The classes are not intended to be any more difficult than regular classes, but rather, the student-professor ratio is smaller, making it easier for professors to be readily available to help.
The honors program sponsors two trips a year -- one in the fall and one in the summer. In the fall, students travel to a metropolitan area where they can go to a museum and attend the symphony. In the summer, the trips can find the students overseas.
Last summer, they went to England. This summer, they are going to Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas.
The May 17-24 trip will include a tour of Virginia College, where students can view architecture developed by Thomas Jefferson. There will be tours of Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown.
While in Williamsburg, they will have an opportunity to see a concert. In D.C., they will tour six of the 19 Smithsonian museums as well as the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. At Ford’s Theatre, they will see a play before taking a moonlight tour of the national monuments.
The honors program will have an end-of-the-year banquet on Tuesday.
“It is a semiformal affair,” said Judy Carter, a speech professor and honors program coordinator.
The students have leadership teams who participate in a project, which they will present at the banquet.
Students in the program will receive awards during their last class this semester.
“They are the fun awards,” Carter said.
The program has 26 active members. The maximum is 30 students.
Students must fill out an application form to be considered for the program. Other requirements are a GPA of at least 3.5, a transcript and a one-page narrative explaining the reasons they would like to be in the honors program.
Each student in the program receives a $300 scholarship each semester and a textbook scholarship through the lending library. They also are allowed to go on both seasonal trips with all expenses paid.
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