Honors Program - Extracurricular Events
2011-12
Saturday, September 10: Honors Freshman Orientation. Discussion of "Waiting: A Novel" by Ha Jin led by Dr. Alan Katz, Professor of Politics (Emeritus). Continental breakfast at 10:15; discussion of the novel follows from10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Come ready to contribute to the discussion. Following our discussion, we will lunch together in the Barone Campus Center. After lunch, from 1-2 p.m., Honors freshmen will continue the orientation in the DiMenna-Nyselius Library where the library staff will conduct a tutorial on library research tools.
Dr. Alan Katz, Professor of Politics Emeritus, leads student discussion of the political novel "Waiting"
at the 2011 Honors Freshman Orientation
Sunday, September 25: Honors Trip to the Broadway Play "The Mountaintop." This new play is a re-imagining of the events the night before Martin Luther King's assassination. It stars Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett. For information visit www.themountaintopplay.com. The Honors Program has purchased 10 student tickets for the 3 p.m. matinee performance and we will follow our usual lottery system as we approach the date. Dinner at a restaurant in the city will follow the play.
Honors students in Times Square after attending the Broadway drama "The Mountaintop," September 25, 2011.
Back: Pauline Santos '14, Luke Record '14, Aly Criscuolo '2, Jen Lowe '13, Katie Ritchie '13, Caitlin Healey '15,
Hannah Nofsinger '15, Ben Maloney '15. Front: Bayan Abunar '14, Julianne Whittaker '12
Tuesday, October 18: Honors Colloquium on "Economic Turmoil and the U.S. Labor Market: Where We Are Now and Prospects for the Future." Colloquium led by Dr. Laurence Miners, Professor of Economics. 4-5:30 p.m., CNS 200. Colloquium followed by dinner at a local restaurant.
Saturday, November 5: Honors Trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Dr. Katherine Schwab, Professor of Art History, will lead a guided tour of selected galleries in one of the world's greatest museums. We will arrive at the Met around 2:30 p.m. Dinner at a restaurant in the city will follow the museum tour.
Tuesday, January 24: Seventh Annual Pictionary Smackdown. Arrive when you can and leave when you must for this Honors game night. 7-9:30 p.m., CNS 200.
Tuesday, February 7: Honors Colloquium on Professor Michael White's Latest Novel "Beautiful Assassin." Dr. Michael White, Professor of English and Director of Fairfield's M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, will lead a discussion of his novel. At the end of the fall semester, the Honors Program will purchase copies of the novel for students who are interested in attending this colloquium. Students can read the novel during the semester break.
2010-11
Saturday, September 11: Honors Freshman Orientation. Discussion of Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, with Dr. Olivia Harriott, Associate Professor of Biology. Our discussion of the book will be held in Canisius 200, 10:15 a.m.-12 p.m. Lunch will follow our discussion in the Barone Campus Center, Faculty Dining Room, Mezzanine level.
Saturday, October 2: Honors Trip to the matinee performance of the Broadway play "A Life in the Theater". Written by David Mamet, one of America's greatest living playwrights, the play is about the relationship between an older and younger actor, and this production stars Patrick Stewart (that's Captain Picard for you Star Trek fans) and T.R. Knight (that's the late, great George O'Malley for you Grey's Anatomy fans). Dinner at a restaurant in the city will follow the play.
Thursday, October 21: Honors Colloquium: "The Cultural Impact of Blues and Rock in America." Professor Brian Torff, Associate Professor of Visual and Performing Arts, will lead us in a performance discussion of the topic. The Colloquium will be held in Jogues 25, 4-5:30 p.m. Dinner follows at a local restaurant.
Saturday, November 6: Honors Trip to the matinee performance of Edward Albee's masterpiece "A Delicate Balance" at the Yale Repertory Theater. Dinner follows the performance at a New Haven restaurant.
Tuesday, January 25: Sixth Annual Pictionary Smackdown. CNS 200, 7-9 p.m.
Sunday, February 13: Honors Trip to the 3:00 p.m. matinee performance of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center. Dinner at a restaurant in the city will follow the play.
Monday, February 28: Honors Colloquium led by Fairfield University President Jeffrey von Arx, S.J. A discussion of "The Hopes, Challenges, Opportunities, and Limitations of Higher Education Today." President's Residence, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Dinner will follow the colloquium.
Saturday, April 2: Honors Trip to a Broadway Play, followed by dinner in the city. Details TBA. Save the date!
2009-10
Saturday, September 12: Honors Freshman Orientation, Discussion of the collection of poems "Undone" with author Dr. Kim Bridgford, Professor of English, Fairfield University, 10:15 a.m.-12 p.m., CNS 200. Lunch follows in BCC 200.
Saturday, October 3: "The Master Builder" by Henrik Ibsen, Yale Repertory Theatre, 2 p.m. Dinner follows at a New Haven restaurant.
Thursday, October 15: Honors Colloquium on the theme "How My Mind Was Changed." Dr. Paul Lakeland, Aloysius P. Kelley Professor of Catholic Studies, will reflect with students on how some change in his life when he was the age of current undergraduates continued to be influential throughout his subsequent years. The colloquium will be held in CNS 200, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Dinner follows at a local restaurant.
Saturday, November 7: Honors Trip to the Broadway Play "Ragtime," Neil Simon Theatre, 2 p.m. Dinner follows at a restaurant in the city.
Tuesday, January 26: Fifth Annual Pictionary Smackdown. CNS 200, 7-9 p.m.
Saturday, February 20: Honors Trip to the play "Compulsion," Yale Repertory Theatre, 2 p.m. dinner at a New Haven restaurant follows the play.
Thursday, March 18: Honors Colloquium on the topic "Law vs. Order: Civil Liberties and Security in an Age of Terrorism," Dr. Rose Rodrigues, Professor of Sociology, 4-5:30 p.m., CNS 200. Dinner at a local restaurant follows the colloquium.
Saturday, April 10: Honors Trip to the Broadway musical "Fela," Eugene O'Neill Theatre, 2 p.m. Dinner follows at a restaurant in the city.
At the west entrance to Grand Central Station, on the April 10, 2010 Honors trip to the Broadway musical "Fela": left to right,
in front, Morgan Zachary '13, Katherine Ritchie, '13, Mary Orechia, '13; standing, Magarita Jules '10, Elise Steiner '10,
Neviana Zhgaba '12, Melissa Hannequin '13, Andrea La Rosa '13, Fiorela Canaj '11, Kimberly Brown '12
Honors students join Professors Donald Greenberg and Kurt Schlichting (center) after a lively discussion
at the October 22, 2008 Honors Colloquium on "Presidential Election 2008."