Faculty: Want to work with great students?

Faculty can become involved in the Honors Program in a number of ways: as professors of honors courses; mentors to honors fellows doing their thesis research; members of the Honors Program Advisory Committee; learning community advisors; and interviewers during Fellows Weekend.  More information on developing an honors course and on mentoring an honors thesis is presented below.  For additional information, please contact Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler. 

Teaching

If you are interested in teaching an Honors course, calls for course proposals for first-year seminars and team-taught courses are usually issued in May, and proposals are due early in September. Proposals for the courses to be taught in 2010-2011 or later are due Monday, September 14, 2009. They should be sent as an email attachment to Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler.

Please consult notes about the application process, which contains crucial information, and fill out the appropriate proposal form. Feel free to email or call Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler for additional information.

Mentoring

What students said about their thesis mentors:

• “He was a lifesaver, many times over.”
• “I could not have achieved nearly as much without her advice, knowledge, and skills.”
• “I had a FANTASTIC thesis mentor and I hope students to come are able to have as good of an experience.”

If you are interested in learning more about serving as a mentor for an Honors Fellow's senior thesis, please read about faculty expectations and benefits.  Additional information about the thesis process, timeline, and requirements can be found on the thesis page.