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Benefits, Program Events and Activities
The Honors Program also sponsors a number of events each semester. These events are all designed to boost the sense of community shared among Honors students. These events do so by providing a forum for discussing stimulating ideas that supplement lectures in the classroom or events that are happening around us.
Undergraduate Research
Students are invited to participate in the Undergraduate Research Program in either their sophomore and junior years. Students who are accepted to the program will join a research team on campus! Students will be assigned to teams based on the needs of the team and the interests of the student. For 10 hours a week, students will function as full members of the research team while participating in all aspects of the research, including data collection, analysis, and writing. Students will take a one-credit Honors seminar course and will receive a stipend for their work.
City As Text
Invented by Dr. Bernice Braid of Long Island University's Honors Program, City as Text offers students a chance to learn by exploring what's around them. Like Long Island University, we here at Gallaudet University have a tremendous city through which our students can learn. Such experiences include going to various museums throughout DC, the Capitol Building, the Frederick Douglas House, and the like. We use these "field experiences" in Honors extensively as a way to keep our learning interest, relevant, and challenging. Beginning in the Fall of 2009, Honors will have an unprecedented level of co-curricular experiences. We look forward to this exciting and enriching semester.
Watch Movies with your Classmates
These are nights where students are invited to a classroom to watch a movie. The movies are picked because they are both entertaining and educational. The movies are picked in consultation with Honors Faculty. This provides us with yet another way to present students with a variety of information and viewpoints on a given topic. Refreshments are provided.
Go Out and Have Fun with Honors
The Honors Program hosts a variety of Small Group events. These events are designed to build a sense of community within the program. Events may include trips to Starbucks, museums, an off campus dinner, a play, or an on campus activity such as a game or a workshop. Some of the events will be designed for Honors students. For others, Honors students will be asekd to bring a friend who is not in the Honors Program to attend. We believe the Honors Program is a part of a wider community, and we encourage our students to recognize the need for a balance between the Honors Program and the Gallaudet community.
Meet the Authors
The Honors Program invites authors of its summer reading material to come to the University and speak to the Honors students. Generally, the authors also agree to give a presentation to the wider Gallaudet community as well. These visits are integrated into the freshman courses as a way to keep course material vibrant, relevant, and interesting.
Lunches
Honors Scholars Luncheons are lunches offered to students who have a G.P.A. of 3.0 or above. These lunches are designed to bring students together to mark their achievements, as well as serving as a "thank you" from the Honors Program to the students for all their work. As a special treat, the Honors Program provides food from a caterer for these lunches.
Conferences
The annual conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council will take place in Washington, D.C. this fall. The Honors Program will pay for registration and food for those students who have submitted a proposal to the conference. This conference is enormously beneficial for all Honors students, from those who are just learning what Honors is about, to students working on their Capstone, to students preparing for graduate schools. Our Honors Program is proud to have had numerous students present, and we look forward to continued active participation of future generations of Honors students.
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