2014 LSA Honors Forum

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THE FORUM

U-M NEWS

Advantage Honors P.2

New President

News from the Honors Community P.6

Mark S. Schlissel

Director’s Letter P.8

On January 24, 2014, the Board of Regents

Donor Appreciation P.14

unanimously voted Mark S. Schlissel, M.D., Ph.D., the 14th president of the University of Michigan. Said Schlissel, “I will bring to Michigan a fierce commitment to the importance of public research universities, a strong personal belief in the ability of

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education to transform lives, and the understanding that

South Quad Grand Opening: A New Look for an Old Favorite The much-anticipated Grand Opening of South Quad, with its new amenities and meeting areas, was celebrated on October 1, 2014, including food, music, and guest speakers. HRA Fahad Sarvari took the podium prior to President Schlissel, describing the state-of-the art dining facilities, with restaurant-style food selections such as Smoke (offering southwestern barbeque) and Toast (always breakfast), and open-air gathering spaces, but remained focused on the actual community residing within the hall. Former residents will note a change in the façade, which features an accessibility ramp. Upon visiting, they may also notice that the old basketball court now sports multiple bike racks for residents, while bike rental racks are available on the west end of the building. Honors is pleased to be back in the renovated hall, after a year in West Quad.

Clockwise: View into dining space. Senior Advisor Henry Dyson with President Schlissel. HRA Fahad Sarvari at the podium. HRAs Lilia Bouzit, Ian Schonman, and Erin Gray. New South Quad façade. [Photos & article: Jeri Preston]

excellence and diversity are inextricably linked.”

Victors For Michigan Gearing up for the University of Michigan’s bicentennial, which we’ll celebrate in 2017, U-M currently endeavors to raise $4B for a three-pronged campaign.

Our priorities are (1) student support, (2) engaged learning, and (3) bold ideas.

Learn more about how you can impact these strategy areas by visiting: leadersandbest.umich.edu and clicking Victors for Michigan.

New for F14: Honors Core Curriculum The Honors Program has embarked upon the creation of a new Core Curriculum for its first- and second-year students.

Designed specifically for Honors students by innovative faculty, the Honors Core Curriculum provides rigorous, widereaching introductory courses across the three academic divisions in LSA: the Natural Sciences (NS), the Social Sciences (SS), and the Humanities (HU). The Honors Core builds on the fine tradition of our historic Great Books course, which remains a Core course in the Humanities.

The Core extends to other academic areas the many strengths of Great Books: fundamental content, critical analysis, excellent instruction in writing, and social bonding. The Core will also provide opportunities for interaction between students and faculty in its various courses through electronic media, virtual meetings, and occasional symposia.

Because Honors students take Core courses in both first and second years, they have added opportunities to form study groups and friendships more broadly across the Program.

Core courses, specially designed by faculty for Honors, will be extradisciplinary – intended to expose

students to scholarship across the entire division, rather than in a single discipline.

They are intended to give students an opportunity to ponder meta-questions while investigating some of the most important issues in these areas. We want these courses to be some of the most exciting courses that Honors students take during their time at Michigan.

These courses do not add to graduation requirements; rather, they shape how students meet area distribution and, in some courses, the First Year Writing Requirement.

Four Core courses are being offered this semester. Great Books continues to thrive under Professor Donald Sells’ leadership. “Great Performances,” taught

by Professor Yopie Prins, is an introduction to performance in music, theater, dance and related arts; the course focuses on specific works performed on campus, while also exploring the relation between tradition and innovation in performing “great” works, and asking what makes a “great” performance. In our third Humanities course, “The West after 1492,” Professor Scotti Parrish offers an interdisciplinary (Continued on page 3)

Winter Wonderland?

U-M Cancels Classes First Time Since 1978, Sees Record Snowfall With a reported temperature of –30 degrees, the Ann Arbor campus closed for classes on January 28 due to hazardous conditions, the first time since 1978. School authorities were concerned for students waiting at bus stops and walking in the frigid temps. While some felt that dressing appropriately for the weather would alleviate risks, most enjoyed the day inside. By the “thundersnow” forecast in late February, all agreed that the season had extended long past its welcome, but relief was not in sight. Mid-March the snowfall record was broken, with a whopping 71.8 inches (a normal season is 37.9 inches) fallen. [Jeri Preston]

HRAs Host Diversity Monologues

ADVANTAGE HONORS

As the lights dimmed in the basement of Literati Bookstore, a local independent bookseller (a “treasure”) on the corner of East Washington and South 4th Streets, three Honors Resident Advisors (HRAs) began to set the stage for the final event in the Diversity Monologues series.

H135 Course Allows Students to Study Illness Narratives Recent Honors graduate Trisha Paul (BS English, 2014) arrived at U-M with wide-ranging interests - medicine, literature, dance and a focused determination to attend medical school. While working as a volunteer at UMHS in Pediatric Oncology, she began to explore the concept of wellness and healing through documenting patients’ feelings, their perspectives, their “untold stories and unheard lives.”

Through two English courses, Introduction to Poetry and

Autism, Culture & Representation, she began to examine medical humanities where culture and society intersects with literature and language - by creating an illness narrative. Utilizing an Honors Research Grant, Paul sat down with children with cancer, asking them to draw, write, and speak about their experiences in order to help other patients with similar diagnoses.

