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Honors College Events

Each semester, the Honors College hosts a variety of social and enrichment activities open only to Honors students. Check back regularly for updates!

November 2024 Honors College Calendar

Day Date Time Location Event
Tu 11/1 6:30p LIB 225

Student Council Meeting

Th 11/7 12:30p Lot 13

Fall Foliage Walk

         
M 11/11     Veteran's Day: No Classes
Tu 11/12 6:30p WonderBowl Honors Bowling
         
Tu 11/19 6:30p LIB 225 Student Council Meeting
W 11/20 11:30a LIB 225 Pet Therapy
         
Tu 11/26 6:30p LIB 225 Friendsgiving
Th 11/28     Happy Thanksgiving!
F 11/29     No Classes

 

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G.P.A.'s Betta Calendar

Below please find a curated list of University events we believe might be of special interest to Honors students!

Day Date Time Location Event
T 10/1 11:00a-2:00p LIB Living Room Employer Pop-Up: Propel2Excel
    12:00-2:00p LIB 122 College of Nursing & Health Sciences - Handshake Launch Party
    3:00-4:00p CCB 115 CCB Career Week: Post-Career Fair Strategy Session
    3:30-4:30p Zoom Virtual Study Abroad Advising
W 10/2 2:00-5:00p

LARTS 016

Walk-in Study Abroad Advising
Th 10/3 12:00-2:00p LIB 122 College of Arts & Sciences - Handshake Launch Party
F 10/4 12:00-1:15p Law School Moot Court Room Book Launch Event: South Asia, the British Empire, and the Rise of Classical Legal Thought
    2:00-3:00p LIB 128 Mechanical Engineering Seminar by Kari Mofford
         
T 10/8 3:30-4:30p Zoom Virtual Study Abroad Advising
    2:00p CCB 115 CCB Speakers: Mike and Kim Van DerSleesen, Founders of Vanson Leathers
W 10/9 11:00a-12:00p Textiles 105 CSCDR Seminar with Peter Nee: "Quasi-equilibrium initial data in modified theories of gravity"
    2:00-5:00p LARTS 016 Walk-in Study Abroad Advising
    5:30-7:00p Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives Talk by Simon Park (University of Oxford), "When Does the Empire Begin? Camões's Os Lusíadas (1572)"
F 10/11 12:00-1:00p SENG 115 Biology Department Seminar by Avalon Owens: Dark skies and fireflies: What light pollution means for insect conservation 
         
Tu 10/15 3:30-4:30p Zoom Virtual Study Abroad Advising
W 10/16 2:00-5:00p LARTS 016 Walk-in Study Abroad Advising
    2:00p CCB 115

CCB Speakers and UMassD Alumni:        Matt Witzgall and Kelsey Garcia, General Manager of Carl's Collision and KGarcia Production

Th 10/17 4:30-7:00p CVPA Gallery Tamotsu "Tommy" Yamamotto: You Have No Choice Reception
Sa 10/19 7:00-9:00p Hirshfeld Dowd Observatory Observatory Open House: Full Moon & Saturn
         
M 10/21 11:00a-12:00p   BMEBT MS Thesis Proposal Presentation by Andrew Medeiros: Investigation of Irisin on Osteocyte Cell Behavior
T 10/22 3:30-4:30p Zoom Virtual Study Abroad Advising
W 10/23 12:00-1:00p LARTS South Atrium (1st Floor) Debating the 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions
    2:00-5:00p LARTS 016 Walk-in Study Abroad Advising
Th 10/24 5:00-7:00p Angus Bailey Auditorium Sustainability Movie Series: We're All Plastic People Now
F & Sa 10/25-10/26     Blue & Gold Weekend!
         
Tu 10/29 3:30-4:30p Zoom Virtual Study Abroad Advising
W 10/30 2:00-5:00p LARTS 016 Walk-in Study Abroad Advising
    6:00-8:00p New Bedford Whaling Museum The Portuguese & Lusophone - World Lecture Series, Ft. Kenneth David Jackson

 

October 2024 Honors College Calendar

Day Date Time Location Event
Tu 10/1 6:30p LIB 225

Student Council Meeting

F 10/4 5:30p Dartmouth Orchards

Fall Festival

         
Tu 10/8 6:30p LIB 225 Student Council Meeting
Th 10/10 12:30p LIB 225 Honors Hour: Puzzles
         
M 10/14     Indigenous Peoples' Day: No Classes
Tu 10/15 4:00p LIB 207 Registration Workshop
    6:30p LIB 225 Game Night
         
Tu 10/22 6:30p LIB 225 Student Council Meeting
W 10/23 11:30a LIB 225 Craft Hour
         
Tu 10/29 6:30p LIB 225 Spooky Night
W 10/30     Mental Health Day: No Classes
Th 10/31   LIB 220 Trick or Treat!

