Honors Student Listserv
Coming up in the Honors College
05/10: Deadline: Honors Scholarship Applications for 2024-25 is Open!05/10: Community Health Worker Conference: Where are we driving?
Now: Bridge Builders Houston is Hiring for Summer 2024
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & OPPORTUNITIES
Grand Challenges Forum
The New Grand Challenges Forum encourages students to think critically, discuss openly and learn unequivocally. The New Grand Challenges Forum offers students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the local community a time to hear a wide range of lectures dedicated to a compelling theme. Fridays from 1-2 p.m. in the Honors College Commons.
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Honors Scholarship Applications for 2024-25 is Open!
The Honors College scholarships are awarded for the fall 2024 - spring 2025 academic year, on the basis of the applicant's financial need, academic records with emphasis on Honors coursework, and participation in the Honors College.
To apply for an Honors College scholarship, please complete the online application HERE and submit a resume (including academic, leadership, and extracurricular activities) by May 10, 2024 at noon (12pm). For more information, contact honorsch@uh.edu
Community Health Worker Conference: Where are we driving?
Changing the Map for Non-Medical Drivers of Health
We aim to discuss the future role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in public health as catalysts for positive change in an ever-changing healthcare landscape. CHWs are a crucial workforce for building intersections between community, social, and clinical institutions and supporting communities in navigating non-medical social drivers of health. In order to do this work, CHWs need to be supported by employers, payers, and public health professionals to have an evolved role that promotes health equity and advocacy.
This conference is free will take place on Friday, May 10, 2024 from 8 a.m. - 2p.m. at the Univerisity of Houston's Student Center South (4455 University Drive Houston, TX 77204-3049) This conference will be held in both English and Spanish. REGISTER HERE.
Questions? contact : chwi@central.uh.edu
This is a summer position! Seeking student who can work most weeks from May 13 to August 7 at 20 hrs/week. Applicant MUST be able work between the hours of 9 and 5 Monday to Friday.
The Student Library Assistant in Special Collections serves at the welcome desk of the Special Collections department of M.D. Anderson Library. Special Collections is the department of the library that houses rare books and historic/archival materials. The student will greet and orient visitors, and answer questions by phone and in person. Other duties include pulling boxes of archival materials for visitors, and assisting librarians and archivists with projects, doing tasks such as data entry and organizing documents. This is a NON-College Work Study Position. Please check out the Special Collections web page on the UH Libraries site for more information about us!
Requirements
- Excellent communication skills
- Punctuality
- Attention to detail
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office
- Demonstrated experience working with the public
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with others
- Seeking a major in which rare, archival, and historical documents and materials are of value
TO APPLY: Please submit your resume to Cougar Pathway, job ID 96232. Please do NOT contact Special Collections directly; your resume will be seen via Cougar Pathway.
Bridge Builders Houston is Hiring for the Summer!
Bridge Builders Houston is a non-profit Organization taking place summer 2024. BBH will offer a weeklong program where high school junior students will live, eat and work together in a shared experience at the University of Houston June 17 - June 21.
Open postions include: Facilitator: A Facilitator will lead and guide high school juniors through a week of learning experiences using the BBH curriculum. A Facilitator must serve as a positive role model for students. Resident Advisor: Resident Advisors will lead evening activities and monitor their assigned dorm hall during the overnight stay and AST: AST’s will set up and monitor activities led by facilitators. AST’s will take pictures of all activities and support facilitators during activities. Apply at: www.bridgebuildershouston.org. Questions? Contact Alex Capece 361-720-2089 alexandra@bridgebuildershouston.com
Participate in the Problem Solving in Groups Study
You are invited to participate in a research study titled Problem Solving in Groups. The study takes approximately an hour and involves volunteers coming to a laboratory on campus and interacting with others via computer in an effort to earn money. The choices people make when interacting will affect earnings. The study should cause no discomfort, anxiety, or embarrassment.
Participants will be compensated. Participants who complete the study will receive on average about $18.00. To qualify you must be an undergraduate who wants to earn money. Your participation in this study will remain anonymous and no one will be able to identify your responses as coming from you.
If you want to volunteer, please go here:
https://universityofhouston.iad1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b1Jk5HbwdnjhfZY Questions? please email Scott V. Savage, svsavage@uh.edu
This project has been reviewed by the University of Houston Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (713) 743- 9204.
We Are Recruiting: No-HPV-For-Me Study
Human papillomavirus (HPV) increases the risk for six cancers in men and women. Want to protect you and your loved one from HPV? Participate in a study led by researchers at MD Anderson to promote HPV vaccination for college students. The study is open to currently enrolled college students aged 18-26 years who have not been vaccinated against HPV, and participants will be asked to view information on HPV and the vaccine, and complete online questionnaires. Participants are compensated.
Interested? Sign up HERE Feel free to email us at NoHPV4Me@mdanderson.org with any questions!
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TRAVEL & SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
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