This unconventional approach led directly to her research for her Honors senior thesis Chronicling

Childhood Cancer: Illuminating the Illness Experience through Narrative.

From there, with support from Honors, English, and the UMMS Department of Pediatrics, she applied to instruct an Honors 135 called Grand

Rounds: Exploring the Literary Symptoms of Illness through Narrative during her final semester.

Students in the class learned about her project, going on to interview and chronicle someone in their own circle, from grandmothers to cousins, sometimes even sharing their own personal experience, as did one student with a skin pigment disorder. The artwork, top right,

by Lauren Heinonen, is a result of one participant’s interview with her cousin regarding his autism.

Sitting by a lake together, Heinonen asked her cousin if he found it beautiful. “No,” he said.

“It seems chaotic. I wonder about the depth of the water, the speed of the clouds, the fish that swim where I can’t see, the number of grains on the beach. So I try to

count it and measure it.” The grid paper and compass within the bucket identified his need to quantify to create order.

Says Paul, “Take any classes that pique your interest.

Exploring them is the best way to find what you want to do.

U-M and Honors support interdisciplinary endeavors, so boldly go and pursue your passions.”

This fall, Paul’s work appeared in a book published by Michigan Publishing. She shares her work and insights on the WordPress Blog illnessnarratives.com, featuring her choreography as a tribute to teenager Zach Sobiech, his music, and his fight with cancer. Paul’s future includes medical school here at U-M, where she’ll pursue the healing relationship with “real humans at the point of clinical encounters.”

[Jeri Preston]

Since August, HRAs Alexa Wright, Brianna Kovan and Harleen Kaur had been planning a series that they hoped would speak to the lack of diversity in voices and narratives on campus and within the Honors program.

The open mic series would take form with performances, songs, videos, and dialogue.

Through the new Diversity Monologues, the three wanted to create space for awareness -building and relationships that would allow these conversations to continue beyond the event, eventually leading to action. Thus, the events focused on three topics that were relevant on campus this year: race, gender, and the identity of a Michigan “Victor.”

With the #BBUM (Beyond Black at the University of Michigan) campaign, a continuing rise in sexual assault rates on college campuses, and the launch of the Victor Campaign, these

topics were on the minds of students, faculty, and Ann Arbor residents.

For Wright, a Diversity Monologues series was the perfect way to create positive conversation about these incidents. “We thought this would be a great, creative way for students to express their thoughts, and we really wanted to tie it in to what it means to be here at the University.”

That it was. Although the second event was cancelled due to inclement weather (somewhat inevitable with the weather we survived in Ann Arbor this year), the first and third events – “Words on Race” and “Words from a ‘Victor’” respectively – were huge successes. Each packed the basement of Literati with people filling all the seats and continuing to stand in the back of the room and up the stairs in order to watch the performances. Both events featured on campus A Cappella groups, and also brought in videos on the topic that allowed audience members to place the topics in a national conversation, as well.

The final event, “Words from ‘Victors,’” featured the performances of many HRAs and

Honors residents. Honors resident Rachael Lacey fought back against gender norms while HRA Essie Shachar-Hill discussed the need to address the lack of awareness about mental health. Students spoke bravely about their experiences at Michigan, but also encouraged healthy changes in campus climate.

In this quiet place, the Diversity Monologues provided a safe space for dialogue, connection, and reflection. Although the event was planned for and by Honors, the event reached many outside of the Honors program and was featured in The Michigan Daily and other campus news media as a groundbreaking program.

With last year’s success, Kaur hopes to continue the series with other HRAs this year, and also hopes the event becomes a staple of the Honors program.

“Although we were able to start these conversations over this past year, they certainly are ones that we should continue to have within the Honors community. We are a group of individuals interested in learning beyond the classroom, and with learning, a diversity of experiences.”

[Harleen Kaur, HRA]

Basement of Literati Bookstore for Diversity Monologues

Photos from Senior Slide Show Graduation @ Crisler Sport Center June 2014

Photos: Jeri Preston 2

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Honors Graduates for Winter 2014 Honors W14 Graduating Class: 296|9.5% of the entire LSA graduating class Top Ten Majors: 10. Biochemistry (8) 9. Anthropology (11) 8. Cellular & Molecular Biology (13) 7. Neuroscience (14) 6. Biopsychology, Cognition & Neuroscience (15) 5. English (16) 4. Mathematics (17) 3. Political Science (19) 2. History (21) 1. Psychology (33) Other Grad Stats: 7 perfect (4.0) GPAs Average GPA 3.739

Honors continues to celebrate its donors— both friends and alumni.

The awards, prizes, programs, and services we offer are directly attributable to you. We thank you sincerely.

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32.1% of our graduates double -majored 40.9% of our graduates had at least one minor

D. Bartels, Nancy R. Bartlett, David F.

Degrees with Distinction: 91 Distinction 62 High Distinction, 40 Highest Distinction

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Fund, Adam J. Rubinstein, Jason Ryu, Brian

Paul W. Goldstein, Google, Inc., Cheryl

T. Saam, Dan B. Saferstein, Ann K. Sakai,

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work took place, along with

the tongue (see photo below).

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opportunities with Honors

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Mathie, Myra K. Harper, Robin L. Harrison,

Janice M. Schryer, Robert B. Schumer,

Research Grants, as Maggie

fellow diver Alison Gould, as

photos on the right.

