Apply for the Jill Conway Scholarship and receive up to $1000!

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Apply for this one-time scholarship award that recognizes engagement, growth, and curiosity within the Honors College community.

💰 Award: Between $500–$1,000
📅 Deadline: March 1, 2026
🖥️ Apply via: CSAS (general application + supplemental question)

Scholarship Qualifications:

  • Honors College students currently in good standing.
  • Students with demonstrated financial need according to the College’s Office of Financial Assistance and Veterans Affairs.
  • Students who have demonstrated leadership within the Honors College community through engagement, personal growth, curiosity to explore new interests, and an enhanced classroom experience.

Supplemental Question (500 words or less):In 500 words or less, describe a leadership role (formal or informal) you have had in the Honors College:

  • What did the leadership role mean to you?
  • Describe the impact it had on the Honors community and/or to the campus.
  • How will you continue to be engaged in the Honors College or the greater community as a whole?

Apply for a Paid Internship in DC in Global Development!

Pyxera Global is looking for an intern to join its Programs team and help implement global skills-based volunteering projects for corporate clients. Perfect for International Studies or LCWA majors and recent grads ready to make an impact.
💼 Paid Internship 
📍 Washington, DC 
📅 Jan–June 2026
⏳ Deadline: December 28, 2025
✨ Why Apply?
Hands-on experience in global program management
Build connections in nonprofit & corporate sectors
Work on projects that matter worldwide

Submit Your Art for the Annual Juried Student Exhibition at the Halsey Institute!

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Showcase your creativity in the 41st Annual Juried Student Exhibition at the Halsey Institute. This is your chance to have your work selected by nationally renowned juror Will Hutnick and featured alongside the best of CofC’s student artists.

Submission Day:
📍 Halsey Institute
📅 Wednesday, Jan. 21
🕙 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

MUSC Darby Children’s Research Institute Summer Program!

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This competitive summer program offers $5,000 to support undergraduates in clinical or basic science pediatric research. Gain hands-on experience that can shape your future in medicine or research.

📅 Deadline: January 19, 2026
📍 Location: MUSC – Darby Children’s Research Institute
✅ Preference: Students with biological science backgrounds
How to apply:
Learn more about the program and submit your application as directed.
Questions? Contact Denis Guttridge at guttridg@musc.edu.

The John Covington and Robert Lukey Scholarship for the
Darby Children’s Research Institute Summer Program

PURPOSE
The purpose of The John Covington and Robert Lukey Scholarship is to provide an opportunity for
undergraduate students interested in pursuing pediatric research. This is the 5th year of this scholarship
program.
OVERVIEW
The Darby Children's Research Institute (DCRI) is the research arm of the Dr. Charles P. Darby J.
Department of Pediatrics and the Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital at the Medical University of South
Carolina. The DCRI is comprised of basic and physician scientists working together with a common
goal to perform impactful science that can be translated for the wellness of children’s health. The DCRI
is composed of state-of-the-art laboratories with faculty, post-doctoral researchers, and graduate
students spanning multiple disciplines in childhood health and disease.
The primary objective of The John Covington and Robert Lukey Scholarship is to provide funding for
trainees to gain exposure to a clinical and basic science pediatric research environment in a nationally
ranked academic medical center that will advance their career aspirations.
ELIGIBILITY
• Must be enrolled in an undergraduate accredited US university institution.
• Must be able to physically work in a designated lab for an 8-week program.
KEY DATES
• Applications due: January 19, 2026, at 5:00 pm EST
• Applicants will be notified of awards: Early February, 2026
• Award Period: June 1, 2026 – July 31, 2026
AWARD AMOUNT
$5,000 stipend
APPLICATION FORM AND DOCUMENTS
Document
• Font Type and Size Arial, 11pt.
• Page Margins No less than 0.5” on all sides
• Document Type single PDF file

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Required Documents/Files
• Cover letter – Include what peeks your interests in pediatric research either basic or clinical. Do
you have a particular area of interest? Are you interested in a particular DCRI researcher from the
information provided on the DCRI website or publications? (1 page)
• Personal and Scientific Background (1-2 pages) – Please describe your educational background in
science, why you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, and how this would enhance or
further your career goals?
• Resume or CV
• Letter of Recommendation (1 letter minimum)
SUBMISSION PROCESS
• Combine all documents into a single PDF file
• Email to Dr. Denis Guttridge (guttridg@musc.edu), Subject Line: DCRI Summer Fellowship
Program

Volunteer to Help Pack 10,000 Meals with Rise Against Hunger!

