Honors

Monthly

Issue 1, April 2014

IN THIS ISSUE

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Honors College Student Council Meet the Honors College Student Council

My Work with the American Friends Service Committee

By: Aisha Mohammad

Honors student Aisha Mohammad shares

her experience working with AFSC

Oral Histories: An Honors Course Highlight

By: Penafrancia Malcampo

Honors student Penafrancia Malcampo

discusses her ongoing Oral Histories Project

Upcoming & Past Events Learn about upcoming and past

events that have taken place at the

Honors College and across the

University

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A Glimpse. A Snapshot. A Perspective.

At the Honors College, We Thrive on Excellence.

Whether it’s in academia, community service or social

engagement—we aim for the best. This publication

highlights the initiatives Honors students are involved in

on campus and how they’re contributing to the Rutgers

University—Newark community. Read on to see what

the Honors College is all about.

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We are a student organization comprised of Honors College students dedicated to

enhancing the collegiate experience of Honors College students

WHO WE ARE

WHAT WE DO We provide Honors students with leadership and educational programs,

opportunities to attend community service events, and develop mentoring

relationships

INTRODUCING THE

HONORS COLLEGE STUDENT COUNCIL

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Pictured (left to right):

Alejandro Hincapie-

President

Kathleen Penaflorida

– Secretary

Mrs. Patty-Advisor

Angenny Rosario-

Vice President

Interested in joining? Contact us at

rutgersnewarkhonorscollege@gmail.com

Aisha works with

the Bonner

Program on our

campus. Through

the Bonner

Program she was

placed with the

American Friends Service Committee

(AFSC) Prison Watch Project* which

focuses primarily on the various

injustices of the American prison system

and treatment of prisoners within its

confines.

The work I do in collaboration with the

director of the organization involves

inquiring about individuals being held in

solitary confinement as well as

engaging in debate revolving around

oppression, racism, sexism, political

relations, isolation, and abuse within

the various prison complexes through-

out the United and throughout the

world. Our focus ranges from the above

mentioned activities in addition to

working to end inhumane treatment of

prisoners in solitary confinement,

during which they maybe subject to “no

touch” torture, inhumane “regimens”,

and various other forms of

dehumanizing acts for days, months, or

even years. My work involves engaging

in political discourse as well as

reviewing and responding to letters sent

to the office by those who are currently

incarcerated (often detailing the

wretched conditions in which they are

being kept). It is in collaboration with

the AFSC that I continue to study the

multiple faults and authorized brutality

within the United States criminal justice

system.

*For more information about the

American Friends Service Committee and

the Prison Watch Project, visit:

www.http://afsc.org/

My Work With the American Friends Service

Committee

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Honors College student Aisha Mohammad shares her experiences working

with the American Friends Service Committee and the Prison Watch Project

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Oral Histories Project: An Honors Course Highlight

Since the Fall of

2013, some Honors

College students

have enrolled in an

Oral Histories

project for Prisoner

Reform as part of a

course offered by the

department of Arts, Culture & Culture

and the School of Criminal Justice.

The course is taught by Dr. Bonita

Veysey and Professor Tim Raphael. In

phase 1 of the seminar, students read

books on the stigma ex-offenders face

upon re-entering society and

conducted interviews with individuals

who finished serving their prison

sentences. In phase II, we were to take

what we learned from the previous

semester and participate in writing a

piece for the literary magazine,

Hycide, create a theater piece, or

develop an advocacy campaign. I am a

member of the group that chose to

develop an advocacy campaign for the

New York state parole reform system.

Our objective is to change the

perception that the general public has

about ex-offenders. We want to

encourage everyone not to judge ex-

offenders solely by their past but

rather consider that they are seeking

to change

their lives for

the better.

With this

campaign, we

are hoping

to create

awareness

that

ex-offenders

shouldn't be

solely looked down upon and judged

because of the mistakes they made in

the past. They are fathers, mothers,

sons and daughters who made

mistakes and they need the public’s

perception to be transformed in order

to help them to reintegrate into

society and become productive

citizens. —

Honors College student Penafrancia Malcampo discusses her ongoing work in her Oral Histories

course which revolves around prisoner reform

“We want to

encourage everyone

not to judge ex-

offenders solely by

their past but rather

consider that they

are seeking to

change their lives for

the better.”—

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY

April 16, 2014

HONORS COLLEGE FIELD TRIP

April 19, 2014

RUTGERS-NEWARK OPEN HOUSE

April 12, 2014

The annual Open House gives prospective

students a chance to interact with the Rutgers

community and see what the campus has to offer.

Undergraduate Research Day highlights the research

initiatives Rutgers-Newark students are involved in.

Students present their work to fellow Rutgers students

and faculty as well as to the Newark community.

For this year’s Spring Field Trip, the Honors College will be

heading into New York City to visit the Metropolitan Museum

of Art to view world-class exhibits and experience history.

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UPCOMING & PAST EVENT

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STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT ISSUE

HONORS SENIOR TRIBUTE CEREMONY

MAY 6, 2014

Our annual Senior Tribute Ceremony takes place

in the Spring and is a celebration for the Honors

College graduating class. Graduating seniors and

their guests are invited for an intimate ceremony

in the evening.

UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES

May 2014

The Rutgers-Newark Commencement ceremonies

begin on May 21 and conclude on May 22. We

congratulate the Class of 2014 and wish them

much success in the future.

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CONNECT WITH US http://www.ncas.rutgers.edu/

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