Christopher C. Hayward, Joan S.

Maryellen D. Scott, Thomas C. Scott,

Grundler can attest. This

they collected long-spined sea

[Jeri Preston]

Hellmann, Michael S. Herman, David A.

Suzanne K. Sebert, Alyssa M. Shaffer, Ann

summer, Grundler sent in

urchins, with which their study

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Shapiro, Mary B. Shapiro, Elvera B.

photos from her trip to Sesoko

fish, Siphamia tubifer,

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associates.

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Research Center at the

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Schwartz Charitable Fund, Devan J. Sipher,

University of Ryukyu in

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Diane M. Istvan, Alan D. Jacknow, Kate

Michael D. Sitrin, Robert A. Sklar,

and John Jacobs Charitable Fund, Pamela

Christopher Skorina, Christopher A. Smith,

Okinawa, Japan. Featured here

growth on the tubifer in the

S. Jacobson, Mark J. Jaffe, Jennifer C.

Jeffrey R. Smith, Paul P. Spaulding,

are the reefs where collection

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Terry S. Stein, Mitchell Stengel, Joan K.

Laura Klarman, Judith G. and James P.

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Courtney Weber & Sepideh Ashrafzadeh on the Diag

Diving into Honors Research Grants

HONORS CORE CURRICULUM introduction to the history, and especially the cultures, of Europe and North America after Columbus’ accidental arrival in the western hemisphere: as the “old worlds” gradually died, a challenging, new “modern” world slowly came into being through a vast movement of peoples, diseases, and ideas across the Atlantic. This course examines that disruptive emergence. The fourth Core course offered this fall is a Natural Science course taught by our Director, Tim McKay; he first taught this course in the fall of 2013 as a pilot for the Core program. Entitled “Deep Time,” this course explores what science has taught about the origin of—well, everything. Beginning

Where in the world are Honors students going with Research Grants?

Ann Soliman, Morroco

[C o n ti n u e d f r o m p a g e 1 ]

about 200 years ago with the gradual discovery of the age of the Earth, the course continues through today’s latest findings about the origins of life and the Earth, using the tools of science: careful observation, creative inference, and skeptical challenge of conventional views.

More courses are in development. In the Winter term, Professor Jim Adams of Economics will teach a broad-ranging analysis of the historical development and theoretical strengths and weaknesses of “Capitalisms” around the world. Next year, we anticipate courses in Biology with Professor Trisha Wittkopp, Political Science with Professor Mika

LaVaque-Manty, and Philosophy with Professor Sarah Buss.

This is an exciting development in Honors course offerings for firstand second-years students.

Of course Honors students will continue to build their strengths and explore their interests in Honors courses offered in departments across the College, and we’ll continue to offer specialized seminars that examine issues in depth. The new Honors Core endeavors to give students new experiences in discovering the long view, the wide perspective, and the important implications of major areas of knowledge.

Preeta Gupta Scientista Sypmosium, Toledo, OH

Tesneem Alkiek Granada, Spain

Kaitlin Ma Pantanal, Brazil

[Donna Wessel Walker]

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Robert Hayden Humanities Prize: Leila Pastore, Philosophy.

Pastore is now enrolled in the Law School at Michigan.

LUNCH WITH HONORS 2013-2014 Arts & Cultures

Arthur Miller Creative Arts Prize: Olivia Postelli, English.

Postelli is currently working in the non-profit sector in Chicago.

Pearl & the Beard: indie band presented by Jeff May [Honors alum]. pearlandthebeard.com

David Zinn: ephemeral artist [UM alum]. zinnart.com

Jerome and Isabella Karle Prize for Natural Sciences: Joshua Kurtz, Chemistry. Kurtz currently teaches MCAT prep courses for Princeton Review and is applying to MD-Ph.D. programs.

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Hilary Lowe and Mike Gustafson: co-owners of Literati Bookstore. literatibookstore.com

Rebecca Davis: bringing dance to children in war zones [UM alum].

See related article on Tessa Adzemovic. rebeccadavisdance.com 3

Marshall Nirenberg Prize in Life Sciences: Hannah Reses, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Reses is currently pursuing a Masters of Public Health at Emory University.

Rob Drummond: Bullet Catch and performance art/ the art of performance. 1 Alex Stone: the science of magic. 4

Social & Political Issues

Stephen Smale Prize in Mathematical Sciences: Elliot Wells, Mathematics. Wells is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Mathematics at Brown.

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Ken Buckfire: Detroit bankruptcy [Honors alum].

Dr. Timothy Johnson: 50 years after Roe v. Wade [Honors alum and UM pro-

Marshall Sahlins Social Science Prize: Jiaxin Huang, Asian Languages and Cultures. This fall she started medical school at University of Michigan.

fessor].

Elizabeth Armstrong: social class on campus, author of Paying for the Party [UM professor].

Gerald Ford Public Policy and Service Prize: Rachel Hampton, Political Science. Hampton is currently pursuing a J.D. at Michigan Law.

Petra Bartosiewicz: covering terrorism trials [Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow].

Susan Murphy: innovations in Biostatistics for patient care [UM professor and MacArthur Fellow]. 2

Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Prize: Courtney Weber, Anthropology. This year Weber is working at the East Bay Community Law Center in Berkeley, CA.

