Latest News and Events!!
(This is not a complete list of events.
Please see CALENDAR OF EVENTS for a complete list.)
The Honors Program would like to congratulate the winners of the
Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi best honors thesis awards;
Lorraine White and Jeffrey Turner, respectively.
Lorraine, an Individualized Study in History major, was nominated by her
department for her thesis titled "A Forgotten Community: The African American
Presence in Highland County, Virginia."
Jeffrey, an ISAT major, was nominated by his department for his thesis
titled "The Pilot Scale Removal of Manganses from Wastewater by Ozone
Treatment."
From the Text to the Trail: A New Honors Program seminar on the
Appalachian Trail
Click here to read The Breeze article about our new honors seminar
offered this summer. (4/30/09)
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)
NEW FOR SPRING 2010!!!
Honors Seminar Abroad
(4/1/09)
SEPTEMBER
Friday, Sept 4 - Honors Options due
4:00 PM, Honors Office
If you plan to fulfill an Honors elective with an Honors Option, the signed
forms must be submitted to the Honors Office by 4:00 PM on Friday, Sep 4.
Forms can be found our website.
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Honors At-A-Glance
Total Students in Program:
785
Graduating Class:
120
Average GPA:
3.53
Incoming Freshmen:
200
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. Health Science
5. Media Arts & Design
6. English
7. Finance
8. Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies
9. History
10. Marketing
11. Political Science
12. Communication Sciences & Disorders
13. Music
14. Nursing
15. Studio Art
16. Management
17. Accounting
18. Kinesiology
19. Biotechnology
20. Integrated Science & Technology
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