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Merit Weekend 2014
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The Path to Undergraduate Excellence
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Opportunities
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Why does it matter?
• Personal Development
• Building an Academic Record of Excellence
• Preparing to Give Back
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Assume Responsibility for Choosing Your Path
• Create Flexible Goals
• Know Your Opportunities at UK
• Develop a Plan
• Pursue Your Path
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Chellgren Student Fellows Program
• Academic Enrichment • Field trips, service learning experiences, leadership
opportunities • Academic Planning• Independent Scholarly Projects
• Faculty Mentors
• 1-credit hour course Fall • 3-credit hour course Spring
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External Scholarships
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Gaines Fellowship
• A unique program providing $5,000 over two years• Junior Year
• Intensive humanities seminar with exceptional faculty• Independent research projects designed to enhance
the community• Senior Year
• Independent Thesis • Extracurricular
• Field trips, service learning experiences, leadership opportunities
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Honors Program
• Students from all majors• Flexible, Challenging, Interdisciplinary education• Begins in first semester at UK• Small-group seminars• Curriculum includes opportunities for research, education
abroad, and service learning• A small, supportive Living Learning Community that
includes students, faculty, and staff• New Residence Hall!
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Undergraduate Research
• Learning that involves hands-on exposure to the rigors of a discipline
• Student-faculty collaborative inquiry and scholarship in all disciplines
“Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I’ll understand” - Chinese Proverb
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Your ExperienceExternal
Scholarship
Honors Program
Gaines Fellow
ChellgrenFellow
Research
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Your ExperienceExternal
Scholarship
ChellgrenFellow
Research
Honors Program
Gaines Fellow
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Questions?