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Lisa Harris: bioethics and reproductive rights [UM professor].

Howard Leaner: environmental activism [Honors alum].

Campus Questions

Sidney Fine Teaching Award:

Mark Jaffe: medical school admissions trends [UM alum].

Mikel Haggadone, Molecular,

Jacques Mistral: real world connections for the liberal arts [Honors DeRoy

Biology. Haggadone is

Cellular, and Developmental currently pursuing a Ph.D. in

Visiting Professor].

immunology at Stanford.

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[Donna Wessel Walker]

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Photos: Jacquelyn Turkovich

[Henry Dyson]

Honors welcomes new advisor!

In December 2013 the Honors Program welcomed Dr. Stephanie Chervin to our staff to fill a new advisor position specializing in prehealth advising.

Dr. Chervin earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry at Michigan, followed by a series of postdocs and research work in the private sector; she had been a pre-health advisor in LSA’s Newnan Advising Center for three years before joining Honors.

In addition to doing general advising, Stephanie offers specialty advising for students considering medicine and other health professions and gives information sessions and workshops on everything from big ideals to practical needs. We’re delighted to have Stephanie with us!

[Donna Wessel Walker]

LSA HONORS Director Timothy A. McKay Associate Director Donna Wessel Walker Assistant Director Gayle Green Senior Advisor Henry Dyson Senior Advisor Stephanie Chervin Academic Advisor John Cantú Office Manager Vicki Davinich Academic Auditor Jacquelyn Turkovich Communications| Student Services Jeri Preston Program Assistant Mariam Negaran Honors Preceptor Mary L. Shelly

Pre-med Stats for Honors Medicine is a strong career focus among Honors students: 41% of our incoming students express an interest in a pre-health career. With the leadership of our new advisor (see column to left), Honors is able to provide these students with pre-health specific programming and advising. Interesting statistics for Honors students who matriculated at medical school in 2014: 

81% of Honors Program graduates who applied to MD programs gained admission. The total U-M graduate acceptance rate is 55%; the national MD acceptance rate is 43%.

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The largest group of Honors alums (21%) went to Michigan Medical School; the next largest cohort went to Wayne State (13%).

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About 50% of our applicants took a gap year between undergraduate studies and medical school.

Contact Information LSA Honors Program 1330 Mason Hall 419 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1027 Phone: 734.764.6274 Email: honors.alum@umich.edu Web: www.lsa.umich.edu/honors Regents of the University Mark J. Bernstein, Farmington Hills Julie Donovan Darlow, Ann Arbor Laurence B. Deitch, Detroit Shauna Ryder Diggs, Grosse Pointe Denise Ilitch, Birmingham Andrea Fischer Newman, Detroit Andrew C. Richner, Detroit Kathrine E. White, Ann Arbor Mark S. Schlissel, President (ex-officio) The University of Michigan, as an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of Michigan is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the Senior Director for Institutional Equity, and Title IX/Section 504/ADA Coordinator, Office for Institutional Equity, 2072 Administrative Services Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 481091432, 734-763-0235, TTY 734-647-1388. For other University of Michigan information call 734-7641817.

[Stephanie Chervin]

Pictured: 2014 Grad Xiao Wang, M1 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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Engelman: Winner of National Geographic Award Senior Charlie Engelman recently won the National Geographic Channel’s Expedition Granted contest. The Braunstein Honors Fund recipient will receive $50,000 to develop 20-30 short, science-based online videos, with explorations spanning a climb in the California redwoods to flying a paramotor (a motorized, steerable paraglider).

Engelman’s project proposal was chosen over 700 competitors, receiving a majority of nearly 400,000 votes cast.

Finalists were chosen based on “the projects’ originality, ability to make an impact on the local and/or global community, and viability.”

Engelman’s project is called “Get Pumped About Nature!” Learn more at “World By Charlie” (http:// www.youtube.com/user/ WorldByCharlie).

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for their summer trip to do community health work in South Africa: Rachel Connolly, Rachel Donabedian, Erin Gray, Clare McLaughlin, Madeleine Ordway, and Katherine Plumley.

Honors Research and Travel Grant Recipients and Scholarship Winners Because of generous gifts we are able to provide some support to Honors students for their research and travel for study abroad or research trips. Last year we distributed a total of $27,443 to 58 Honors students travelling around the world, presenting their papers at professional academic conferences, or conducting important research here in Ann Arbor.

We would like to especially celebrate the following scholarships and their recipients for the 2013-14 year.

Wang-Gerber Honors Scholarship for Study Abroad: Given by Julia Wang and Peter Gerber. Recipients: Elisabeth Kryska, Stephanie Leitzel, Anna Heim, and Bryan Frederick. Honors students in Prof. Barbara Anderson’s “Health and Population in South Africa” (Sociology 230) course also received support from the Wang-Gerber fund

Braunstein Honors Fund: Given by Samara H. Braunstein. Recipients: Aashna Sunderrajan, Daniel Szvarca, Katherine Coppess, Katherine Brill, Eli Cornblath, Ashley Weber, Shoko Mori, Hayley Sakwa, Christina Naegeli, Anna Clinger, Kaitlin Ma, and Charles Engelman.

