Additional Scholar Weekends Campuses

 

Site Dates & Courses

Appalachian State University

Scholar Weekend
Office of Conferences and Institutes
Appalachian State University
ASU Box 32042
Boone, NC 28608-2042
Phone: (828) 262-2744
E-mail: sandersaa@appstate.edu

November 14–15

  • Journalism in a Multimedia Age
  • Sustainability: Showing Respect for Mother Nature
  • Amazing Appalachian Amphibians!
  • Flight Science

New College of Florida

Scholar Weekend
New College of Florida
5800 Bay Shore Road, COH 210
Sarasota, FL 34243-2109
Phone: (941) 487-4112

October 10–11

  • Getting to Know Your Bayshore Buddies
  • Spy 101: Cryptological Math
  • Understanding Yourself: Person and Society
  • Poetry and Performance: From the Renaissance to YouTube

Texas Christian University

Scholar Weekend
TCU Office of Extended Education
TCU Box 297026
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Phone: (817) 257-7132

Dates and Courses to be announced

University of Georgia

Elizabeth Connell, Ph.D., Program Coordinator
Phone: (706) 542-2628

Margaret Turner, Administrative Secretary
Phone: (706) 542-5104
Torrance Center for Creativity & Talent Development
University of Georgia
322 Aderhold Hall
Athens, GA 30602

December 5–6

  • The Sensing Human: An Exploration into Human Sensation and Perception
  • 10 Things (Not) to Hate About Shakespeare
  • Bio-Imaging in Research and Medicine
  • Problems and Progress in Disney
  • Game Werks: Creating Video Games to Solve Real World Problems
  • Introductory Robotics

 

University of Houston

TIP Scholar Weekends
Applied Business & Technology Center
University of Houston-Downtown
One Main Street, Suite 716N
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 713-221-8032
Fax: 713-221-8166
E-mail: uhdtip@uhd.edu (subject: Scholar Weekends)

Ocober 24–25

  • Extreme Engineering: A Design Challenge
  • Is There a Doctor in the House?
  • Genes: How Do You Wear Yours?
  • Robotics
  • Extra, Extra, Read All About It!
  • Out of the Box: Writing Creatively

University of Kansas

Scholar Weekend
University Outreach and Continuing Education
The University of Kansas
1515 St. Andrews Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047
Toll free (877) 404-5823
E-mail: kuce@ku.edu

November 7–8

  • Art and Alchemy in a Medieval Scriptorium: History of the Book and a Workshop in Medieval Manuscript Illumination
  • Merlin and a Look at Magic in the Middle Ages
  • Comparative Politics: An Examination of Global Diversity and Commonality
  • How We Move: Bioengineering and Ankle Laxity
  • The Mathematics of Games and Strategy (grades 9-12 only)
  • Magazine Design (grades 9-12 only)

University of South Carolina

TIP Scholar Weekend
Academic Enrichment and Conferences
University of South Carolina
1600 Hampton St. Annex, Suite 208
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: 803-777-9444
Fax: 803-777-2663
E-mail: pups@mailbox.sc.edu

November 21–22

  • Chemistry of Food;
  • Jazz: America’s Musical Voice
  • Artists and Cadavers