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Thursday, August 22, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
New honors director outlines goals
At program's convocation, Schowen urges involvement
By Eric Weslander
Kansan staff writer
Last night, members of the University of Kansas honors program got a first look at their new leader. At the annual honors convocation at Nunemaker Hall, Barbara Schowen, newly appointed director of the honors program, urged students to get involved.
Schowen described the honors program as an opportunity for students to access the best education the University could provide. The honors program offers smaller classes and faculty mentors to academically gifted students.
She advised students to go beyond the limits of assignments, to take difficult classes and to not be intimidated by large or challenging classes.
Schowen also talked about the future of the honors program. She announced several goals for the honors program under her direction:
To introduce more honors courses for
honors and seniors
To find more public service, research and internship opportunities for honors students.
To continue coordination with other offices and programs, such as the study abroad program.
To encourage and facilitate faculty involvement with the honors program.
Barbara Schowen, professor of chemistry and the new director of the honors program, spoke Wednesday at Nunemaker Center about the program goals she has set for the semester. Schowen replaces acting honors program director James Carothers.
The honors convocation, is a ceremony to mark the beginning of the academic year. It is also a chance for honor students to meet faculty informally.
Catie Heaven, Shawne sophomore, said she met some interesting people at last year's convocation, many of whom she still is in contact with today.
"It gave me a chance to get to know people I would be seeing a lot through the honors program goals she has set for the semester. Schowen replaces acting honors program director James Carothers.
gram," she said. "It's important to make a lot of connections."
She returned to this year's convocation to be recognized, along with more than 100 other students, for a scholarship she was awarded through the honors program.
Campus shines brighter as another year begins
By Spencer Duncan Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas is only a few poles away from being a little brighter.
Thanks to a $2 campus fee and money from the parking and housing departments, facilities operations began installing additional lighting in six areas around campus during the summer. However, Bob Porter, associate director of facilities operations, said that there still was one thing missing in two of those areas.
"We have the bases in and the wiring is all hooked up, but we are still waiting for the poles and lights." Porter said.
Facilities operations did not order the poles until the end of July, Porter said. Because shipping takes six to eight weeks or more, the department is still waiting.
The areas without poles are near the chancellor's house along 16th Street and near Green Hall. Porter said the lights around Green Hall also needed a transformer.
While those areas are dark, four areas are experiencing new brightness. Facilities operations installed new lights near the sidewalk along Irving Hill Road and leading toward Nunemakr Center, at Learned and Burt halls, on
the south side of Lindley Hall and in the nearby parking lot. They also pulled out the old hook lights around Allen Field House and replaced them with modern poles.
The new lights are important in the fight to stop campus crime, said Grey Montgomery, student body president.
"The Senate and lighting board have worked hard over the last three years to get more lighting on campus," Montgomery said. "I just got here, but I know that it is important to continue. The more lights that we have, the less risk there is to people who are walking out on campus at night. It's that simple."
The people who are most pleased with the additional lights are those who walk on campus late at night.
Lindsey Tuffley, Olathe junior, often is on campus after dark. When she leaves the campus, she walks past 15th Street, where new lights have been installed. Tuffley said she was glad to see that the University was doing something to keep her and others safe.
"Parts of this campus can get very dark and, for women especially, it can be dangerous." Tuffley said. "Sometimes I have to be here late, and I will feel a little safer when I go home because there are more lights.
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