Honors E-Newsletter Spring 2009

Introduction Staff Honors Faculty Council Honors Student Council Faculty

Honors Program Benefits Requirements Courses Residential Learning Dinner Seminars Book Discussions Study Abroad Cultural Events Flannery O'Connor

Scholars Program Scholars Program Overview

Application/Selection Application/Selection Overview

Eta Sigma Alpha Eta Sigma Alpha Overview

Alumni News Alumni News

E-Newsletter Spring 2009

Honors E-Newsletter, Spring 2009

Class of 2012: The Next Generation The Honors Convocation and Induction Ceremony was held this past September. We welcomed 85 new freshmen to the Honors Program and inducted them into the Eta Sigma Alpha honorary society. . . [more]

Study Abroad: A Vital Part of a Liberal Arts Education Believing that this generation of college students are going to live and work in a global society, the Honors Program promotes, supports, and encourages various types of international education. . . [more]

The Road to Global Citizenship This year, through the Honors Residential Learning Community a group of students are exploring the meaning of global citizenship, and what it means to be a global citizenship in both thought and deed. . . [more]

A Hunger for Knowledge Our new dinner-seminars give Honors students an opportunity to get together with a professor to discuss a topic related to the professor's scholarship over dinner. . . [more]

Peckish and Bookish Among the many new opportunities available to Honors students this year, book discussions have proved to be enormously popular. Students have had the chance to join a dozen or so book discussions. . . [more]

Global Climate Change Poster Session Students in Dr. Julia Metzker's Necessities of Life class organized a poster session in Bell Hall last December. Their goal was to raise awareness. . . [more]

Shout Out! Congratulations to many of our students who are demonstrating leadership, presenting papers, winning honors, serving the community, and generally doing great things that reflect well on our program. . . [more]

Alumni Corner We are in the very early stages of developing an Honors Alumni Group. Of course, that means having a Facebook page! Alumni can find us at. . . [more]

Contributing writers: Hannah Fouts, Katelyn Hebert, and Chelsea Thomas

CONNECTING WHAT MATTERS

Director's Note

Well into my second semester as director of the Honors & Scholars Program, I continue to be grateful for the warm welcome I've received from both students and faculty at Georgia College.

I'm inspired every day by the things that our students are doing in the classroom, on campus, and even beyond – raising the academic bar in class, assuming leadership positions in campus organizations, and serving in the community.

And I'm excited about the future. I see enormous potential in the Honors Program. Our students have responded positively to our new dinner-seminars and book discussion groups – simple things, which nevertheless do much to contribute to student-faculty interaction, intellectual growth, and community building within the program. The response here bodes well for the many other opportunities and challenges that we will put before our students in the future.

Finally I'm grateful for the support of the Honors Council, the work of Eta Sigma Alpha's executive board, the wise counsel of Drs. Moody, Saladin, and Sallstrom, and the willingness of the faculty to share their time and love of learning with our students.

-- Steve Elliott-Gower

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