Quinn Hejlik: a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Russia

As many of you know, the Honors Program and the various scholarships and fellowships that our Director of Scholar Development works hard to help students attain offer many unique opportunities for students to use what they’ve learned and apply it to their personal lives,  futures, and careers. One of our former students, Quinn Hejlik who

Freshman Survival Guide: Five Easy Lessons to Get You Started

First years, this way! It’s the first week of classes, Honorables! If finding your textbooks and figuring out where all of your worldly possessions are going to go (in a room just a tad larger than Harry’s cupboard under the stairs) isn’t stressful enough, you are about to embark on your first year of college. It’s wonderful; it’s

Hosting Primetime

Honors Primetime is a 3.5 day workshop for incoming first-year honors students at the University of Iowa. Workshops of about twenty students engage in hands-on learning on a topic of their choosing with hand-selected University of Iowa faculty and staff. Students have the opportunity to get to know other honors students, connect with honors staff and faculty, and be exposed to

Day in the Life: Lance Heady, ICRU Fellow

Undergraduate research is one of the great opportunities available to students at the University of Iowa, as we are a research one university, and student involvement in the Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates is a great way to learn experientially and also earn honors credit. One of the most involved researchers here is a member of

Day in the Life: Emily Johnson, Honors Assessment Director

You’ve previously seen a few blogs from members of our Honors Student Staff, but with our first summer Note to Self, we’re going to give you a perspective from one of our newest Honors Professional Staff members, Emily Johnson. We’re all keeping busy here at Honors at Iowa over the summer, but Emily gave us

Day in the Life: Molly Georgia, Student Staff Programmer

10:00 am | The elevator doors open, and I cross the BHC fourth floor lobby to retrieve keys from the staff work room. These keys unlock the ITC, library, storage room, and just about every other door of the student center on the third floor. Today, I am the one in charge of these tasks,

Guest Blogger: Sean Finn, NCHC Board of Directors Member

Sean Finn, junior, explains how he was elected to the National Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors.