Honors Program
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"It's
great to have a room full of working minds who truly want to learn."
If you've heard of the College of the Redwoods Honors Program and pictured a bunch of nerds with their noses either always to the grindstone or stuck up in the air, you’ve got the wrong picture. Students in the program are a diverse collection, ranging in appearance from dreadlocked to blow-dried, ranging in interests from technology to holistic medicine –and the whole gamut in between. What they have in common is their interest in learning, an interest that goes beyond only the grade. |
College of the Redwoods Honors Program exists to provide advanced students the higher level of intellectual and academic rigor they desire, to help those students achieve their educational goals, to enhance their opportunities to transfer to the universities of their choice, and to create a community of student scholars at the College of the Redwoods. It is a challenging program designed for successful transfer to a competitive four-year college. Honors students have access to specially designed honors seminar classes, special academic advising, cultural events and trips, use of the extensive HSU Library, and close contact with faculty. Honors seminar classes, selected each semester to satisfy CSU and UC transfer requirements, differ from regular classes in creativity and preparation by both students and faculty. The innovative approaches to learning, not possible in traditionally structured classes, often excite students most about the honors curriculum. Upon completion of the program, honors graduates have access to priority admission, special scholarships, and other benefits at prestigious universities.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Students are preparing for the upcoming Bay Honors Symposium hosted by UC Berkeley on April 28, 2012. Proposals need to be in by February 2012 and we hope to have at least four of our students accepted to present their research at this conference.
RECENT EVENTS AND ACCOLADES :
- Congratulations to the following CR students who presented their research at the Bay Honors Symposium hosted by Stanford University on May 7, 2011. Acceptance to the conference was far more competitive than last year (the conference organizers only accepted about 40% of the submitted proposals from students across the state):
- Cristina Bauss, "Sex for Jesus and the 'New Republican Woman': The Clash of Feminism and Moral Conservatism in American Politics"
- Kristl and Joshua Commander, "Walled Up Inside--and Out--in 'Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street'"
- Laura DelRoss, "The Results of Change: An Unimaginable Life through the Unconscious"
- The following College of the Redwoods students presented their research at the UC Berkeley conference on May 1, 2010:
- Josh T. Lovelace: "Kennewick Man: Arbitrary Judgment Between the Borders of Native America and Modern America"
- Johani Guerrero: "What Price is Freedom: The 'Quiet Visits' that Changed Child Labor in America"
We are all extremely proud of these students' accomplishments and they represented both the college and our Honors Program well at the conference!
Click here to see pictures of Honors Students and events.
APPLICATION INFORMATION:
FALL 2011 APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE SEEKING ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM FOR THE SPRING 2012 SEMESTER. THE FALL 2011 DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 FOR THOSE SEEKING ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM IN THE SPRING 2012 SEMESTER.
(You will be able to pick up an application form outside of the Honors Office, in the back of the CR main campus library, or download the forms from the left-hand side of this site.)
The Honors Intern Rebecca Ashbach (707)845-8020 can answer any of your questions.
If you'd like to know more about the Honors Program, please call George Potamianos, Honors Program Director, at 476-4318 or e-mail george-potamianos@redwoods.edu.
CR's Honors Program is designed to help students succeed in transferring to competitive four-year schools. Once accepted, students enroll in at least one of the three or four Honors seminar classes offered each semester or take a course under contract to receive Honors credit. The seminar classes, limited to no more than twenty-five Honors students, are enhanced sections of courses that fulfill both the California State University General Education Requirements for Transfer and the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum Requirements. Applications are available in the library, the Administration lobby, and on this website.
OTHER BENEFITS INCLUDE:
- Exciting cultural events and field trips
- Full access to the Humboldt State University Library
- Priority registration
- Special academic advising
- Close contact with faculty
- Intellectual and social camaraderie
Find out WHERE YOU CAN GO WITH HONORS!
For more information call George Potamianos, Honors Director
476-4318 or e-mail george-potamianos@redwoods.edu