UCA Honors College Academic Calendar

• Monday, August 22 - 9:30-10:25 am - Opening Convocation at Reynolds (Donna and Rick)
• Monday, August 22 - 11:45 am-12:30 pm - Picnic Lunch (optional)
• Monday, August 22 - 12:30-1:20 pm - Honors Core I Instructors' Meeting
• Monday, August 22 - 1:30-2:45 pm - Honors College Freshman Large Group Orientation, followed by "Where is Your Self Located" discussion led by Rick (Baum Gallery Lecture Hall)
• Tuesday, August 23 - 9:30-10:30 am - Department meeting (MAC 303) [Agenda: 2011-12 Academic Year Events]
• Wednesday, August 24 - 9:00-10:00 am - Faculty Meeting (Goals for 2011-12)
• Wednesday, August 24 - 5:00-7:00 pm - Rising Scholars Banquet (Brewer-Hegeman)
• Thursday, August 25 - Classes begin
• Friday, August 26 - 12:00-12:50 pm - Honors Core I Small Group Sessions
• Friday, August 26 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Amber Haydar, Kathy Hill & Friends, "What It's Like to Have an Asian Mother"
• Monday, August 29 - 5:30-7:00 pm - Professors, Pizza, and Pie: Adam Frank(Middleton Forum)
• Wednesday, August 31 - 5:30-7:00 pm - Professors, Pizza, and Pie: Donna Bowman (Middleton Forum)
• Thursday, September 1 - 5:30-7:00 pm - Professors, Pizza, and Pie: Allison Wallace (Middleton Forum)
• Friday, September 2 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Garrett Wright & Friends, "Fosters & Vegemite, or We Ain't No Bloody Melbourners"
• Wednesday, September 7 - 5:30-7:00 pm - Professors, Pizza, and Pie: Phil Frana (Middleton Forum)
• Thursday, September 8 - x-period - Graduation Orientation
• Thursday, September 8 - 5:30-7:00 pm - Professors, Pizza, and Pie: Doug Corbitt (Middleton Forum)
• Friday-Sunday September 9-11 - Freshman Fall Retreat - Winthrop Rockefeller Center
• Tuesday, September 13 - x-period - Make-up Graduation Orientation
• Tuesday, September 13 - x-period - Make-up Sophomore Lectures
• Friday, September 16 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Ashton Wills, "Theology of the Body" & Sara Bayles, "Free Trade/Liberation Theology: An Intersection of Faith and Justice"
• Friday, September 23 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Matthew Hankins, Ashley Cooper & Taylor Sutton, "The Art & Science of Star Trek"
• Thursday, September 29 - TAG/URGE Orientation Session
• Friday, September 30 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Melissa Beltran, "DIY Culture" & Michael J. Hinds, "What Did You Say? An Introduction to Group Theory and Encryption"
• Friday, October 7 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Ron Walter, "24 Lies Per Second: The Films of Michael Haneke" & Kim Risi, "Conceptualizing a Film ('The Man on the Moon')"
• Friday, October 14 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Patrick Russell and Michael J. Hinds, "Our National Parks: America's Greatest Idea"
• Friday, October 28 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Brittany Edwardes and Danny Keil, "An Ancient Monarchy and Shopping Malls: The Fabrication of the Status Quo in Thailand"
• Friday, November 4 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Hannah Marks, "Disabled in the Dominican Republic" & a Special Performance on the Flute by Leanne Hampton
• Friday, November 11 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Cathrine Schwader, "Rwanda: A Society of Transformations"
• Friday, November 18 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Ron Walter, "Why It's Okay to Steal Music and Movies Online: An Artist's Defense"
• Friday, December 2 - 3:00-4:00 pm - Brittany Edwardes, "Globalism and Literature: The Production of Understanding or Stereotypes?"
• Friday, December 9 - 3:00-5:00 pm - Artificial Other Pecha Kucha
• Friday, December 16 - Senior Thesis and Banquet Day (Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms)
• Friday, January 20 - Freshman Lock-In (Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms)
• Saturday, February 11 - Sophomore Lectures (Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms
• Monday, February 20 - Inform & Interview Days (Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms
• Friday, March 2 - Inform & Interview Days (Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms
• Monday, March 12 - Inform & Interview Days (Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms
• Friday, May 4 - Senior Thesis and Banquet Day (Student Center 2nd Floor Rooms)