Honors Activities

    What will you do at Newman as an Honors student?

    • Enroll in special courses designed to focus specifically on thinking and communication skills, including:
      • Specially designed seminars your freshman and senior years which hone critical thinking skills and expose students to a variety of ways to view the world.
      • Dedicated honors sections of catalog courses which foster working one-on-one with professors in regular classes to enhance learning to the Honors level.
    • Be a leader on campus by: 
      • Planning a yearly All-University Forum to discuss an important societal issue
      • Helping to shape the Honors Program
      • Modeling the importance of learning to the other students
    • Form a community of friends and colleagues who you will know for the rest of your life
      • In addition to your fellow students, you will get to know faculty members from a variety of disciplines
      • You will have lunch or coffee with visiting speakers
      • When you graduate, you will become a resource for future honors students