Welcome to Honors
The Renée Crown University Honors Program students begin with orientation, where they 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 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:
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- Academic Enhancement Awards: Receive up to $2,000 toward study abroad, research and professional development experiences.
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- Thesis Funding Support: Receive up to $5,000 toward research costs for the Honors Thesis project.
Latest News
Honors Alum Nathan Shearn, a 2020 Fulbright recipient, earned a grant from the U.S. Embassy (affiliated with Minsk State Linguistic University in Belarus) to lead weekly workshops for teachers and professors. Topics included cultural diversity, strategies for different learning styles, and the educational system in the U.S.. Shearn’s original Fulbright appointment was to teach English…
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Newhouse students, including Honors alum Olivia Gormley, took home five Clio Awards this year, the most in school history. Olivia, copywriter, and Sam Luo, ’21, were awarded a Shortlist award for their digital campaign “Greenscreen” for Connect4Climate. Greenscreen is a conceptual Amazon search filter that prioritizes eco-friendly products in the search results. See full story…
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Steve Sawyer, professor at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and core faculty member in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, has been recognized with the 2021 Award of Merit by the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), the highest honor given by the international association of information science and technology professionals. The award…
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Honors architecture student draws on new experiences and opportunities in Italy to design solutions for real-world nuclear waste challenges. After she and her studio partner, Madeline Alves ’23, learned that nuclear waste is a pressing concern in Italy, they decided to design a disposal facility as their project for the semester. These designs will be…
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Honors Alumni Win Major Awards The Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising worked with many Honors alumni this academic year. Santita Ebangwese (’19 ‘G20) and Emma Ettinger (’18) received funding to earn master’s degrees abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Santita is concluding the first year of a two-year master’s program in life sciences…
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