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FAU Hosts 50th Annual Honors Convocation

A political science professor of the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College won the Distinguished Teacher of the Year award during Florida Atlantic University 50th Annual Honors Convocation. Jeffrey Morton, Ph.D., professor of political science in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, presented the keynote speech on Thursday. He also directs the Leon Charney Diplomacy Program, which offers students a unique opportunity to enhance their diplomatic skills and compete in diplomatic simulations. 

2019 Florida Atlantic University Jupiter Honors Convocation Awardees 

University Scholars

Samantha Iliff

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College  

              

Distinguished Student Award

Christy LaFlamme

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College         

                     

Undergraduate Researchers of the Year

Abhimanyu Ahuja

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College                              

 

University Researchers of the Year

Alex Keene, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

(Pictured)

 

Scholars of the Year

Nancy Jones, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Charles E. Schmidt College of Science

 

Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching

Wairimu Njambi, Ph.D., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

Rachel Corr Receives Judy Ewell Award

Rachel Corr, associate professor of anthropology, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University was honored with the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies (RMCLAS) prestigious  Judy Ewell Award for  Interwoven: Andean Lives in Colonial Ecuador’s Textile Economy .

The Judy Ewell Award honors the best publication, book or article, on women’s history or written by a woman, that began as a RMCLAS presentation.

Wilkes Honors College Spring Open House

The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Spring Open House was a great success! Nearly 70 students attended, and a total of 182 guests participated. Student attendees ranged from high school freshmen to seniors. During the event, three seniors committed to attending the Honors College. Corey King, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and Honors College Dean Ellen Goldey, Ph.D., kicked off the program, followed by an alumni panel moderated by Caitlin Saladrigas, a family session, and campus showcase. 

Research

Research Integrity Now Available on Jupiter Campus

Research Integrity’s Animal Research Protections Program (ARPP), which supports the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), now has an office at FAU’s Jupiter campus to better assist researchers based there. Dana Mulvaney, IACUC coordinator, is available to meet with PIs and labs on Wednesdays on the Jupiter campus in MC17 (RF), room 227.

 

On select Fridays, Kristen Ware, Ph.D., associate director of ARPP, offers ethics training for students at Jupiter and is available to meet with PIs to answer questions. 

Student Spotlight

Elite Owl Leadership & Service Ambassador Program

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Undergraduate, Tracy Tobkin was recently accepted into the 2019-2020 Elite Owl Leadership & Service Ambassador Program. The FAU Elite Owls is a premier leadership and service-learning ambassador program designed to recognize exemplary student leaders at Florida Atlantic University. 

Student's Present at Psychology Conference

The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College students did a wonderful job presenting at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association in Jacksonville in March. Alex Rosas and Hannah Stamos presented their work on mindfulness and memory. Yarinez Batiste, Cassidy Brydon, Dakota Roberts, Emily Willson, Milena DaSilva, Mariana Lopes, and Erica Yedwab, seen here with Julie Earlers, Ph.D., professor of Psychology, also presented. 

Upcoming Events

Jupiter Campus Information

Florida Atlantic University serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six-county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus , located in downtown Abacoa offers a variety of upper-division and graduate course. The campus houses the Academy for Community Inclusion , Center for Autism and Related Disabilities , College of Education , Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College , John D. MacArthur Campus Library and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute , the largest lifelong learning program in the nation. FAU Jupiter unites scientists and students in research and training programs and leverages FAU’s close affiliations with Scripps Florida and the Max Planck Florida Institute , also located on the campus. As part of this effort, the university-wide Brain Institute launched in 2016 and is a hub of cutting-edge, multidisciplinary neuroscience activity that builds on existing neuroscience centers and programs within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine , Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and Center for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology offers research and training programs in molecular biology and biotechnology and serves as a link between FAU and other institutions and industries in this field.