Honors Community

by Peter T. Buckley,

As a new arrival to the Drexel campus 30 years ago, I had the opportunity to be part of the recently created Honors Program that would grow to become the Pennoni Honors College. Today the Program promises a space to grow as academics, professionals and people, and it has consistently delivered on that promise since the very beginning.

The Program brought together people with varied backgrounds, interests, areas of study and created a cohesive community. Toni McMenamin, Roger McCain and Mark Greenberg worked with all members of the program to define a unique experience ranging from Inauguration Day excursions to Honors Ballroom Dancing electives. The Program leaders provided guidance, support and most importantly, a place to be together. The Honors Center was a home base for its members and was where so many of us began and ended our day to share our joys and our frustrations with others that we knew would hear us and understand.

That spirit of community was inspiring and I endeavored to bring what I learned from it to my time as a student athlete, resident assistant and class representative. Since leaving the University, I continue to find inspiration from those long past days and incorporate that sense of community building as a scientist, a team leader and a parent. We had something very special in the Honors Program and it would be unfair not to share as much of it as we can with the world.

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