Kennedy Research Awards and Student Global Experience Fund: Given by John P. Kennedy. Recipients: Tesneem Alkiek, In Taek Yeo, Preeta Gupta, Theo Schear, and Vincent Longo.

Hellmann Family Endowment: Given by Joan Hellmann.

Recipients: Ann Soliman, Maggie Grundler, and Francine Penikis.

The Otto Graf Scholarship: The Otto Graf Honors Scholarship commemorates the contributions of our first Director. Recipients are selected from an extremely competitive pool of worthy candidates for work that most fully exemplifies the educational ideals of the Honors Program. The 2014 Otto Graf Scholars are Meg Scribner and Ana Guay.

Scribner is a double Honors major in Political Science and Women’s Studies; she also is

a leader in the Coalition for Tuition Equality, Michigan Democrats, and the campus chapter of the ACLU. Guay is a highly decorated Honors Classics major, having won several Phillips Translation Prizes for both Greek and Latin. She is a 2014 Marshall Scholarship nominee and is teaching an Honors 135 minicourse on Homer’s catalogue of ships in the Iliad.

The Morris and Lola Wasserstein Scholarships: Morris and Lola Wasserstein Scholarships, given by Honors alumnus Bruce Wasserstein, provide support for Honors students who write for the Michigan Daily.

This year’s recipients were Carlina Duan, Katherine Steen, John Bohn, Austen Hufford, Yardain Amron, Hillary Crawford, Max Radwin, Meaghan Thompson, Thomas McBrien, and Omar Mahmood.

[Henry Dyson]

Photos: Francine Penekis, Pantanal, Brazil (top).

Bryan Frederick, La Laguna, Tenerife (bottom).

GOLDWATER AND ASTRONAUT WINNERS Michigan continues to enjoy outstanding success in winning Goldwater Scholarships, the top undergraduate award for students pursuing STEM research careers. Michigan is currently tied with Cornell for 8th on the national list with 63 Goldwater scholars over the past 25 years.

Even more remarkable is the string of Goldwater Scholars from U-M’s Math Department, which has enjoyed at least one scholarship winner in every year but one since 2002.

That streak was continued this year by Joseph Richey from Parkville, MO. A double major in Honors Mathematics and Computer Science, Richey won this prestigious award while just a sophomore.

Created in 1987 to honor the Mercury 7 astronauts, the Astronaut Scholarship shares the Goldwater’s mission of promoting the early careers of future researchers in various STEM fields. An Honorable Mention in this year’s Goldwater competition, Nirbhay Jain of Toledo, OH was one of two U-M winners of the Astronaut Scholarship. Jain

is currently a senior in Honors Chemistry applying for MD-PhD programs to pursue biophysics research in medicine.

The LSA Honors Program partners with the new College of Engineering Honors Program in recruiting nominees for these top STEM scholarships. We are proud to celebrate Aaron Priluck’s Goldwater and Astronaut Scholarships as well.

Priluck is a senior in Chemical Engineering and plans a biomedical research career.

U-M’S FIRST BEINECKE SCHOLAR SINCE 2006 Stephanie Leitzel of Romeo, MI became U-M’s first Beinecke Scholar since 2006. Established in 1971 to honor the legacies of Edwin, Frederick, and Walter Beinecke of Yale University, the scholarship provides financial aid for students in the humanities and social sciences. Leitzel is currently writing her Honors thesis in History on Celtic identity in the late middle ages.

Having already studied in Scotland, she is U-M’s nominee for the Mitchell Scholarship to continue her studies in Ireland after graduation.

KATHRYN DAVIS PROJECTS FOR PEACE Zeinab Khalil of Toledo, OH won a $10,000 grant from Kathryn Davis Projects for Peace to work with Syrian refugee women in Istanbul, Turkey. Khalil was a featured speaker at this year’s Honors graduation ceremony, having double majored in Honors International Studies and Middle Eastern and North African Studies. She served as president of the U-M Muslim Student Association, and worked with human rights organizations in Egypt and at the Century Foundation in New York. Khalil is one of U-M’s nominees for the 2014 Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships.

2014 National Scholarship Winners

FULBRIGHT AND NSF GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP WINNERS Fulbright is the premier international scholarship offered by the U. S. State Department. In 2013 we counted seven Fulbright Scholars among our recent graduates: Kevin Binder (Honors Psychology and International Studies 2013 Turkey), Stephanie Chen (Honors Environment and EEB 2012 - China), James Hammond (Honors History and Microbiology 2013 Ghana), Conor Lane (Continued on page 10)

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News from the Honors Community Program notes from an HRA

Honors Program Award & Scholarship Winners

This has been a year of change for Honors Housing with the closing of South Quad for a year-long renovation. We packed up, hauled boxes across East Madison, and re-claimed a new space for our community: West Quad. As we worked together to make West Quad our own, we explored other spaces as well – both on and off campus. Here is a brief list of highlights from Honors Housing during the 2013-14 academic year.

The Campus Corner The University of Michigan is as vibrant as ever with a slew of cultural events and exciting gathering places. Catering to Honors residents’ interests, the HRAs planned trips to numerous University Musical Society (UMS) events, including Grammy-winner Joshua Bell and the School of Music Theater and Dance’s spring production of Les Miserables. As part of the Martin Luther King Day lineup, the HRAs hosted their annual discussion, “Your Role in Social Change.” This event serves to spark conversation among both campus- and Ann Arbor- community members about ways to enact

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social change locally. Of course, the year wouldn’t have been complete without an ice skating night at Yost Ice Area.

