Merit Weekend 2014

The Path to Undergraduate Excellence

Opportunities

Why does it matter?

• Personal Development

• Building an Academic Record of Excellence

• Preparing to Give Back

Assume Responsibility for Choosing Your Path

• Create Flexible Goals

• Know Your Opportunities at UK

• Develop a Plan

• Pursue Your Path

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

External Scholarships

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

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!

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

Your ExperienceExternal

Scholarship

Honors Program

Gaines Fellow

ChellgrenFellow

Research

Your ExperienceExternal

Scholarship

ChellgrenFellow

Research

Honors Program

Gaines Fellow

Questions?