Honors Presents Lecture Series
The Honors Presents lecture series is a student-developed event series in conjunction with Texts and Critics, the university seminar for incoming Honors students. Current Texts and Critics students must RSVP for events through CatsConnect to receive credit for their attendance. Prospective students, faculty, and community members are welcome to join WebEx events or view recordings of past events by using the links below or downloading the Google document linked at the bottom of this page.
Recordings of past events can be found on the Honors Presents YouTube page.
Take a moment to meet the Honors Presents team, the brilliant students behind this incredible schedule of events. Looking for quick links to CatsConnect or the Honors Presents social media? Check out the Honors Campsite link directory.
Spring 2021 Schedule
Follow this link for the most up-to-date Honors Presents schedule.
Date | Presenter | Lecture Title | Time/Location | Link |
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January 21 | Kristin Blackler, Director of the Office of Sustainability | Sustainability at MSU | 6:00-7:00 pm, Webex | YouTube recording |
January 29 | Anthony Demetriades, Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering | The Strange Case of the Missing Missile | 10:00-11:00 am, Webex | YouTube recording |
February 5 | Students Present | Presentations by current students | YouTube | YouTube recordings |
February 8 | Terryl Whitlatch | Beyond Anatomy: Designing Creaturely Creatures We Can Believe In | 12:00-1:00 pm, Webex | Webex link |
February 9 | All of Us Research Program | 5:00-6:00 pm, Webex | Link coming soon! | |
February 16 | Dr. Jen DeVoe | Healthcare | 4:00-5:00 pm, Webex | Webex link |
February 17 | Dr. David Titley | Climate Change and National Security | 5:00-6:00 pm, Webex | YouTube recording coming soon! |
February 22 | Dr. Ilse-Mari Lee | Music in Times of Crisis | 4:00 pm | Webex link |
February 25 | Dr. Mandy Rutherford | Nuclear Energy | 6:00-7:00 pm, Webex | |
March 1 | Don Demetriades | The Ethics of Free-Riding in a Pandemic | 4:00-5:00 pm, Webex | Webex link |
March 2 | Theresa Flores | Human Trafficking: A Survivor's Success Story | 5:00-7:00 pm, Webex | Webex link |
March 3 | Dr. Tomomi Yamaguchi | "History Wars" and the "Comfort Woman" Issue: Revisionism and the Right-wing in Contemporary Japan and the US | 5:00-6:30 pm, Webex | Webex link |
March 9 | Dr. Susan Cohen | Text, Image, and Idea: Ancient Influence on Modern Views | 4:00-5:00 pm, Webex | Webex link |
March 18 | Dr. Richard Burney | Precision Medicine: Current Concepts | 5:00-6:00 pm, Webex | Webex link |
March 22 | Cynthia Fishman | Unearthing Design Inspiration with Biomimicry | 4:00-5:00 pm, Webex | |
March 26 | Bruce Campbell | Life After College - What's Next? | 4:00-5:00 pm, NAH 137 | |
March 31 | Dr. Kent Davis | Fictional World Building | 3:00-4:00 pm, TBD | |
TBD | Professor Don Demetriades | Ethics and Existentialism | TBD, Webex | |
April 8 | Paul Gomex | Laughter, a Weapon of Mass Construction | 6:00-7:00 pm, TBD | |
April 15 | Poetry Slam | 4:00-5:00 pm, TBD | ||
April 22 | Dr. Robert M. Quinn | Back to the Future: Using Regenerative Organic Agriculture to Heal our Planet and Reconnect Food and Health | 5:00-6:30 pm, TBD | |
April 30 | Honors Musicale | TBD |