Eta Omicron Nu

HON General Meeting

2010-08-30T17:06:00.005-05:00

A BIG welcome to the new class of Honors students! Our first general meeting of the school year will be THIS THURSDAY Sept 2nd at 6:00pm in the Red Raider Lounge of the Student Union Building. We'll have officers outside making sure you know where to go and all that. Membership applications will be available at the meeting and t-shirts to pick up - check out the new design!
Any questions? email us at honttu@gmail.com

Look forward to seeing y'all there
-Eric

Ronald McDonald House!!

2010-02-10T21:37:00.000-06:00

Hey y'all,

On Feb 20th we're going to be volunteering at the Lubbock Ronald McDonald House again. This is a great community service event because it directly affects people's lives. Families live here in this 17-bedroom house and on this Saturday we get to help them do chores so they have more time to spend with family members in need of care.

Meet at Gordon Hall at 8:30 and we'll carpool from there. Please wear your green HON shirt. If you plan to come, sign-up at the general meetings or email Eric at (eric.k.otto@ttu.edu). See you there!

More Community Service

2009-11-05T13:29:00.000-06:00

Volunteering at the Food Bank Farm: We will be working with the food bank this Saturday Nov 7th from 9am-12 noon. The address is 304 76th St., Lubbock, TX‎. Please email ahead of time if you need a ride. (eric.k.otto@ttu.edu or alison.wiseman@ttu.edu)

HON Halloween Costume Party

2009-10-26T11:38:00.000-05:00

Karaoke, Dance Dance Revolution, Awesome Desserts and Snacks, Costume Contest Prizes (ie.gift cards; vintage HON Shirts)

Guests and non-HON members are welcome!

Please RSVP by October 27th, 12pm to HON EMAIL (honttu@gmail.com)

REMEMBER:HON MEMBERS ATTENDING THIS EVENT WILL EARN YOU 1 POINT!

2009-10-16T19:49:00.000-05:00

The first month of HON has been busy, but hopefully enjoyable for all members! It’s always great to see the new students on campus become active in the Honors community and terrific to see new faces. I hope everyone will find HON to be a beneficial experience and terrific opportunity to meet new people and get involved on and off campus. The community service chairs have been active in planning great events to get students involved. It is a privilege to go to school in an area that is so supportive of Texas Tech, and therefore a joy to be able to give back to it. Volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House was very successful and we will get the opportunity to continue with our work there this semester. The Race for the Cure was also a fantastic event with tons of involvement from our members. HON was able to make a large donation to the Susan G. Komen Foundation and express our support for cancer patients. Our first Pizza with a Prof has also taken place with Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy Jr. as he discussed “The Obama Administration’s Greatest Challenges Abroad.” My favorite aspects about Pizza with a Prof have always been its ability to provide pragmatic first hand knowledge to students from individuals who have a vast amount of knowledge about the subject. It goes beyond what you could ever read in a textbook, and typically hear in class lectures, because these professors have had experiences that most people simply hear about. Yesterday Dr. Robert Paine shared his insight about forensics sciences and opened our eyes to the field beyond CSI and primetime TV. It’s a terrific event to attend every month as it expands your worldview through interactions with our brilliant faculty. Socially we had an HON movie night at Tinseltown and free Sheridan’s. If you’ve been in college this long and don’t know the appeal of free food you sure will soon! I hope all of you have a great semester thus far, and I hope to see you around often and soon!

P.S. Be sure to attend Capture the Flag planned by our social chair Anastasia tomorrow!!

Capture the Flag

2009-10-16T18:45:00.001-05:00

Hey HONies,

October 17th Capture the flag meet at Gorden Kitchen at 6:00 pm. Bring your cutest mugs for hot cocoa.

When I was running for social last year, I promised everyone that we are going to have REAL food, no more pizza and what not. After a mini survey...............I went to purchase needs for tomorrow.
Some details on the event:

We will meet in Gorden first floor kitchen and devour the granola bars and chocolate to charge up. I was going to list exactly what we have but you can scrutinize the pictures below=). After the game we will head back to the kitchen and have home made hot cocoa! We will NOT provide cups. ( you can't microwave plastic cups and foam cups are SUPER bad for the environment) Bring your cutest mugs!! Whoever has the cutest mug will get a little prize.

