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2008

December 23

KU ends semester No. 1 in nation in varsity debate in National Debate Tournament report (Honors students Andrew Jack, Patrick Kennedy, and Nate Johnson)

December 9

KU architecture students to showcase emergency shelter model Dec. 10 (Honors student Grace Boudewyns)

December 4

Five student groups chosen to perform in upcoming Rock Chalk Revue (Honors students Anne Atha, Ali Ainsworth, and Joe Watson)

December 1

KU metalsmithing students return from international exhibition in Germany (Honors student Valerie Jean Metzler)

November 20

Two KU debate teams make finals at Wake Forest tournament Nov. 15-17 (Honors student Nate Johnson)

November 19

Center for Sustainability announces leadership award winners (Honors student Anna Hoard)

November 14

KU seniors select HOPE Award finalists, will name winner at Nov. 15 football game (Honors lecturer in English Mary Klayder; Honors students Nathan Mack, Courtney Brax, Anne Atha, and Jade Martin)

November 10

Two KU students win scholarships for next generation of environmental educators (Honors student David J. Burchfield)

November 6

KU debaters win first place, best speaker in Harvard University tournament (Honors student Nate Johnson)

KU senior advances in Rhodes scholarship competition (Honors student Stephanie Ann Hill)

October 30

KU to honor more than 680 top scholars on football field Nov. 15

October 28

2008 ExCEL Award winners announced at homecoming game (Honors students Nathan Mack, Mandy Shriwise, and Kaleigh Braun)

KU to honor students competing for Rhodes, Marshall, Churchill scholarships (Honors students Robert Gordy, Stephanie Hill, Andrew Hodgson, Mandy Shriwise, Meredith Van Natta, Katie Wetzel, Grant Wille, and Thornton Thompson)

University Theatre to stage American opera ‘Street Scene’ (Honors students Jeremy Ims and Anna Hoard)

October 24

KU accounting students compare tax proposals from presidential candidates (Honors student Carlie Bittel)

October 23

KU announces National Merit, National Achievement, National Hispanic scholars

October 21

10 finalists for ExCEL Awards to be recognized during KU homecoming events (Honors students Nathan Mack, Mandy Shriwise, and Kaleigh Braun)

October 20

16 students named Chancellors Club scholars for 2008-09 (Honors students Joel Finney, Laura Dress, Meredith Pavicic, Jake Adair, Erin Diel, Jessica Ludwig, Mary Anderson, Hilary Schloemer, Anastasia Metzger, Michael Shook, Dana Wible, Sheridan Stewart, Jared Legenzoff, and Michael Rudd)

October 16

KU announces fall 2008 Watkins-Berger, Summerfield scholars

October 15

Department of Student Housing announces 2008-09 student leaders

October 14

KU pharmacy students provide free flu shots to Greensburg-area residents (Honors students Erin Byrne and Julie Keeton)

October 3

KU debaters win prestigious University of Kentucky invitational tournament (Honors student Nate Johnson)

October 2

Two KU students win $1,000 Chancellor’s Writing Prizes (Honors student Yuki Onogi)


September 30

KU debaters start 2008-09 season with wins at two tournaments on opening weekend (Honors students Andrew Jack, Patrick Kennedy, and Nate Johnson)

September 26

German academic agency names KU senior as DAAD Young Ambassador (Honors student Andreas Teschner Graf)

September 23

University Theatre to present wacky farce ‘A Flea in Her Ear’ (Honors students Alex Salamat and Spencer Holdren)

September 12

KU to host two Duke TIP Scholar Weekends this fall (Honors Program Associate Directors Sarah Crawford-Parker, Mark Daly, and Sandra Wick)

September 8

Student Ambassadors program honors its top volunteers for 2007-08

September 3

31 KU, Haskell students in NIH science programs to attend Sept. 10 reception (Honors students Anthony Pokphanh, Rachel Debes, Preston Alltizer, Katherine Waugh and Cassandra Lamar, and Honors faculty fellow James Orr)

August 21

KU junior wins Boren scholarship to study Chinese at Beijing Institute

August 18

Five KU students win Gilman scholarships to study abroad (Honors student Rebecca Russell)

KU Women of Distinction calendar lauds outstanding students, staff, alumnae (Honors students Rachel Debes, Rebecca Totten and Heather Wurtz; honors alumni Hannah Love and Agata Kaminska)

July 30

KU Student Senate announces executive officers for 2008-09 (Honors students Libby Johnson, Mandy Shriwise, Michael Wade Smith, and Ali Zeigler)

June 30

Kenyan kinship: Lawrence resident makes connections during African trip

June 27

KU announces Fall 2008 Undergraduate Research Award winners

June 26

KU senior named finalist for national physics prize

June 23

KU announces leaders for new Krehbiel Scholarship Hall (Honors students Casey Miles, Doug Brady, Stephen "Sai" Folmsbee, Matthew Shepard, Nathan Salazar and Esau Julio Ramirez Masco)

June 16

KU senior receives 2008 Fund for Theological Education fellowship

June 4

Six KU graduate students receive Fulbright, Boren awards to study abroad (former honors student Agata Kaminska)

May 16

More than 150 graduating honors students to participate in cording ceremony

Essay on challenging apartheid in South Africa wins 2008 Whitcomb contest

Graduation stories: Budding researcher boosts knowledge of cell phone behavior (UGRA and J. Michael Young recipient)

May 13

Graduation stories: KU senior focuses energies on Hawkin’ the student vote

May 12

Graduation stories: KU student makes swift transition to teaching (former Dean's Scholar)

April 24

KU sophomore to participate in rigorous summer institute for future law students

April 15

10 graduating seniors selected for Chancellor’s Student Awards (Honors students Anne Kretsinger, John Kuhn, Oswaldo Bravo de los Rios, Hannah Love, Peter Curzon, Ellen Stolle and 2007 Udall winner Studie Red Corn)

April 11

Go figure! Seven KU students share $1,750 in prizes at undergraduate math contest (Honors students Eric Colangelo, Luis Carlos Vargas, Nick Tobaben, Xiao Liang and Daniel Horna)

April 9

KU announces 22 Undergraduate Research Award winners

KU junior earns honorable mention award in national Udall competition

April 8

More than 70 undergraduates to present research at April 12 symposium


April 1

University Women’s Club to award $7,500 in scholarships to six KU students April 3 (Honors students RaeAnn Anderson and Sandra Ristovska)

March 31

Two KU juniors win national Goldwater Scholarships

Filmmaker, KU student collaborate on documentary about Macedonian folk life

March 27

Nine students working as interns in Washington, D.C., this semester (Honors students Rachelle Netzer, Sara Shannon and Kristen Cowan)

March 5th

Secretary to lecture about climate change

February 18th

Scholarship candidates inspire locally, abroad

Jan. 22nd

KU’s senior vice provost to leave administrative role for honors program


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