G.P.A.'s Betta Calendar

Below please find a curated list of University events we believe might be of special interest to Honors students!

Day Date Time Location Event
T 10/1 11:00a-2:00p LIB Living Room Employer Pop-Up: Propel2Excel
    12:00-2:00p LIB 122 College of Nursing & Health Sciences - Handshake Launch Party
    3:00-4:00p CCB 115 CCB Career Week: Post-Career Fair Strategy Session
    3:30-4:30p Zoom Virtual Study Abroad Advising
W 10/2 2:00-5:00p

LARTS 016

Walk-in Study Abroad Advising
Th 10/3 12:00-2:00p LIB 122 College of Arts & Sciences - Handshake Launch Party
F 10/4 12:00-1:15p Law School Moot Court Room Book Launch Event: South Asia, the British Empire, and the Rise of Classical Legal Thought
    2:00-3:00p LIB 128 Mechanical Engineering Seminar by Kari Mofford
         
T 10/8 3:30-4:30p Zoom Virtual Study Abroad Advising
    2:00p CCB 115 CCB Speakers: Mike and Kim Van DerSleesen, Founders of Vanson Leathers
W 10/9 11:00a-12:00p Textiles 105 CSCDR Seminar with Peter Nee: "Quasi-equilibrium initial data in modified theories of gravity"
    2:00-5:00p LARTS 016 Walk-in Study Abroad Advising
    5:30-7:00p Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives Talk by Simon Park (University of Oxford), "When Does the Empire Begin? Camões's Os Lusíadas (1572)"
F 10/11 12:00-1:00p SENG 115 Biology Department Seminar by Avalon Owens: Dark skies and fireflies: What light pollution means for insect conservation 
         
Tu 10/15 3:30-4:30p Zoom Virtual Study Abroad Advising
W 10/16 2:00-5:00p LARTS 016 Walk-in Study Abroad Advising
    2:00p CCB 115

CCB Speakers and UMassD Alumni:        Matt Witzgall and Kelsey Garcia, General Manager of Carl's Collision and KGarcia Production

Th 10/17 4:30-7:00p CVPA Gallery Tamotsu "Tommy" Yamamotto: You Have No Choice Reception
Sa 10/19 7:00-9:00p Hirshfeld Dowd Observatory Observatory Open House: Full Moon & Saturn
         
M 10/21 11:00a-12:00p   BMEBT MS Thesis Proposal Presentation by Andrew Medeiros: Investigation of Irisin on Osteocyte Cell Behavior
T 10/22 3:30-4:30p Zoom Virtual Study Abroad Advising
W 10/23 12:00-1:00p LARTS South Atrium (1st Floor) Debating the 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions
    2:00-5:00p LARTS 016 Walk-in Study Abroad Advising
Th 10/24 5:00-7:00p Angus Bailey Auditorium Sustainability Movie Series: We're All Plastic People Now
F & Sa 10/25-10/26     Blue & Gold Weekend!
         
Tu 10/29 3:30-4:30p Zoom Virtual Study Abroad Advising
W 10/30 2:00-5:00p LARTS 016 Walk-in Study Abroad Advising
    6:00-8:00p New Bedford Whaling Museum The Portuguese & Lusophone - World Lecture Series, Ft. Kenneth David Jackson

 

September 2024 Honors College Calendar

Day Date Time Location Event
W 9/4   LIB 220

Welcome! Grab & Go Breakfast

Th 9/5   LIB 220

Welcome! Grab & Go Breakfast

         
Tu 9/10 6:30p CCB Patio Student Council: Meet & Greet
W 9/11 5:00p Marketplace New Student Induction Ceremony
         
M 9/16 Noon LIB 122 Pre-Law Orientation/Info Session
Tu 9/17 6:30p LIB 225 Student Council Meeting
W 9/18 11:30a-12:30p LIB 225 Ice Cream Social
         
M 9/23 Noon LIB 122 Pre-Health Orientation/Info Session
    4:00p LIB 207 Workshop: College Survival 101
Tu 9/24 6:30p LIB 225 Student Council Meeting: Elections
W 9/25 7:00p Main Auditorium Mind Games
Th 9/26 12:30-1:30p LIB 225 Honors Hour: Donuts with the Dean

 

G.P.A.'s Betta Calendar

Below please find a curated list of University events we believe might be of special interest to Honors students!

