Each year the Hutton Honors College sponsors 40-50 extracurricular
programs that contribute to the intellectual, cultural, and social
lives of undergraduates at Indiana University. Each year scores of HHC
students, working with faculty and staff, propose program ideas, serve
as planners and hosts, provide publicity, or otherwise contribute to the
creation and presentation of the programs.
Gatherings, often over lunch or supper, give students occasions
to talk informally with faculty, community leaders, and
distinguished campus visitors about political, social,
economic, environmental, cultural, and personal issues and topics.
Recent guests have included astrophysicist Neta
Bahcall; former U.S. State Department official Strobe
Talbott; Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate
Robert Hass; philosopher Martha
Nussbaum; photojournalist Peter Turnley;
human rights scholar Allida Black; bioethicist
John Arras; former U.S. and Canadian intelligence
officers; neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky; British
literary scholar Dame Gillian Beer; physicist and
mathematician Sir Roger Penrose; award-winning
filmmakers Angelo Pizzo (Hoosiers, Rudy),
Christopher Quinn (God Grew Tired of Us) and
Julie Dash (Daughters of the Dust, music
videos); the casts of national touring companies of
Rent and Evita; and
others.
Workshops and other types of programming offer opportunities to
tackle tough policy issues, from climate change to the
way the United States chooses its presidential candidates.
Students attend the opera, theatre,
ballet, and events at the IU
Auditorium, often with a pre-performance discussion with a
knowledgeable guest speaker or a post-performance conversation with
performers. There are events at other special places, on-campus and
off, including the Lilly Library of rare books and
manuscripts, the internationally renowned IU Art
Museum, the Bloomington Farmers Market, and
Griffy Woods. Mixers at the Art Museum's
coffeehouses match art, music, coffee, and sweet treats
from different times and places. There are movie matinees, short story
discussions, game and murder mystery nights, and...
Together with the many social, intellectual, and cultural opportunities
that Indiana University provides, Hutton Honors College extracurricular
activities provide a wide range of opportunities for undergraduates.
If you have questions or suggestions, please contact the HHC
extracurricular programming office: (chajbrow
).