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Join us for a high-energy volunteer event to fight food insecurity with Rise Against Hunger. Together, we’ll package 10,000 meals for those in need.

📅 Date: Friday, Feb. 13, 2026
🕒 Time Slots:
  • 1:30–3:00 PM (Set up)
  • 3:00–4:30 PM (Meal packaging)
  • 4:30–5:15 PM (Clean up)

📍 Location: Silcox 215

Why join?
  • Make a global impact 🌍
  • Fun, fast-paced, and meaningful
  • Great way to connect with the CofC community

Sign up early to help us plan!

Apply to the Career Center Internship Award for a Summer Internship!

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Looking for a summer ’26 internship? Apply for the Career Center Internship Award (CCIA) and join a 10-week spring cohort designed to help you succeed.

What’s included?
  • 💼 Personalized coaching
  • 📈 Professional development
  • 🤝 Networking events
  • 💵 Monetary stipend (after securing summer internship)
Details:
  • All majors welcome
  • Weekly cohort meetings (attendance required)
  • Small group: up to 5 students
📅 Deadline: Jan. 9, 2026

Apply to the W.N. Looper Award D.C. Internship Stipend!

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Spend Summer 2026 in Washington, D.C. working with a member of the U.S. Congress! The W.N. Looper Award provides a stipend 💵 to help cover living expenses for one student completing a 4+ week internship on Capitol Hill.

Who’s eligible?
  • 🎓 Freshman, sophomore, or junior majoring in Humanities or Social Sciences
  • 🏠 South Carolina resident
  • 📚 2.5+ GPA
  • 💡 Financial/experiential need
  • 🚫 Never interned on Capitol Hill before
Why apply?
  • Gain hands-on experience in government
  • Build professional connections in D.C.
  • Advance your educational and career goals
📅 Deadline: Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026

Still need a colloquium course? Sign up for HONS 230: Suspense and Surrealism in Film

[12/15/25 UPDATE: This course does not seem to have enough interest and won’t be offered in the spring.]

Still need an HONS colloquium course? Interested in film studies or psychology?

An additional Honors colloquium course just became available for the spring ’26 semester!

🎥HONS 230: Suspense and Surrealism in Film
Instructor: Colleen Glenn
MWF at 1:00 pm

Interested? Email Professor Ganaway to add your name to the class list. If enough students express interest, we’ll offer the course!

HONS 230: Suspense and Surrealism in Film
Instructor: Colleen Glenn
MWF at 1:00 pm

This interdisciplinary course will consider Alfred Hitchcock and David Lynch as auteur filmmakers whose works weave psychoanalytic theory and the study of human psychology with traditions in art and literature. Although very different in terms of style and content, both directors share a fascination with violence, mystery, and the uncanny, often revealing the horror to be within the family home. Known as the “Master of Suspense,” Hitchcock developed distinctive thematic and aesthetic styles in thrillers such as Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Psycho. Influenced by the boom of interest in human behavior in the 1940s and ‘50s, Hitchcock helped popularize modern psychology on the big screen. A generation later, Lynch delivered avant-garde works such as Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and Mulholland Drive. A sculptor and painter before he became a filmmaker, Lynch drew heavily from surrealist traditions when he moved into cinema, leaving an indelible stamp on the cinematic canon with his edgy and disturbing neo-noir films. Drawing upon art history, psychology, cultural studies, and film studies, we will explore several films from each director, becoming familiar with their unique artistic visions, technique and style, and fascination with the macabre.