Day Date Time Location Event
W 9/6 3:00-4:00p SMAST 101-103

SMAST Fall 2023 Seminar Series

Easton White, University of New Hampshire

Socio-ecological dynamics of fisheries in the face of extreme events

Th 9/7 12-1:15p  

Public Interest Law Fellows Seminar

Food Politics 2023:  What Matters and Why

Presenter: Marion Nestle, New York University Moderator: Bill Clark, Harvard Kennedy School

Hosted by Harvard Kennedy School

       

 

M 9/11

12-1:00p

 

 

 

5-6:00p

UMass Law
School - Moot Court Room

 

UMass Law
School - Room 007

Public Interest Law Fellows Seminar

Assistant Dean John F. Quinn, UMass Law

The ABCs of Networking: How to Make Friends, Influence People and Get a Job

T 9/12 4:30-6:30p The Grove

Study Abroad Fair

    3:30-4:30p Blue & Gold Room (Campus Center)

Career Center Event

The Washington Center Academic Internship Program

W 9/13 3:00-4:00p SMAST 101-103

SMAST Fall 2023 Seminar Series

Michelle Bachman, New England Fishery Management Council

Area-Based Management at the Regional Fishery Management Councils

Th 9/14 4:00p LIB 122 Pre-Law Orientation/Info Session
    12-1:00p UMass Law School - Room 117

Public Interest Law Fellows Seminar

Assistant City Solicitor Kayla Venckauskas, Brockton, MA

    12-3:00p Tripp Athletic Center

Career Center Event

Part-Time Job & Internship Fair

F 9/15 9:30-10:30a TBA with Registration

Career Center Event

Breakfast with Professionals Series #1 Employer: Southcoast Behavioral Health

         
M 9/18  12-1:15p 

Zoom

Public Interest Law Fellows Seminar

Technology & Regulation Seminar: AI is Too Important Not to Regulate, and Too Important Not to Regulate Well

Presenter: Tom Wheeler, Senior Research Fellow at M-RCBG, and former Chair, Federal Communications
Commission

Hosted by Harvard Kennedy School

    12-2:00p LIB 122

Career Center Event

Handshake Launch - College of Engineering

T 9/19 3:30-4:30p Zoom

Public Interest Law Fellows Seminar

Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection’s Virtual Webinar on New Career Opportunities in Environmental Justice

   

12-2:00p

 

 

4:30-5:30p

LIB 122

 

 

CCB 115

Career Center Events

* Handshake Launch - College of Arts & Sciences and College of Visual & Performing Arts

* Going Global Virtual Training

W 9/20 12-1:00p UMass Law School - Moot Court Room

Public Interest Law Fellows Seminar

“Should I Clerk?” Judicial Clerkship Info Session

    3:00-4:00p SMAST 101-103

SMAST Fall 2023 Seminar Series

Katherine Kahl, University of Massachusetts Amherst

UMass Amherst Gloucester Marine Station: Our vision forward

    6:00p Virtual

Public Interest Law Fellows Seminar

What’s Your Call to Serve?: Launching a Career
in Federal Government

Hosted by the Partnership for Public Service

    3-4:00p LIB 122

Career Center Event

How to Make the Most of the Fall Career Fairs

    6:30-7:30p via Zoom

CIA veteran Joe Augustyn '69 will discuss his extensive career experiences dealing with homeland security, counterterrorism, and intelligence issues. Contact: alumni@umassd.edu

Th 9/21 12-1:00p UMass Law School - Moot Court Room

Public Interest Law Fellows Seminar

Learn about the career of Assistant Attorney General Steve Marshalek – South Coast Office Director

    12-2:00p CCB 115

Career Center Event

Handshake Launch - Charlton College of Business

    4:00p LIB 122 Pre-Health Orientation/Info Session
       

 

T 9/26 4-5:30p Zoom (RSVP for access)

Careers in Museums Panel

Click for more info and RSVP Code!

     5-6:00p UMass Law School - Moot Court Room

Public Interest Law Fellows Seminar

Learn about the career of Attorney General/Senior Policy Advisor Danielle Allard, UMass Law 2014 PILF Alum

W 9/27 1-4:00p Marketplace

Career Center Event

Careers in Business Fair

    3:00-4:00p SMAST 101-103

SMAST Fall 2023 Seminar Series

Joseph Caracappa, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Building a Climate-Ready Northeast U.S. Atlantis Ecosystem Model

Th 9/28   12-1:00p UMass Law School - Room TBA

Public Interest Law Fellows Seminar

Panel: Hiring Managers, Judicial Internships & Clerkships

F 9/29 9:30-10:30a TBA with Registration

Career Center Event

Breakfast with Professionals #2: Engineering

 

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