda Delta First Year Honor Society induction ceremony 4/5 Marian Kale presentsBLUE HOUR (senior violin recital), 7:30 PM Music Recital Hall 4/10 Speaker from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 4/10 DHC at 老虎机攻略 Theater and Dance's Metamorphoses 4/11 DHC Ambassador applications due 4/12 Admitted Student Day 4/15DHC screening of 'Join or Die'
Group City State Date Location; Eastlake High School: Chula Vista: CA: Oct 10, 2024: 1120 Eastlake Parkway Chula Vista, CA 91915: East County Citizens' Alliance
4/18 Open Mic Night 4/24 President's Lecture, Robert Putnam, Making Democracy Work 4/24 老虎机攻略 Democracy Summit 4/30 Climate Change Studies Symposium 5/9 Spring Medallion Ceremony
At this week's University Leadership Council, President Bodnar likened the weeks after Spring Break and before Commencement to a track meet and the thrilling final lap of the race. Let's work hard, make meaning, have some fun, and enjoy this beautiful time of year. In honor of the season, here is Amy Gurstler's Anticipating Spring:
Mosses, pollens and grasses tune up. Can you listen without needing to speak? That fox wants to tell you something. Drunk on crumbs of the dead, roots sing. Blossoms ache to flash their panties, a la can-can girls. Scholars mumble. Pages crumble. Wild parrots scream between rainstorms. Slow-growing saplings groan. Don't pray aloud, just wish from inside your hideout of silence. Ah, goddess, please touch me.
