Overview
The Wesson Honors Program offers academic, cultural and social opportunities for the most highly motivated and capable of Colby-Sawyer's students who combine a solid work ethic and natural ability with intellectual curiosity.
Students with a 3.75 High School GPA are eligible to apply for admission into the Wesson Honors Program. Selection is by committee review and space is limited. Membership is maintained by staying on the Dean's List and continued involvement in the program.
Benefits of the Program
•Our top academic scholarship
•An even more rigorous academic learning experience with Honors courses offered every semester in various disciplines
•Identification and recognition of outstanding intellectual inquiry
•Development of each student's leadership in the immediate and extended community
•A fostering of intellectual exchange between students, faculty and students, and the college community as a whole
The Wesson Honors Scholarship
Requirements: Students with a 3.75 GPA at point of admission are eligible to apply for this scholarship. Value: $17,000 per year
This award is competitive and includes direct admission into the Wesson Honors Program. Selection is by committee review and awards are limited. It is renewable annually for four years of study dependent upon good academic standing in the Wesson Honors Program. Deadline: Scholarships are limited; we recommend students complete their applications for admission and the Wesson Honors Program by February 1. Please note: Students who qualify to apply for the Wesson Honors program will be notified through the mail, following their acceptance to Colby-Sawyer. Applying for the honors program is separate from our Merit Award application process and eligible students are encouraged to pursue both.
How do entering students become part of the Wesson Honors Program?
Students are invited to become members of the Wesson Honors Program at the time of acceptance if they have a high school G.P.A. of 3.75. They are offered a merit scholarship for four years as long as they maintain good standing in the program. “Good standing” means taking at least one honors course per year and maintaining Dean's List standing (3.5) at least every other semester.
Are entering Honors students required to take the Honors Pathway?
Yes. Students persist in the Honors Program and as scholars in the college in direct proportion to having been introduced to the characteristics of honors work in the Honors Pathway. A student may, however, petition to take another Pathway by writing to the Honors Coordinator with a rationale for this exemption.
How does a Wesson Honors student fulfill the requirements to graduate with a Wesson Honors Certificate?
The Wesson Honors Program mimics the palette of minors in the Colby-Sawyer curriculum by consisting of six courses. Typically, an Honors student fulfills two of those courses by taking the Honors Pathway sequence of two courses (6 credit hours), three additional Honors courses (9 credit hours), and an Honors Capstone Seminar (1 credit hour), or two Honors courses and one Honors Contract (9 credit hours) and the Honors Capstone Seminar.
What is an Honors Contract?
An Honors Contract is a proposal negotiated between the student, a faculty member and the Honors Coordinator to add an interdisciplinary component to a regular catalog course. For instance, an interdisciplinary component might be added to Psychology 101, such as an exploration of cross-cultural perspectives on individual behavior. The student, the Honors Coordinator and the professor discuss in advance how that component will be manifest in the class (i.e. extra papers, class presentations, poster project, a presentation on Scholar's Day, etc.) A contract must be proposed, submitted and approved by the Honors Coordinator during the Drop/Add period at the beginning of a new semester. Proposal forms may be found on Blackboard.
What is an Honors Capstone & what is the Honors Capstone Seminar?
Senior Wesson Honors students must add an interdisciplinary component to their department's Capstone requirement. Students do this by seeking a second (Honors) reader for their Capstone from an academic discipline other than their own department. The student's department evaluates the Capstone and credit hours vary widely. In order to serve all students and departments, the 1 credit Honors Capstone Seminar acts as a clearinghouse for the development of the Honors Capstone Proposal. It also allows Honors students to meet once a week during the spring semester to share their Capstones with each other and to discuss as a closure to their honors experience what it means to take academic and co-curricular leadership in Colby-Sawyer's community of scholars. The Honors Capstone Contract may be found on Blackboard and submitted to the Honors Coordinator for approval by the beginning of the semester in which the Capstone begins.
Can students become a part of the Wesson Honors Program after they enter?
Yes. Each semester the Honors Coordinator looks for students whose academic achievement has been acknowledged by inclusion on the Dean's List. The Honors Program congratulates all students who meet this standard and invites anyone on the list to consider applying to join the Honors Program. The Honors Coordinator meets with those who are interested, explains the program's advantages, and invites them to apply by writing a letter of interest and intention. The Honors Coordinator presents this letter to the Honors Advisory Group, which then evaluates the application.
Another way for students to become a part of the Wesson Honors Program is through an advisor's recommendation to the Honors Coordinator, which will lead to a meeting with the student and the same evaluation process by the Honors Advisory Group.
For more information contact Professor Ann Page Stecker at astecker@colby-sawyer.edu, Coordinator, Wesson Honors Program, or call her at 603-526-3644.
http://www.colby-sawyer.edu/academics/experience/honors/index.html
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
The Wesson Honors Program offers academic, cultural and social opportunities for the most highly motivated and capable of Colby-Sawyer's students who combine a solid work ethic and natural ability with intellectual curiosity.
