WELCOME TO THE
UNIVERSITY HONORS STUDENT ASSOCIATION
The University Honors Student Association (UHSA) welcomes Honors students to campus and offers a support network of peers. The UHSA holds fun meetings, participates in the administration of the program, and plans social, volunteer, and cultural activities.
Popular UHSA events include trips to Milwaukee and Chicago to attend plays and concerts as well as on-campus Blood Drives and the Pizza with Professors Series. All UHP students are invited to join UHSA and to participate in events.
UHSA is a great way to become involved in student life at UW Oshkosh and we are always open to new ideas and new faces! Contact any of the 2011-2012 Executive Board Officers with your questions and suggestions (see list below).
UHSA Meetings:
The next UHSA meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 9, at 5:30PM in Polk 17. Hope to see you there!
Here are the UHSA Executive Board Members for 2011-2012:
President.............Nick Diel (dieln29@uwosh.edu)
Vice President.......Kelly Genskow (genskk11@uwosh.edu)
Secretary..............Karen Thompson (thompk04@uwosh.edu)
Treasurer.............Jess Franzen (franzj28@uwosh.edu)
Public Relations Rep .....Ashley Stocker (stocka96@uwosh.edu)
Advisor......................Fletcher Marron (marronf@uwosh.edu)
For general info about the UHSA, please e-mail UHSA President Nick Diel or stop by Polk 10 to speak with Fletcher Marron, the UHP's Associate Advisor.
Check out topics from previous meetings (opens as a Word doc via Internet Explorer):
The UHSA's constitution is here.
UHP- and UHSA-sponsored Happennings & Events
2011-2012
The UHP Invites You to Attend
REVOLUTIONS IN MUSIC: HANNS EISLER REMEMBERS
A multi-media performance with Sabine Berendse and Paul Clements
Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at 7:00PM
Arts and Communication S147
Sabine Berendse and Paul Clements will be touring the US with their multi-media performance program “Revolutions in Music,” which is also the introduction of their new book, the first English-language publication of the interviews of actor Paul Bunge (who is Berendse’s father) with composer Hanns Eisler (1898-1962). In lively, witty conversations, Eisler retells his life story, from his Viennese beginnings as a favorite student of Arnold Schoenberg to the turbulent years of the Weimar Republic in Berlin, when Eisler discovered communism and collaborated with workers’ music and theater groups. During these years, Eisler also formed a partnership that was to shape his career and form the basis of his artistic identity: his collaboration with the radical playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht. When Hitler came to power, the Jew and open left-winger Eisler fled in fear of his life. He landed in Hollywood, where he composed many film scores and earned two Oscar nominations, and he again collaborated with Brecht. However, he was decried as “the Karl Marx of Music” and was eventually hounded out of the country by the House Un-American Activities Committee. Eisler resettled in Berlin and resumed his work with Brecht at the famed Berliner Ensemble, and he also composed the national anthem of the German Democratic Republic.
Oshkosh is one of twelve performances in nine American cities, including New York, Chicago, and Madison, that Berendse and Clements will offer. Their multi-media program will run approximately 75 minutes. Readings from the conversation will be accompanied by historical recordings and images from Eisler’s life and times. Admission is free.
The presentation is cosponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the History Department, the University Honors Program, and the College of Letters and Science.
The book Ask Me More About Brecht: Conversations with Hanns Eisler is appearing this spring with Arc Publications in the United Kingdom. Copies can be purchased at the performance. For more information, please contact Dr. Alan Lareau (lareau@uwosh.edu or (920) 426-5654).
UHP Spring Trip 2012 to Chicago Saturday, April 14, 2012, beginning at 7:00AM
For a fee of just $20, the trip includes a stimulating visit to the Art Institute of Chicago, which will begin with a personally guided tour of the Indian, Southeast Asian, Himalayan, and Islamic art collection; time for sightseeing and shopping in Chicago’s South Loop; and a fabulous Indian and Himalayan dinner at the windy city’s acclaimed India House. Our final stop will take us to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra-sponsored performance of Zakir Hussain, a legend in contemporary Indian music, who will be accompanied by the Masters of Percussion. To learn about Mr. Hussain’s distinguished career, his collaborations with artists all over the world (Rennie Harris, Yo-Yo Ma, and Van Morrison, just to name a few), and to view his massive discography, visit www.zakirhussain.com.
Pizza with Professors Set for 6:00 Tonight/Monday, March 12!
The UHSA held its second Pizza with Professors event of the academic year on Monday, March 12, at 6:00PM in Reeve 227. The guest professors for spring's PWP were Dr. Heike Alberts (Geography), Dr. Don Dingledine (English), Dr. Stephen Kercher (History), and Dr. Roberta Maguire (English and Director of the University Honors Program). This UHSA-sponsored event is coordinated each semester so that Honors students and faculty have the opportunity to get together--and to indulge in free pizza and beverages. UHP and UHSA friends and guests are always welcome to join us too!
