Here is your weekly copy of Know-a-BULL News. Please read this issue to keep up-to-date with all the exciting events and news from the USF Honors College, Undergraduate Research, and Resources for Educational Distinction.

• Upcoming Events
  
  
• Honors College
  • Dean's Update
    
    
• R.E.D. - Resources for Educational Distinction (National Fellowships)
  
  
• Undergraduate Research
  
  
• HCSC - Honors College Student Council
  
  
• Student Submissions

 Upcoming Events

12/5/2008	Thesis Presentation Day
12/6/2008	USF Finals Week
12/12/2008	Fall 2008 Honors College Graduation
12/13/2008	USF Fall Commencement
1/15/2009	An Afternoon with: Rick Temple
1/20/2009	An Evening with: Les Muma
1/23/2009	Fourth Colloquium
1/27/2009	An Evening with: Judge Raymond Gross
2/20/2009	Brit Theatre: Bobby & the Chimps
2/27/2009	Fifth Colloquium

* "Freshpeople 5 Events"

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Dean's Update:

• Interested in taking Narrative Filmmaking in the Spring?
  In the Spring, the class (IDH 4930-005) will meet Wednesday nights, 6:30-8:30 PM.
  
  Please contact Dan Nguyen (dpnguye2@mail.usf.edu) to schedule an interview.
  
  
• USF Panama: Beyond the Classroom

  Students will engage in 8 weeks of coursework both prior to and following a 9 day immersion experience in Panama.  Special scholarships will be provided.
  
  Applications for IDH 4200 Geographical Perspectives: Panama Beyond the Classroom are now available on the Honors College website under printed forms and on Blackboard under documents, forms.
  

• We have a few spots left in this spring offering: IDH 3600-006 (15613) Honors Seminar in Applied Ethics, Michael Dow (M 2:00-4:45) Poverty and Self-Sufficiency: This course will encourage participants to think comprehensively about the problem of poverty and to identify real and perceived barriers to self-sufficiency.
  
  
• IDH 4000 (Major Works/Major Issues)
  IDH 4000 (Major Works/Major Issues) requires that you have completed 75 hours.  The course requires a permit which you may request now.
  
  
• You can now earn credit for playing/singing in the Honors band even if you are not in the actual class.  We will offer one credit for students who wish to be a part of the “Rubber Band” in the spring.  It will meet on Mondays from 6-7 PM.  Email me and I will get you registered.
  
  
• If you need to take a test in the Vietnamese language in order to fulfill the foreign language requirement please email Professor My Lien Dao at mdao@cas.usf.edu

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http://honors.usf.edu
(813) 974-3087

RED has information on a wide variety of Scholarships and fellowships for graduate study.  Please check the RED website and speak with Mr. Mejias.

Here is a new RED program:

•  Research Assistants are being sought for a federally funded research project being conducted in partnership with Head Start programs throughout Florida. 
  

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http://red.usf.edu
(813) 974-3087

• Engineering REU Flyer 2008
  
  
• Present your Research at the Southern Regional Honors Council Conference-Details on the Honors College website
  
  
• UR is happy to provide funding to first authors who are presenting at these conferences. Please contact Ms. Carlton at carlton@honors.usf.edu if you submit your work.

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http://ur.usf.edu
(813) 974-6824

• Honors Council General Meetings every Tuesday at 4:30pm in the Honors Lounge
  

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http://honors.usf.edu/hcsc/index.html
(813) 974-3087

• Refugee Youth and Family Program (RYFP)
  
  Refugee Youth and Family Program (RYFP) is looking for volunteers to tutor English to the children they serve.  Gain experience and make an impact in someone's life: 
  
  This program supports refugee youth to reach their highest levels of achievement through school and family support. We work to improve school success for refugee students, reducing dropout risk factors, helping youths successfully transition from school to the workplace, and improving the acculturation and preservation of the refugee family. 

  Please contact Marcella at marons@gcjfs.org for more information on how to get involved with this great program.

• The University Film & Video Association
  
  The University Film & Video Association and USF Honors College cordially invites you to attend the screening of five short films produced in the Fall 2008 debuting class of Narrative Filmmaking, taught by Sarah Wilson, Joyce Yong, Jesse Newman, and Dan Nguyen. This free event is this tuesday (12.02.08) and starts at 7:30 pm, in the Marshall Student Center Oval Theater (doors open at 7:00 pm). Audience participation is highly anticipated to determine the winner of the Audience Choice Award for this semester. See you there!
  
  
• Summer ORISE Fellowship Opportunities at CDC
  
  
  Undergraduate Summer Fellowships at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) in Atlanta, GA. This fellowship is open to undergraduate students who plan to major in chemistry or biology and have taken courses in general chemistry or biology.
  
  
  Monnie E. Champion
  voice: 865.576.3306
  fax: 865.573.3816

• Students with undergraduate degrees in the physical sciences, life sciences, mathematics, or engineering are eligible to apply for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Graduate Fellowship.