Explore Ann Arbor This year, the HRAs focused event planning around the local gems in Ann Arbor.

These events introduced incoming Honors students to Ann Arbor, a place near and dear to our hearts. Residents attended the annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival, saw a comedy show at The Ark, tasted delicious gelato from Iorio’s, and listened to slam poetry during the “Diversity Monologues” at Literati Bookstore. While this is just a sample of what Ann Arbor has to offer, Honors Housing interacted with the city more than ever before!

Dive into Detroit Honors students also visited historic gathering places in and around the Motor City

during the 2013-14 year. To pay homage to the city’s automobile history, students attended the famous Detroit Auto show in January. They attended Miss Saigon at the beautiful Fisher Theater. Hockey fans visited the Joe Louis Arena to cheer on the Red Wings in their shoot-out victory over the Capitals. For out-of -state students, these multiple trips offered a first glimpse into this city space.

Overall, the 2013-14 academic year was a busy one for Honors Housing. As we return to South Quad, we’re excited to boast the largest returning class in the history of the Honors Program! After a year of exploring new spaces and communities, we are taking that adventurous spirit back to our original home. We visited, we interacted, and we had fun – lots of it!

Honors Housing is the place (and space) to be.

[Brianna Kovan, HRA]

Photos from top: Second City at The Ark, Book Store Tour of Ann Arbor, Last Days at Blimpy Burger, and Studying for Great Books

Through generous donations from our alumni, we are able to recognize the accomplishments of our most outstanding graduates. Each year the Voss, Goldstein, and Kennedy Awards are presented to top students at a special awards ceremony before Graduation. This year we added a new award, the Terrence McDonald Award for Archival Research, given by Honors alumnus, John Rapaport in honor of the outgoing LSA Dean.

Virginia Voss Awards: The Voss Awards are given by the family of this Honors alumna in recognition of fine writing in academic, creative, and journalistic work.

Creative Writing Award: Julianne Potter, Creative Writing and Literature program in the Residential College. She is currently living in Cleveland, her hometown, pursuing philanthropic work.

version of her thesis was recently published as Chronicling

Childhood Cancer: A Collection of Personal Stories by Children and Teens with Cancer and is

commercially available. Paul gave a reading of her book at Literati Bookstore in September.

Emily Riippa, History. Riippa is now a graduate student in U-M’s School of Information.

Alyssa Slayton, Anthropology.

Academic Writing Award: Eliana Fenyes, History. Fenyes currently lives in Boston and is pursuing a Masters in Library and Information Science.

Kennedy Awards: The Kennedy Awards are supported by generous donations from Honors alumnus, John P. Kennedy, in honor of his parents.

Julia Gantman, English. She is currently living in northern California volunteering with Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms.

Patricia Kennedy Award for the study of English literature: Ryan Zaluzec. A dual degree graduate in music performance (clarinet), Zaluzec is currently pursuing a PhD in English Literature at Princeton.

Grace Goudiss, History. She currently lives and works in New York City.

Julia Hickey, Anthropology.

Hickey currently lives and works in Ann Arbor.

Elise Huerta, Asian Languages and Cultures. Huerta currently teaches high school English in Shanghai, China.

Trisha Paul, English. A revised

John J. Kennedy Award for literary scholarship and creative writing in poetry and prose: Samuel Walker, English, Creative Writing Program.

McDonald Award: New this year, the Terrence McDonald Award for Archival Research honors the many contributions made by Thurnau Professor of History,

former LSA Dean, and current Director of the Bentley Historical Museum, Terrence McDonald. This year’s award was given by Honors alumnus John Rapaport, who wrote his own thesis under Prof.

McDonald’s direction. The award went to Cameryn Clark, who made extensive use of UM archival collections in her Anthropology thesis. Clark is currently pursuing a Masters in Material Culture and Artefact Study at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

Goldstein Prizes: Since 2002 the Honors Program has given awards to outstanding graduating seniors with generous support from the Goldstein family: Ellen, Joseph, Paul, and Laura. The Goldstein Prizes reward excellence in nine areas: humanities, creative arts, physical sciences, life sciences, mathematical sciences, social sciences, public policy and service, humanitarianism, and teaching. The prizes are named for distinguished U-M alumni and associates in these areas.

Photos: Jacquelyn Turkovich

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National Scholarship Winners Continued

Honors Alumni Bookshelf Each year, we continue to expand our Honors Alumni Bookshelf. We were able to add more than a dozen new titles to our shelves in 2014.

Our latest acquisition is a book written by recent alumna, Trisha Paul (BS 2014, English), titled

Chronicling Childhood Cancer: A Collection of Personal Stories by Children and Teens with Cancer. Paul is now a medical student at U-M Medical School (see companion story on page 2).

While we are glad we were able to add so many titles this past year, we are always interested in adding even more. If you are published, we would like to know about it, so that we can include your book on the Honors Alumni Bookshelf. Please contact Jacquelyn Turkovich at jacqzac@umich.edu with your publication information.