UHSA Raises $635 for Fox Valley Polar Plunge
On Saturday, February 18, five Honors students (Shane Connor, Anne Cummins, Nick Diel, Kelly Genskow, and Ashley Stocker) and two UHP staff members (Fletcher Marron and Julie Russo), along with about two thousand other volunteers, jumped into icy Lake Winnebago on behalf of Special Olympics. The Fox Valley Polar Plunge donations now total more than $195,000 ($635 of which was raised by the UHSA Plunge Team). Thanks to all of the sponsors who contributed to this community event and made it such a success!
The Pizza with Professors series continued on Tuesday, November 29, at 6PM in Polk 17. UHSA members and guests met with guest speaker Dr. Michael Baltutis, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, who discussed his current research, his travels in South Asia, and his graduate school experiences. Dr. Baltutis earned his PhD at the University of Iowa in 2008.
Pizza with Professors is a UHP tradition each fall and spring where students can get to know an Honors professor, participate in Q&A, and enjoy FREE pizza!
Join us for: Passing Strange
Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Nursing Ed 151
Spike Lee's exuberant film—a front-row seat to a rock musician's electric, poetic, sentimental journey from Los Angeles to the capitals of Europe—captures the Tony Award-winning musical's undeniable energy during its final performances on Broadway. See the trailer.
“And permeating everything is that thrilling score in which rock, punk, funk and gospel conduct a revival meeting that blows the roof off.”
— Rolling Stone
The film is being shown in celebration of and in preparation for a campus visit by Stew, who wrote, co-composed and starred in Passing Strange. Dr. Don Dingledine, associate professor of English, and Dr. Roberta Maguire, professor of English and director of the University Honors Program, will provide a brief introduction to the film. Learn more about Stew.
Stew will present a free public lecture titled “How to Get to Broadway by Accident: Stew Talks about Passing Strange, Rock and Roll vs. Musical Theater, and the Pleasures of Personal Chronology” on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in Reeve Theatre (Reeve 307).
2010-2011:
Saturday, April 30: Annual Spring Trip to Milwaukee
Stops included transportation to The Domes at the Mitchell Park Conservatory, the Milwaukee Public Market, the Milwaukee Art Museum, dinner at Tulip, and the Milwaukee Rep's production of Death of a Salesman--all for $20 per student!
Tuesday, April 26: UHSA Spring 2011 Red Cross Blood Drive
Wedneday, April 13: Puppy Chow Sale to benefit Christine Ann
UHSA Fall 2010 Red Cross Blood Drive
The UHSA ran its fall Blood Drive from 11AM to 5PM on Tuesday, November 30, in Reeve 227A.
Monday, November 22: Pizza with Professors
The series continued at 5PM in the Honors Lounge (Polk 17) with guest speaker Dr. Larry Carlin of the Philosophy Department. His topic was "Traveling through Intellectual History: What Is the Point?" As always, Pizza with Professors meant that FREE pizza was provided. The event included the talk followed by Q&A.
Thursday, November 18: Kevin Meehan, Guest Speaker for African American Studies Fall Lecture Series, Recalls Haiti
Dr. Kevin Meehan, Associate Professor of English and Director of the University of Central Florida Haitian Studies Project, discussed "African American and Haitian Solidarity: From the Battle of Savannah to the Haitian Bicentennial" from 7PM to 9PM in Reeve 307. The event was cosponsored by the Black Student Union, the Department of English, and the UHP.
Thursday, November 11: UHSA's Next Puppy Chow & Meow Mix Sale to Benefit Local Shelter
This fall's fundraiser was set up in the Library's main entrance from 10AM to 3PM to benefit the Oshkosh Area Humane Society.
2009-2010:
Wednesday, April 21, 2010: Pizza with Professors
In preparation for our visit to the Art Institute, Dr. Susan Maxwell, Assistant Professor of Art History in the Art Department, gave a talk on Henri Matisse at 12:00PM in Polk 17. The UHP provided FREE pizza and beverages for this special presentation.
Saturday, April 24,2010: UHSA Annual Spring Trip
This year, the UHSA planned a full day in the Windy City, including a visit to the Art Institute (featuring a rare Henri Matisse exhibit), dinner, and a final stop at the Porchlight Music Theatre to see the musical Into the Woods. A fee of $20 included all tickets, coach bus to and from campus, and dinner.
Tuesday, April 27
American Red Cross Blood Drive from 11:00AM to 5:00PM, Reeve 227A
This event was sponsored by the University Honors Student Association and the UW Oshkosh American Red Cross Club.
Wednesday, April 28: UHSA Spring Semester Puppy Chow & Bake Sale
For its spring fundraiser, the UHSA prepared puppy chow and other treats beginning at 10:00AM in the main entrance of Polk Library. All proceeds went to Mercy Corps in honor of Kirwins Charles, UHP Associate December 2008, in the ongoing efforts to assist the people of his native country, Haiti.
