Full-time faculty who want to enhance community and provide stimulating enrichment opportunities can apply for the 2020-21 Honors Faculty Fellows Program. Selected fellows will receive a budget of up to $2,000 to spend on honors programming and a $2,000 stipend at the end of the fellowship year. Applications are due April 30.
Previous fellows have offered non-credit-bearing lectures, experiential learning activities and other programming to honors students and served as academic mentors and professional and social role models.
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Selected fellows will receive a budget of up to $2,000 to spend on honors programming and a $2,000 stipend at the end of the fellowship year. Apply by April 30. |
Applicants must have approval from department chairs and deans and outstanding records of teaching, research and service. Fellows will participate in the New Student Retreat and Graduation Celebration and are invited to attend other honors events throughout the year.
This past year, four faculty fellows — Kristin Casazza, Robin Lanzi, Kevin McCain and Lynn Stover Nichols — implemented a variety of honors programming, from nutrition and health literacy seminars to philosophy walk-and-talk groups in Five Points South. Lanzi’s fellowship project was the Mental Health Ambassadors program, which is currently hosting 30-minute online meetings including student presentations, guided meditations and Q-and-A sessions via Zoom to help students combat social-distancing blues during remote instruction.
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