[Jacquelyn Turkovich]

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(Honors Latin American and Caribbean Studies, History, and Spanish 2013 - Colombia), Amre Metwally (History and Middle Eastern and North African Studies 2013 - Turkey), Kristin Schroeder (Honors German and Arts and Ideas 2009 - Germany), Cydney Seigerman (Honors Chemistry and Spanish 2013 - Spain).

The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships go to top STEM PhD students in various fields.

This year 11 Honors students received these prestigious fellowships: Lisa Barrett (Evolutionary Anthropology 2013, now at Rice), Alex Carney (Mathematics 2012, Marshall Scholar, now at Stanford), Adam Dingens (Microbiology 2013, now at the University of Washington), Aaron Goodman (Chemistry 2012, now at MIT), Jonathon Hunacek (Physics and Astronomy 2013, now at Cal Tech), Judy Jinn (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2012, now at Cal Berkeley), Elizabeth Keenan (Chemistry 2013, now at UNC Chapel Hill), Molly Logue (Mathematics 2014, now at Wisconsin - Madison), Tanvi Ratani (Chemistry 2012, now at Cal Tech), Caitlin Vander Weele (Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience 2011, now at MIT), Cassondra Vernier (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2012, now at Washington University Medical School in St. Louis).

[Henry Dyson]

During the summer of 2014 we had the pleasure of working with our fifth cohort of Honors Summer Fellows.

Drawn from disciplines across the liberal arts, this year’s research topics ranged from how we avoid distraction, the impact of fresh water microbes on the carbon cycle, to the role of women in Christianizing Viking-age Sweden, to the genetic adaptations of high altitude human populations in Peru and Nepal. The HSF program remains at the heart of Honors support for upper division students.

Throughout the summer, we met regularly as a group, both to discuss our research projects and to learn about research, writing, and academic lives. Highlights included the kickoff camping trip (there’s nothing like two days of intensive research discussions in the woods), visits with a dozen senior faculty members, realizing that there will never be enough time for research and writing, and making ‘three minute thesis’ presentations in the university’s podcasting studios. Now that the summer is done, our HSF students are deep into thesis writing: we can’t wait to read the scholarship they’ll produce by the spring.

[Tim McKay] HSF Summer Camp. Photos by Courtney Weber

The Honors Calendar

First Year Book: Men We Reaped

Graduation at Crisler

by Jesmyn Ward

Honors graduation ceremonies took place at Crisler Center on May 2, 2014. Prior to the ceremony, guests and family enjoyed a jumbotron slide show of over 250 photos submitted by the graduating class, and enjoyed a student procession as the class entered and took their seats.

Men We Reaped is a memoir writ-

Key note speaker, Trisha Wittkopp* (Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and of Molecular,

Cellular, and Developmental Biology, and Honors Alum (BS Cellular and Molecular Biology, 1997)) addressed the class, as did student speakers Rachel Hampton (BA Political Science), Zeinab Khalil (BA International Studies) and Raymond Strobel (BS Chemistry).

ten by Jesmyn Ward, a graduate of UM’s MFA program; her previous book, Salvage the Bones, won the National Book Award in 2011. This book is the story of Ward’s own life, intertwined with the stories of five young men dear to her who died in tragic circumstances, all in

Presiding over roll call and the presentation of certificates were Professor Timothy McKay and Associate Director Donna Wessel Walker.

a span of a mere four years. Ms. Ward tackles a number of issues, including racism, masculinity, and poverty, but filters it all through .

the lens of her own life experiences. It is a fascinating, provocative

Kickoff at Hill Auditorium On Friday, August 29, Honors welcomed the Class of 2018 for a day of activities with a Kickoff breakfast on Ingalls Mall.

Nearly 400 first-year students assembled in Hill Auditorium, as Professor James Kibbie, University Organist and Chair of the Organ Department in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, played Widor’s Organ Symphony No. 5, and led us in singing The Yellow and Blue, and The Victors.

book, full of the kind of scholarly thought that we want to immerse

Director Tim McKay welcomed the group to historic Hill.

Professors Anne Gere and Alford A. Young remarked on the Summer Book, Men We Reaped (see right). The class assembled for group book discussion and lunch, then joined teams for an all-campus photo scavenger hunt orchestrated by the Honors RAs. The day ended with ice cream under the tent on Ingalls Mall.

our students in. It is also a book that we think you’ll enjoy reading for its own sake, as we in Honors did. As always, we used the book as the basis of the morning’s activities during Honors Kickoff. We were fortunate to have with us two distinguished faculty members to discuss the book: Alford Young of Sociology gave a sociopolitical perspective, and Anne Gere of English and the Sweetland Writing Center pointed to the powerful

Parents Weekend: John U. Bacon Students and families had barely said goodbye when we welcomed them back to campus for Parents Weekend, Friday September 19.

Guests gathered in Angell Hall to hear speaker John U. Bacon* speak on the importance of collegiate sports. The Honors Alum (BA History, 1986) also encouraged students to

emotional effects created by the author’s stylistic choices. Our students’ re-

complete their thesis work, sharing his personal success with the capstone project and its impact on his career.

Following the talk, faculty and staff met attenders in the Perlman Honors Commons for light refreshments and a book signing by Bacon.

sponses to this book and the faculty talks were overwhelmingly positive, leading to many en-

*See Alumni Profiles on the Honors website.

gaging and productive conversaCalendar articles: Jeri Preston Photos 3,5,6: Jacquelyn Turkovich

tions at this year’s Honors Kickoff event.

