HONORS SCHOLARS HONORS SCHOLARS APPLICATION PROCESS STEP ONE Complete your application to Calvin University calvin.edu/admissions/apply
STEP TWO Complete your application to the Honors Scholars Program (by December 15) calvin.edu/honors/apply
STEP THREE Attend invitation-only interviews (March)
HONORS SCHOLARS: CULTIVATE WONDER
Address compelling questions within a community of 40 other accomplished, thoughtful students. Honors Scholars explore connections between subject areas in interdisciplinary team-taught courses that fulfill half of Calvin’s core requirements. As an Honors Scholar, you will be challenged to take risks, supported by a community marked by its commitments to intellectual humility and the cultivation of curiosity and wonder. As an upper-level student, you will develop the skills of a scholar in your specific discipline, completing an Honors thesis or creative project alongside a faculty mentor.
HONORS SCHOLARS PROGRAM FEATURES • Small, interdisciplinary honors courses, each co-taught by two professors • Honors senior thesis or creative project completed alongside a faculty mentor • Upper-level thematic courses • Optional housing in the Honors Floor living-learning community • Honors advising to maximize academic potential (in addition to major advising) • Free 18th credit hour • Honors and Collegiate Scholar seminars and off-campus excursions
I
CO
S
C
RS
&
H
OL
HONO
ARS
LV
N IN U I V E R S
TY
CA
• Priority consideration for Calvin student research fellowships
L L E G I AT E
calvin.edu/honors
• Graduation “with honors”
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXCEL COLLEGIATE SCHOLARS The Collegiate Scholars community is the overarching umbrella for this constellation of academic opportunities and cocurricular engagement. Upon finishing your coursework with a minimum GPA of 3.65 and completing four “touchpoints,” you’ll graduate “with distinction.”
YOU WILL THRIVE AT CALVIN
From offering first-year research opportunities to advice for seniors applying for Fulbright Fellowships, Calvin challenges and supports its most academically engaged students. As you’re driven by a sense of curiosity, exploration, and wonder, you’ll learn both in and beyond the classroom—through opportunities including cohort programs, intentional living and learning communities, and study-abroad options. You’ll find resources to help you prepare for whatever comes next, whether that’s starting a career right after graduation or continuing your education in medicine, law, the social sciences, or the humanities. Here are some of the opportunities you might pursue: • Complete real-world research in your field alongside your professors, and even see your work published, as a part of the McGregor Fellows and Science Division Summer Research programs. • Build leadership skills as a John M. Perkins Fellow, living in community with other students who share your passion for justice and renewal. • Connect to the local art scene and collaborate with other artists in the
N UNIVERS
• Sharpen skills to use in ministry and church leadership as a Jubilee Fellow, I
CO
S
C
RS
&
H
OL
HONO
ARS
I LV
TY
CA
Arts Collective—regardless of your major.
L L E G I AT E
learning through mentoring and practical experience. • Travel the world for a summer or semester abroad in places like France, Ghana, Honduras, and Spain. • Take the stage—or work behind the scenes—as part of Calvin Theatre Company, or perform in one of Calvin’s many music ensembles. • Challenge yourself to reach beyond expectations and explore advanced topics in
3201 Burton St. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49546 (800) 688-0122 honors@calvin.edu
your field as an Honors Scholar (more information provided on the other side).
FIND OUT MORE OR APPLY AT calvin.edu/go/get-involved