Honors Faculty

While honors faculty should reflect the make-up of the faculty at the college, they must exemplify excellence in the classroom and motivate the students to do the same. Honors faculty will:

Include the Honors Program Learning Outcomes in their course syllabus.
Allow their passion for their individual disciplines to shine through in their teaching;
Embrace teaching strategies that empower students to take ownership of course material and approach questions from interdisciplinary perspectives;
Maintain a record of substantive and continued scholarly achievement and campus enrichment;
Encourage students to learn independently from direct sources of knowledge, such as laboratory experiences, original documents and other primary sources, data collections, service learning opportunities, etc.;
Enhance the critical and creative thinking skills of their students;
Promote the active and interactive learning of their students through such techniques as coaching, mentoring, inquiry-based methods, supervised independent projects, and service learning;
Provide thorough, frequent, and constructive assessment of students’ written and oral work;
Be willing to involve students in their own research, scholarship, or creative activities;
Be widely available to students outside of class time and posted office hours for mentoring, conversation, guidance, and the general enhancement of the students’ academic experience and personal development;
Demonstrate a strong and ongoing commitment to promote excellence in honors education, being fully aware of the Honors College mission and helping to evolve the philosophy of the program as needed;
Be active and dedicated advocates of the Honors College on campus and off; this includes attending honors events, being willing to serve on the Honors Advisory writing letters of recommendation for honors students, attending honors conferences, recruiting new honors students, working with student groups, etc.