[Gayle Green]

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effort to encompass the entire 13.8 billion year drama.

A letter from the Director

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As an astrophysicist, I have spent decades trying to comprehend scale. The Earth is dauntingly large, the solar system enormous, the Milky Way colossal, and the universe cosmic. Holding billions of galaxies in mind while retaining the glorious individuality of each – right down to its stars, planets, and billions of human lives – requires imaginative powers I have struggled for decades to develop. So far, I have failed.

But as with so many things, the effort brings the reward. This fall I am sharing some of the fruits of this imaginative effort with first year students in a new Honors Core course called

Deep Time: The Science of Origins. In it, we explore

several centuries of efforts to comprehend the origins of the Earth, life, and the universe, stretching our minds in an

Imaginative work is always generative, and these efforts to wrap my mind around the cosmos pay off here on campus too. One of the defining features of the University of Michigan is scale.

We educate tens of thousands of students in thousands of courses. While the Honors Program provides a smaller community within the universe that is Michigan, it is still large.

At any time, the Honors staff works to provide personal attention to each of our 1800 students. We are reminded of the scale and sweep of this task at collective events like Honors kickoff and the opening celebration for the newly remodeled South Quad dining facility. Holding thousands of students in our minds and providing for their collective needs while still attending to the glorious individuality of each is perhaps Michigan’s greatest challenge as an educational institution.

My personal encounters with Honors students begin at summer orientation, during which I meet for an hour with every group of incoming students. This is my one chance to talk with them all, to hear about their backgrounds and goals as we try to imagine together what the coming four years might bring. Through the year, I get to know hundreds of students in my courses.

Reading their work and interacting with them in discussion gives me the chance to know them more deeply. Over the summers, I spend much of my time working with the Honors Summer Fellows. Working with these advanced students as they develop their theses provides me with my most intense window into the lives of Honors students.

Every student in Honors should engage deeply with the educational opportunities the universe of Michigan provides. To make that happen, the Honors staff must be able to comprehend the whole, creating an environment where thousands can thrive.

Our new Honors Core curriculum represents a major effort to ensure that the program writ large can serve the needs of a large and diverse student body.

The Core provides an array of remarkable new courses intending to knit together

the intellectual experience of all of our students.

At the same time, we must attend to the unique needs of each student, helping them to recognize how the scale which makes Michigan daunting also provides a place for everyone. The exceptional academic advising provided by Honors staff makes this happen.

So here is my challenge for you. When you think about the Honors program, imagine the rich complexity of a four-year undergraduate experience as a student. Perhaps reflect on your own. Try to draw forth some details: thousands of class meetings of dozens of courses, clubs joined and

Holding thousands of students in our minds and providing for their collective needs while still attending to the glorious individuality of each is perhaps Michigan’s greatest challenge as an educational institution. —Professor McKay Honors advisors share their decades of experience with each student, whether selecting their first courses, defining a personalized major, finding a thesis advisor, preparing for medical school, or applying for a Rhodes scholarship. As Director, I get to see firsthand both the exceptional effort our advisors put in and the personal impact it has on students.

led, hundreds of books read, late night discussions about free will and determinism. Now take it up in scale. Imagine all of that diverse intellectual activity, personal growth, and plain fun expanded to fill the lives of 450 others: a small village, a little universe of spectacular individuals every year. Honors has been doing this for more

Postcards Home: Alumni Profiles Tessa Adzemovic (BA French, 2013) has been dancing her way through Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, teaching dance and creative movement to children in former war zones.

Through her organization, Bridging Mostar Youth, children of low-income backgrounds and some with special needs learned to dance across ethnic and religious divides. In June, she

received word that a grant would extend her work through local leadership. Tessa is currently back in the US, pursuing a medical degree.

Read more about her story on the Honors website: lsa.umich.edu/honors/alumni/ alumni profiles. Do you have a story? Let us know!

[Jeri Preston]

than five decades. During that time, we’ve had more than 25,000 students spend more than 100,000 years with us in Honors.

This is Michigan!

We do this as well as we do because we’re a community, a little universe of our own, built of current and former students, faculty, staff, and friends of Honors. Every day I strive to comprehend the whole, combining the shape of the program across the college with the particulars of individual student lives. This act of imagination never fails to evoke a smile.

What happens here in Honors is remarkable; a testament to the power of community and commitment. We are continually grateful for the role you have all played in creating the community, and I remain thrilled to be a part of it.

Cheers, Tim McKay

WELCOME TO THE INCOMING CLASS OF 2018 2014 Entering Honors students: 451 Out of state: 52% (up from 45% in 2013) In state: 48% Women: 58% Men: 42% ACT median range: 32-34 SAT median range: 14201500 But numbers tell only part of the story. We’re looking for motivated students who are a good fit for the Honors Program. So we require all students interested in Honors to write an essay, choosing from among 5 prompts.

This year, 1982 students wrote the essay to apply to Honors, a 30% increase from 2013. Reading applications and essays is an ever-growing, time- and labor-intensive process, but each year we are rewarded with a gifted and dedicated group of young people who bring their considerable talents to U-M and the Honors community.

[Gayle Green]

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