Madog Center For Welsh Studies

Honors ProgramRequirements

Students must successfully complete the following requirements prior to graduation to graduate as a Rio Grande Honors Student. ▪ HON 10001: Welcome to Honors ▪ Students must take HON 10001 within the first year they are accepted into the Honors Program. HON 10001 is a one-credit online course. ▪ HON 20103 Honors Service Learning. ▪ This course will be offered every spring semester. ▪ HON 20101 Honors Seminar ▪ Students must complete two separate sections of HON 20101 in two separate semesters. ▪ One section of HON 20101 will be offered each fall and spring. ▪ Students should enroll in HON 20101 as fits their schedule but prior to their senior year. ▪ Travel seminars will be offered at least once every other year. ▪ HON 40301: Senior Honors Capstone I & HON 40401 Senior Honors Capstone II ▪ During senior year, Honors Program students complete a senior project. This project can be anything from a traditional written thesis to a performance piece or a service-learning project. ▪ All students will need to take HON 40301: Senior Honors Capstone I in the fall and HON 40401: Senior Honors Capstone II in the spring of the student’s senior year. ▪ Honors Program Contracts ▪ Students must complete two Honors Program contracts. ▪ These contracts can be for any course of at least three credit hours that students take within their Rio curriculum (general education, major, minor, elective, lower or upper level). ▪ The contracts will be developed in coordination with the Honors Directors and the course instructor. ▪ It will be the responsibility of the student to reach out to their instructors regarding an Honors contract; it is also the responsibility of the student to have a project in mind prior to reaching out to the instructor.

* Astudent’s required computer skills should be addressed throughout the student’s curriculum.

ProgramAcceptanceRequirements

First-semester Rio students seeking admission into the Honors Program must meet two of the following criteria: • Upper 10 percent of high school graduating class, • 3.5 high school GPA, and • ACT composite score of 25.

Currently enrolled Rio students seeking admission must meet the following criteria: • 3.25 minimum GPAafter completing at least 8 credit hours

Honors students must maintain a GPA of at least 3.25 at all times. Students whose GPA falls below a 3.25 are automatically placed on probation but have until the following semester, not including Summer term, to raise their GPA to at least a 3.25.

MADOG CENTER FOR WELSH STUDIES

Welsh Study Abroad Program

The Madog Center for Welsh Studies offers students the opportunity to “foster understanding and appreciation for Welsh heritage and contemporaryWelsh culture” through a variety of activities throughout the year. Our focus is an established student exchange program with University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, in Carmarthen, South Wales, where students who qualify can study abroad for the fall semester of their sophomore or junior year and earn credits towards their degree. Students take classes in their major area. Fine Arts classes are taught at Swansea campus.Tuition is paid through the University of Rio Grande, and room & board and activity fees are paid at Trinity. Language is not a barrier in Wales; it is a bilingual country, butall classes are in the medium of English.

The Madog Faculty Fellowship Program offers a stipend to one full-time faculty member each year to original research in the area of Welsh or Welsh-American culture or history.

The Center also schedules other musical events and lectures on and off campus throughout the year. Contact the Madog Center for Welsh Studies, located on the first floor of the Elizabeth Davis House, 740-245-7186, or email welsh@rio.edu.