SAU Honors College Accomplishments and Goals

Modified: 2025-09-11 1:53 PM CDST

Much has been accomplished at the Honors College and much remains to be done!

Accomplishments

• Secured offices and Student Lounge in central campus location (Nelson 200)
• Larger stipends
  • Stipends increased from $250 to $600 per year in 2010. We hope to increase to $1000 per year soon.
• More individual and group travel opportunities
  • Moscow, Russia, 2010, (1 student)
  • Clinton Presidential Center, Heifer International, Little Rock Zoo, 2011, Little Rock (14 students)
  • World of the Pharaohs, 2009, (12 students)
  • SRHC 2009, Greenville, SC (4 students)
  • Ft. Worth, 2010 (museums, IMAX), (20 students)
  • SRHC 2010, Little Rock, AR (24 students)
  • Chinese Acrobats, 2011, Texarkana, TX, (20 students)
  • Grand Canyon Semester, Northern Arizona University, (1 student)
  • Lawrence of Arabia, 2012, Texarkana, AR, (12 students)
  • NCHC 2012, Boston (5 students)
  • NASA's Stennis Space Center, MS, (3 students)
  • SRHC in Louisville, 2013 (2 students)
  • AR Chapter National Association of Social Workers, Little Rock, (1 student)
  • Guildhall School of Music, London (1 student)
  • Sigma Tau Delta, 2013, Portland (5 students)
  • NCHC 2013, New Orleans, (6 students)
  • NCHC 2014, Denver, (3 students)
  • SRHC 2014, Greenville, SC (1 student)
  • NCHC 2015, Chicago (3 students)
  • EF Cuba Tour May, 2015 (five students)
  • NCHC 2016, October, 2016 (6 students)
  • Paris, May, 2017 (5 students)
  • Cameroon July, 2017 (1 student)
  • Jonesboro, AR July, 2017 (1 student)
  • Havana, February 2018 (5 faculty staff, 1 student)
  • Italy, May, 2019 (20 SAU student, 10 honors, and 12 others)
  • Havana, February 2020 (1 honors student and 2 faculty)
  • Travel suspended in 2020 due to Covid-19
  • SWPA Baton Rouge, LA April 2022
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show, in Texarkana, TX, October 2022
  • NCHC Dallas, November 2022
  • Trip to three museums in Dallas, February 2023
  • Trip to Rohwer (Japanese Internment Camp) October, 2023
  • Trip to Little Rock (For Hunger meeting) October, 2023
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show, in Texarkana, TX, October 2023
  • Rohwer, AR Japanese Detention Camp, October 2023
  • NCHC Chicago, November 2023
  • Total Eclipse, Cossatot State Park, April 2024
  • NCHC Kansas City, October 2024
  • NCHC San Diego, November 2025
  • NCHC New Orleans, November 2026
• Early registration
  • All honors students may register before all other students
  • Must register with Honors College, Advising Center
  • Happens in mid-October and mid-March
• Honors Thesis
  • In place, optional
  • Five students, thus far, have earned thesis credits
• Honors Seminar
  • Research in non-cognitive characteristics of successful honors students
  • Use of iPads
  • Change to iPad only instruction
  • iPads no longer provided
  • Student presentations (suspended during Covid-19 and re-instituted in 2021)
• More old full honors courses:
  • Anthropology of Pop Culture
  • Cognitive Science
  • General Psychology (Spring semesters)
  • World Lit I and II
  • World History II
  • US History II
  • Philosophy
  • Introduction to Archeology
• Expanding number of new students
• Upperclassmen can now live in University Village
• Honors 2+2 Program
• Recruiting Students and Faculty
  • Moving to online recruiting
    • Sending e-mail recruiting letter to 150 Arkansas students within 120 miles whose ACT composites are 30 or above
  • Honors College prospects visit office on SAU Preview Days
  • Honor College introduction for new faculty
  • BAM Recruiting in cooperation with Admissions
• Director Training
  • Attended Summer Camp for New Honors Directors, July 2009, Iowa State University (NCHC sposored)
  • Attended NCHC Meeting in Washington, DC (2009)
    • Honors Administration Workshop
    • Honors Developmental Workshop
  • Assistant director underwent NCHC training in 2023 in Chicago
• Reconstitute SAU Honors College external advisory board
  • The SAU Honors Council is made up of community leaders from the area
  • See: http://sauhc.blogspot.com/search/label/Honors%20Council for Blog items related to our Honors Council

Long Term Priorities

• Populate Honors North and allow students to live in any residence hall of their choice (done)
• Study Abroad/Away (basically, any off campus program overseas or in USA)
  • At first, these will be in summer and in intersessions
  • Later, we will attempt to develop full semesters away
• Continue to add honors programs in nearby two-year schools
• Naming the SAU Honors College
  • A major goal for development
  • Will require six figure gift

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