Academic Excellence Week 2012
April 8-14, 2012
Academic Excellence Week, a Center for Honors, Scholars and Leadership tradition, was held April 8-14, 2012, on the University of Northern Colorado campus.
Events scheduled throughout the week celebrated and honored academic excellence across the university and throughout all of the colleges. Academic Excellence Week was coordinated and sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research, the Center for Honors, Scholars and Leadership, and the Graduate Student Association along with academic departments and programs across the campus.
Research Day
Research Day was April 12, 2012.
Calls for Proposal
Undergraduate and Graduate students are encouraged to submit to present at Research Day. Students may also select to compete for the Research Excellence Awards.
- Calls for Proposals via URSA on line submission form is now closed.
Academic Excellence Week 2011 Information
Academic Excellence Week Schedule
Wednesday, April 4 - Pre Event
Southard Honors Convocation & Recital
Langworthy Theatre
4:40 pm
Monday, April 9
Greek Awards Ceremony
Grand Ballroom
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Tuesday, April 10
Teaching & Learning Fair
Panorama and Aspen Suites
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Student Activities’ Award Reception
Panorama Room
5:30 pm
College of Education & Behavioral Sciences Honors Convocation
Grand Ballroom
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Art Speaker: Del Harrow
Guggenheim Hall 001
11:00 am
Wednesday, April 11
Art Installation by Laura Knudsen-Weimer
Garden Theatre & Cranford Lawn
10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Honors Ice Cream Social
UC Bookstore Area
11:00 – 1:00 pm
Student Employee Appreciation Reception
Grand Ballroom
4:00 – 6:00 pm
History Honors Hewit Program
Panorama Room
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Thursday, April 12
Research Day
University Center
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
School of Biological Sciences 5th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium
Longs Peak Ballroom
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Distinguished Scholar Luncheon
Panorama Room
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
RSVP to OSP, 351-1907, by April 5, 2012
http://www.unco.edu/osp/news/dslunch.html
Graduate School Celebration of Research
Fireside Lounge
4:00 – 5:00 pm
College of HSS Research Presentations
Longs Peak Ballroom
4:30 – 6:00 pm
History Honors Hewit Program Reception
Panorama Room
5:00 – 9:00 pm
College of Natural & Health Sciences Banquet
Fireside Lounge 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Pikes Peak Ballroom 5:30 – 9:00 pm
“When Never Again becomes Ever Again: Breaking the Pattern of Genocide” Peter Fredlake
Columbine Suites
7:30 pm
Friday, April 13
Communication Jubilee: Celebrating Achievements in the School of Communication
Candelaria Hall 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Columbine A & B 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Art Speakers: Martha Russo & Katie Caron
Guggenheim Hall 001
12:00 pm
Monfort College of Business Outstanding Student Reception
Embassy Suites
6:00 – 8:00 pm
14th Annual Cumbres Reception
Columbine Suites
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Saturday, April 14
Belfer First Step: A Workshop for Teaching About the Holocaust
Milne Auditorium (Room 2050), Kepner Hall
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Luau
Grand Ballroom
Doors Open 4:30 pm, Dinner Served 6:00 pm
Sunday, April 15
Math Contest Banquet
Panorama Room
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
College of Humanities & Social Sciences Honors Convocation
Grand Ballroom
2:00 – 5:00 pm
Peter Black on “The Social, Economic, and Intellectual Roots of Nazi Anti-Semitism”
Centennial Hall
3:30 pm
Tuesday, April 17 - Post Event
8th Annual Summit on Social Justice and Diversity
Panorama Room
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
More Information
Center for Honors, Scholars and Leadership
Campus Box 13
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639-0072
(970) 351-2940
(970) 351-2947 fax