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:

    • Academic Enhancement Awards: Receive up to $2,000 toward study abroad, research and professional development experiences.
    • Thesis Funding Support: Receive up to $5,000 toward research costs for the Honors Thesis project.

Funding Recipient Stories

Alexander Illescas -

Madeleine Herberger -

Riley Matasavage -

Mel Lin -

Nate Harrington -

Elizabeth Malcolm -

Emily Castillo-Langley -

Leah Farrell -

Emma Isaacson -

Omalina Wolfe -

Tanner Boshart -

Heidi Simental -

Latest News

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Honors Alum, Alexander Weiss (ECS ’12), Reflects on the Influence of an Honors class

December 3, 2018

Honors Alum, Alexander Weiss (ECS ’12), Reflects on the Influence of an Honors class Alexander R. Weiss (ECS  ’12) has a library full of books and journals, from arcane treatises on science and engineering to timeless works of literature and philosophy. One book he holds dear is The New York Times Bestseller “The Brain That…

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Honors Senior, Dina Eldawy (AS ’19) Named Second Marshall Scholar in University’s History

December 3, 2018

Honors Senior, Dina Eldawy (AS ’19) Named Second Marshall Scholar in University’s History Honors senior, Dina Eldawy, has been named a 2019 recipient of the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. She is the second Marshall Scholar in Syracuse University history. Eldawy is an international relations major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School…

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Honors Class to Host Annual Songwriter Showcase

November 27, 2018

In Honors professor Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers’ honors class, “Inside the Words and Music,” students study the art of songwriting and the creative process. Rodgers tasked the class with planning a songwriter showcase that would feature original music performed by Syracuse University students. For the past 11 years, the SU Songwriter Showcase has provided musicians with…

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Rodney D. Sieh, Liberian investigative journalist, speaks with Honors students

November 15, 2018

On Tuesday, November 13th, Rodney D. Sieh, Liberian investigative journalist, spoke with students in the Honors course – Conceptualizing Human Rights. Mr. Sieh is founder and editor of FrontPage Africa, Liberia’s largest independent daily print and online newspaper. Mr. Sieh spoke about his work which exposed poor governance, limited accountability, and lack of transparency within Liberia,…

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Honors National Conference: NCHC 2018

November 14, 2018

Honors staff members Kate Hanson and Karen Hall have just returned from the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) annual conference, held in Boston this year. Both served as facilitators for workshops, Karen on “Mental Health, Honors and the Three R’s: Resources, Responses and Responsibilities” and Kate on “Experience as Classroom: The Power of Immersive, Contextualized…

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