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A publication of the University of Vermont Honors College Fall 2007
Message from Interim Dean Abu Rizvi
Welcome
As I write this, the beginning of the semester is only three weeks
past; it seems inconceivable that so much could already have taken
place. We can also look forward to much more. I hope this newsletter,
our first in an electronic format, gives you a sense of the excitement
that we're experiencing at the beginning of the new academic year.
Robert Biral, the Newsletter's editor and Special Assistant to the
Dean, and Tina Griffis, our Office Administrator who has worked hard
at making the transition to an electronic version, deserve much credit
for this publication, which we plan to bring out regularly. Indeed, so
much has taken place at the beginning of this semester that the Honors
College Faculty Seminar of mid-August, discussed in this issue, seems
like a distant though cherished memory. Welcome
Top News
Appiah's Visit
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
Professor of Philosophy at Princeton
University, was on campus from September 5th to the 7th to give the
annual Brown Memorial Lecture in the Philosophy Department and the
first lecture in the year long Honors College plenary lecture series.
All incoming Honors College first year students read his book, Cosmopolitanism,
over the summer, and were eager to discuss his book during Professor
Appiah's visit. His plenary lecture presented in Rowell to an overflow
crowd from across the campus provided a provocative and stimulating
event for all in attendance.
Tom Abdelnour, a Junior in the Honors College, and one of this year's two Academic Mentors, sat down with Professor Appiah after lunch on Thursday, Sept 6th, to talk with him about his book, Cosmopolitanism, as well as his other work. Kwame Anthony Appiah's visit
Summer 2007 Faculty Seminar
For three days in August, the Honors College
sponsored its fourth annual faculty seminar, bringing together
twenty-one faculty members from across the disciplines at the
University to
explore the topic, “Information and Knowledge in Higher
Education.” Library
Science Prof. Trina Magi coordinated the event, with
libraries faculty Laurie Kutner, Donna O’Malley,
Keith Gresham, Jeff Marshall, and Scott Schaffer, participating as
presenters and session leaders. Summer
2007 Faculty Seminar
Honors College Senior is Now Student Government President
Taking time from her busy schedule, Kesha Ram graciously agreed to be
interviewed for the Honors College eNewsletter. We met in her spacious
Student
Government Association President’s office in the new Davis
Center, as
first year students and their parents were flooding the campus on
move-in
day. Making ourselves comfortable on the couches in her
office, I asked her how she felt that her new office was bigger than
most faculty offices on campus. She smiled, and said,
“It’s not my office; it’s the office of
the SGA president.” With that perfectly pitched
comment setting the tone for our interview, we began. SGA
President, Kesha Ram
New Faces in the Honors College
Interim Associate Dean
Kelvin Chu
Professor
Chu joins the
Honors College this fall as the new Interim Associate Dean.
HC Leadership Coordinator Domonic Rollins
Domonic
Rollins is a graduate
student in the Higher Education Student Affairs program at UVM.
