Meredith College Honors Program
Recent and Upcoming Events:
- FOE Event, Hamlet: Friday, February 15
The North Carolina Symphony at Meymandi Concert Hall. "Hamlet," William Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy, interwoven with music from Dmitri Shostakovich’s 1964 film score will be sure to thrill all! Meet in front of Johnson Hall by 7:00 pm to leave for Memorial Auditorium. - 2008 Fall Honors Weekend Trip - September 5-7
Soon we will be asking for volunteers to help plan the weekend! - NCHA September 19-20, 2008. Meredith will host the annual conference for the NC Honors Association. Volunteers to work on the conference will be needed!
- National Collegiate Honors Council annual meeting October 22-26th, 2008 in San Antonio, TX. You must apply and interview to be selected for attendance at this conference. Information on the selection process will be emailed to you in the late summer. Freshmen are encouraged to apply.
- Focus on Excellence Series! Click here for the full schedule of FOE events for the year.
- Fall Semester Service and Play Day - Saturday, December 1st. Come help build a Habitat for Humanity house, then join us for pizza, movies and fun in the evening. A great chance to have some fun and benefit someone else before the final exam crunch!
What is the Honors Program at Meredith College?
The Honors Program at Meredith offers you a learning community from the moment you arrive — students who share your goals and interests, faculty who really care.
Meredith Honors students not only take special Honors courses, but create collaborative research or artistic projects with faculty sponsors, often beginning freshman year. Close student-faculty partnerships are characteristic of Honors classes, laying the foundation for relationships that last a lifetime. Engagement in the community, participation in the rich cultural life of the Research Triangle, and unique travel-and-learn weekends, are hallmarks of the Meredith Honors experience.
The Honors Program offers to qualified students many unique enrichment opportunities. Honors students travel abroad, attend cultural events, hear dynamic speakers and attend special events. Click here for an overview/slide show of the Meredith College Honors Program.
Fast fact: 98 percent of entering Honors freshmen at Meredith graduate in four years!
Click here for an Honors Application
Current Honors students will find additional information on course offerings, study abroad, internships, summer opportunities, etc. on the "Awesome Honors Blackboard". If you have difficulty enrolling, contact Dr. Mulvaney (mulvaneyb@meredith.edu).
Honors Program
Dr. Beth Mulvaney, Director
115 Joyner Hall and 143-2 Gaddy-Hamrick Art Building
phone (919)760-8604
mulvaneyb@meredith.edu
honors@meredith.edu
