Latest Events and News!!
(This is not a complete list of events.
Please see CALENDAR OF EVENTS for a complete list.)
EVENTS & DEADLINES
Friday, Jan 22 - Deadline to apply for Track II
4:00 PM - Honors Office, Hillcrest 105
Interested in being in the Honors Program? Do you have a 3.50
or higher cumulative GPA? Applications can be found on the FORMS
page of the website. Please review the requirements and program
handbook before applying.
Friday, Jan 22 - Honors Option forms due
4:00 PM - Honors Office, Hillcrest 105
FEBRUARY
Monday, February 8 - Senior Honors Project Panel Discussion
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM - Shenandoah Hall Pavilion Rm# 1006
Seniors currently working on their senior project will speak to feshmen
and sophomores about their project and their experiences with it.
Program directors will be present to answer questions and acquaint
students with the process involved with the senior honors project.
Monday, Feb 22 - National Scholarships Panel Discussion
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM - Shenandoah Hall Pavilion Rm# 1006
Applicants for national scholarships will talk about their experience
with the application process. Dr. Melinda Adams, JMU's Prestigious
Scholarships Coordinator, will be present to answer questions and acquaint
students with the process of applying for national scholarships.
MARCH
Monday, March 29 thru Friday, April 2 - Senior Project Formatting Check
Individual formatting review of senior projects by an Honors Program Director
for students completing their senior projects for May/Aug 2010 graduation.
See the Senior Honors Project page on the website for complete details.
APRIL
Wednesday, Apr 7 - Completed Senior Honors Projects due for
May 2010 grads only
4:00 PM - Honors Office, Hillcrest 105
NEWS
Congratulations to the following students for placing in the 2009
Write On contest sponsored by the School of Writing, Rhetoric, &
Technical Communication!
Annalisa Adams - 1st Place - Humanities - Freshman/Sophomore
Peter Fogarty - 2nd Place - Social Sciences - Junior/Senior
Arash Hadjialiloo - Honorable Mention - Social Sciences - Junior/Senior
Laura Bock - 1st Place - Fine Arts
Andrew Pham - 1st Place - Social Sciences - Freshman/Sophomore
(11/17/09)
Congratulations to Honors student Mary Lynne Smith!
She won a $1,000 History Alumni Scholarship for the
Spring 2010 semester. (10/20/09)
Congratulations to Honors students Paul McDowell, John Napier,
and Kelly Weber! They will present their history research at the
Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Conference in San Diego in January!
(10/20/09)
A New Honors Program seminar on the Appalachian Trail
CLICK HERE to read The Breeze article 'Tales from the Trail' - Class presents
various summer semester-long projects to audience at Clementine Cafe
(9/17/09)
CLICK HERE to read The Breeze article about our new honors seminar
offered this summer. (4/30/09)
Scholarship Winners
The Honors Program is pleased to recognize two recent national scholarships
winners, Traci Cox and Jamey Szalay. Traci, who graduated from JMU and
the Honors Program in 2008, was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to
Slovakia where she will be an English Teaching Assistant in Zilina.
Jamey, a Physics major and Honors Program student, was awarded the
Goldwater Scholarship which supports undergraduate study in Science,
Mathematics, and Engineering. Congratulations to both Traci and
Jamey on winning these very prestigious and competitive awards!
(4/8/09)
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Honors At-A-Glance
Total Students in Program:
797
Graduating Class:
106
Average GPA:
3.56
Incoming Freshmen:
184
For more Honors facts,
see our Annual Report At-A-Glance.
Top 20 Majors of JMU Honors Students
1. Biology
2. Psychology
3. International Affairs
4. English
5. Health Science
6. History
7. Media Arts & Design
8. Finance
9. Political Science
10. Interdisciplinary Studies
11. Marketing
12. International Business
13. Nursing
14. Music
15. Kinesiology
16. Integrated Science & Technology
17. Studio Art
18. Communication Sciences
19. Theater & Dance
20. Accounting
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