Benefits
The Honors College is a four-story building located near the heart of the campus, just a few minutes' walk from major academic buildings and the Student Union. Many of the honors classes meet there. Along with classrooms and administrative offices, the building also houses two computer labs open only to honors students, study rooms for individual or group study, a lounge with a fireplace and plasma television, a fully equipped kitchen, and a wireless Internet connection accessible even on the courtyard and deck.
Honors students receive priority registration, giving even an honors freshman an earlier registration window than most seniors. Freshman have the chance to participate in Freshman Ventures. Freshman Ventures is an opportunity to travel to various regions of America, from Los Angeles to small fishing towns in Maine, to interview common (and some fairly uncommon) Americans, probing who we are, what we have achieved, what we can achieve, and how one leads a good life.
Sophomores are given the option to plan a Sophomore Service Trip. The Service Trip allows the class to partner with a volunteer organization in another city where they can help over a long weekend. Funded by the Honors College, the trip is organized by sophomore honors senators who work in conjunction with all the students interested in participating.
Studying abroad is an important emphasis of the program. The Honors College offers fellowships to its students, for either a semester or year abroad. With the help of these fellowships, honors students have studied in places as varied as Namibia, China, Chile, and France.
The Honors College also offers fellowships to help students who have received internships, since many of these are unpaid. These fellowships can help offset the living expenses of working students in places like Washington, D.C. or New York City.
The Barksdale Award (two awards of $5,000 each) supports students willing to take risks with their time and efforts and who propose ambitious independent programs of study, research, or humanitarian effort.
One important part of the staff is the Office of National Scholarship Advisement. The Office works with any student who may be eligible, but with the Office housed in the Honors College honors students naturally have more exposure to the workshops and to individual meetings that can help them learn about opportunities in their areas and what it takes to become competitive for major scholarships like the Rhodes, Marshall, Gates/Cambridge, Truman, Goldwater, and Fulbright scholarships, among others.
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