Welcome to Honors

The Renée Crown University Honors Program students begin with the First Year Experience, where they are paired with peers and a student mentor, engage in a semester of shared activities, and gain awareness of campus life. Honors students excel in attaining scholarships, awards, fellowships, recognition at professional conferences, publication, internships, and entrance to graduate school and service organizations.

At graduation, Honors students have completed a rigorous curriculum that represents breadth, collaborative capacity, global awareness, command of language, and depth. Each student completes a three-semester, independent thesis, and has contributed to community and campus civic engagement.

Funding Opportunities

 

In the Honors Program we are dedicated to supporting our students in their research endeavors, study abroad, and their overall professional development.  Through our generous donors and supporters, we have the privilege of extending these opportunities to students in the Renée Crown University Honors Program.

Honors can fund the following activities for Honors students:

    • Professional Development Grant: Receive $1,000 to attend a conference, professional training, or activity that enhances career development.
    • Internship Grant:  Receive $3,500 to defray the cost of living or other expenses associated with taking on an internship.
    • Study Abroad Grant: Receive $1,500 to help defray travel costs associated with studying abroad.
    • Thesis Funding Support: Receive up to $5,000 toward research costs for the Honors Thesis project.

Funding Recipient Stories

Tyler Aitken -

Ellen Clark -

Jose Venegas -

Alexis Taliento -

Grace Engel -

Ananya Chandra -

Charlotte Ebel -

Cassidy Snyder -

Allison Myers -

Aaron Shinn -

Anna Hill -

Colin Mashkuri -

Latest News

Letter from the Director, Fall 2019

November 22, 2019

To the Community of Honors Program Alumni, As you are aware, November has been an extremely difficult month for the campus community. The Honors Program has supported the #NotAgainSU student led protests, which responds to acts of racist and anti-Semitic bigotry directed against members of the community. We have spent much time with students at…

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Performing Identities Across Cultures

November 12, 2019

Performing Identities Across Cultures Call for Performance Proposals $500 AWARD FOR EACH SELECTED PERFORMANCE PICS invites proposals for 15-minute performances, highlighting social justice, diversity, and inclusivity, in any language on the topic “WE ARE ORANGE.” What does being orange mean to you? See PICS website and attached poster for more details and to apply:  http://thecollege.syr.edu/research/language-matters/pics.html  Performances will take…

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Post-Revolutionary Russian Literature

November 5, 2019

In Spring, 2020, Professor Patricia Burak, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, will teach the honors course, The Power of Evil in Post-Revolutionary Russian Literature. Course readings may be in either Russian or English, and class discussions will be conducted in English.   

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3rd Conference of the Parties of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

November 4, 2019

On Sunday, November 3rd, students in Professor Svetoslava Todorova’s class, The Role of Science in Environmental Governance, convened as diplomats for a day. Students conducted a simulation exercise in preparation for travel to Geneva, Switzerland, to participate in the 3rd Conference of the Parties of the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

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**JUST ADDED** HNR 340: Making & The Made

November 1, 2019

Tu/Th 9:30 am – 10:50 am Bowne 306A: We live our lives surrounded by made objects, spaces and experiences. Historically, humans had a direct hand in the making process that was engaged to produce them. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution and moving forward through the Information Age, we find many Americans moving away from what…

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