Students with a 3.75 High School GPA are eligible to apply for admission into the Wesson Honors Program. Selection is by committee review and space is limited. Membership is maintained by staying on the Dean's List and continued involvement in the program.
Benefits of the Program
•Our top academic scholarship
•An even more rigorous academic learning experience with Honors courses offered every semester in various disciplines
•Identification and recognition of outstanding intellectual inquiry
•Development of each student's leadership in the immediate and extended community
•A fostering of intellectual exchange between students, faculty and students, and the college community as a whole
The Wesson Honors Scholarship
Requirements: Students with a 3.75 GPA at point of admission are eligible to apply for this scholarship. Value: $17,000 per year
This award is competitive and includes direct admission into the Wesson Honors Program. Selection is by committee review and awards are limited. It is renewable annually for four years of study dependent upon good academic standing in the Wesson Honors Program. Deadline: Scholarships are limited; we recommend students complete their applications for admission and the Wesson Honors Program by February 1. Please note: Students who qualify to apply for the Wesson Honors program will be notified through the mail, following their acceptance to Colby-Sawyer. Applying for the honors program is separate from our Merit Award application process and eligible students are encouraged to pursue both.
How do entering students become part of the Wesson Honors Program?
Students are invited to become members of the Wesson Honors Program at the time of acceptance if they have a high school G.P.A. of 3.75. They are offered a merit scholarship for four years as long as they maintain good standing in the program. “Good standing” means taking at least one honors course per year and maintaining Dean's List standing (3.5) at least every other semester.
Are entering Honors students required to take the Honors Pathway?
Yes. Students persist in the Honors Program and as scholars in the college in direct proportion to having been introduced to the characteristics of honors work in the Honors Pathway. A student may, however, petition to take another Pathway by writing to the Honors Coordinator with a rationale for this exemption.
How does a Wesson Honors student fulfill the requirements to graduate with a Wesson Honors Certificate?
The Wesson Honors Program mimics the palette of minors in the Colby-Sawyer curriculum by consisting of six courses. Typically, an Honors student fulfills two of those courses by taking the Honors Pathway sequence of two courses (6 credit hours), three additional Honors courses (9 credit hours), and an Honors Capstone Seminar (1 credit hour), or two Honors courses and one Honors Contract (9 credit hours) and the Honors Capstone Seminar.
What is an Honors Contract?
An Honors Contract is a proposal negotiated between the student, a faculty member and the Honors Coordinator to add an interdisciplinary component to a regular catalog course. For instance, an interdisciplinary component might be added to Psychology 101, such as an exploration of cross-cultural perspectives on individual behavior. The student, the Honors Coordinator and the professor discuss in advance how that component will be manifest in the class (i.e. extra papers, class presentations, poster project, a presentation on Scholar's Day, etc.) A contract must be proposed, submitted and approved by the Honors Coordinator during the Drop/Add period at the beginning of a new semester. Proposal forms may be found on Blackboard.
What is an Honors Capstone & what is the Honors Capstone Seminar?
Senior Wesson Honors students must add an interdisciplinary component to their department's Capstone requirement. Students do this by seeking a second (Honors) reader for their Capstone from an academic discipline other than their own department. The student's department evaluates the Capstone and credit hours vary widely. In order to serve all students and departments, the 1 credit Honors Capstone Seminar acts as a clearinghouse for the development of the Honors Capstone Proposal. It also allows Honors students to meet once a week during the spring semester to share their Capstones with each other and to discuss as a closure to their honors experience what it means to take academic and co-curricular leadership in Colby-Sawyer's community of scholars. The Honors Capstone Contract may be found on Blackboard and submitted to the Honors Coordinator for approval by the beginning of the semester in which the Capstone begins.
Can students become a part of the Wesson Honors Program after they enter?
Yes. Each semester the Honors Coordinator looks for students whose academic achievement has been acknowledged by inclusion on the Dean's List. The Honors Program congratulates all students who meet this standard and invites anyone on the list to consider applying to join the Honors Program. The Honors Coordinator meets with those who are interested, explains the program's advantages, and invites them to apply by writing a letter of interest and intention. The Honors Coordinator presents this letter to the Honors Advisory Group, which then evaluates the application.
Another way for students to become a part of the Wesson Honors Program is through an advisor's recommendation to the Honors Coordinator, which will lead to a meeting with the student and the same evaluation process by the Honors Advisory Group.
For more information contact Professor Ann Page Stecker at astecker@colby-sawyer.edu, Coordinator, Wesson Honors Program, or call her at 603-526-3644.
http://www.colby-sawyer.edu/academics/experience/honors/index.html
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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