For the hot cocoa, personally I have always been having package kinds. Welllll......tomorrow we are going to make our own! It is basically cocoa power, vanilla extract, milk, suger( We have zero calorie sugar!), and marshmallows. There are baby ones to add in the milk and big ones to devour directly. Have you tried microwaved marshmallow? SUPER delicious! yummmmmmm There is coffee as well. I started drinking coffee approx. two months ago, and I have discovered that drinking coffee and having banana with it is really grand!!!! As you can see in the picture there is also bananas. I am not sure if it will go well with hot cocoa, but we will find out tomorrow.

If you do not attend, that is minus a point!! jUST KIDDING, but be there! If you haven't paid please bring the member fee, it is 40 dollars and you get a shirt.

One last thing! Dear HONies, you can join a committee and be a part of that committee! Want to join Social? You get to organize events and we have a Halloween party coming up. Plus, you can work with me in person! That's priceless okay? Haha...yeah....ANYWAY! I want YOUR help and YOUR ideas. The best of all, your can now put you are in the "Social committee of HON" instead of "member of HON" in your resume. Email me at: anastasia.warden@ttu.edu

Good night Honies! Study hard!
HON Social Coordinator
Anastasia Warden

Enjoy Your Fall Break

2009-10-08T00:08:00.000-05:00

Nothing new in HON this week. Enjoy your fall break. Our next event will be Pizza with a Prof on Thursday, October 15. We'll keep you updated.

October General Meeting

2009-10-01T00:32:00.000-05:00

Our next general meeting is this Thursday at 6:30 in EE 221. We will be updating everyone on all upcoming events, go over revisions in our Constitution, and have a speaker from Teach for America. This is also your last opportunity to pay your dues.

See you on Thursday.

First Community Service

2009-09-22T19:15:00.000-05:00

HON's first community service event is this Saturday. We will be working at the Ronald McDonald House and helping families in need. We will meet in the parking lot of McClellan Hall at 9:00 on Saturday and then carpool over to Ronald McDonald. This is a great opportunity to give back to the community and jump start the semester with HON. If you would like to attend, email Alison (alison.wiseman@ttu.edu) or Eric (eric.otto@ttu.edu) to RSVP. Get your emails in. The cut-off is 30.

Also, the final day to get in your RFTC forms in this Friday at 4:00.

Race for the Cure Forms Due

2009-09-18T12:33:00.000-05:00

The Race for the Cure forms will be due Monday, September 21 at 9:40 AM. Come to McClellan Hall, Room 112. If you come before 9:30, you may give you form to Brittany at the front desk (she'll put it in our mailbox) or Janet in her office.

Our first community service project is Saturday, September 26 at the Ronald McDonald House. We'll have more information on that shortly.

If you have any questions, shoot an email to honttu@gmail.com

First Pizza with a Prof

2009-09-14T16:15:00.000-05:00

Our first PWP will be on Thursday, September 17 in Human Sciences, Room 69 (basement). Dr. Tibor Nagy will discuss the greatest challenges ahead for the Obama Administration.

Free pizza for members! You can turn in your applications and dues at this event.

Pizza for guest is $3. Soft drinks for all are available for 75 cents. Or you can B.Y.O.Beverage.

RSVP @ pizzawithaprof@yahoo.com by September 16th by 10 PM.

Welcome to HON

2009-09-14T16:08:00.000-05:00

I would like to welcome everyone to Eta Omicron Nu!

If you haven't done so already, you may fill out a membership application form in McClellan Hall. The dues are $40 for the whole year. They will cover your HON t-shirt and all of the exciting activities and events we will participate in.

Just a reminder. In order to hold your status as an HON member, you must maintain 7 points for the semester. One receives points by attending and participating in our events. At least 2 points must be for community service. You may also receive points by attending the general meetings, Pizza With a Prof, HON social events, movie nights, and any other events.

So study hard, have fun, and join HON!

- Colin Rust, VP