{"id":92412,"date":"2022-03-18T16:46:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T21:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/?page_id=92412"},"modified":"2022-09-26T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T17:05:11","slug":"honors-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/undergraduate-academic-programs\/honors-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The SNU Honors Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Southern Nazarene Honors prepares gifted scholars to serve the world around them. Our program is designed to stimulate creative, interdisciplinary analysis, facilitate student-faculty mentorship, and enable high quality undergraduate research that will carry the student beyond graduation. By requiring participation in service-learning and cross-cultural experiences, we teach motivated students to lead by example. By encouraging excellence in scholarship and creative analysis, we create life-learners who will use their intellectual gifts to enrich the professional, social, and religious communities in which they live, beginning with the campus community at SNU. Honors Program students not only lead the larger community of students around them but nurture a community that values scholarship and service. The goal of Southern Nazarene Honors is to challenge students to challenge themselves, to strive without ceasing to be the best witnesses of true and godly scholarship that they can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Early Application Deadline: January 1&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submit your application before January 1 and enter to win a $25 Amazon gift card!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Honors-Pic.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Honors-Pic.png 781w, https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Honors-Pic-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Honors-Pic-768x587.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The benefits of completing a degree through SNU Honors are manifold:<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n<div id=\"faq-block_c3dbdb8d3de39cb2c8dca367cdd07332\" class=\"faq\">\r\n\r\n    \r\n    \r\n        <ul class=\"b40-faq-accordion\">\r\n\r\n        \r\n            <li class=\"b40-faq-item\" id=\"b40-faq-item-1\">\r\n                <h3 class=\"b40-faq-question\">\r\n                    The Tangible                    <i class=\"fa fa-plus-square\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"b40-faq-answer\">\r\n                    <ul>\n<li>Honors Scholarship covering over-the-block tuition up to 20 hours<\/li>\n<li>Special Freshman Year Experience courses<\/li>\n<li>Fewer General Education hours required in Honors track<\/li>\n<li>Access to Honors Lounge in the Library<\/li>\n<li>Early enrollment for classes after matriculation<\/li>\n<li>Extended network printing privileges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n            \r\n            \r\n            <li class=\"b40-faq-item\" id=\"b40-faq-item-2\">\r\n                <h3 class=\"b40-faq-question\">\r\n                    The Intangible                    <i class=\"fa fa-plus-square\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"b40-faq-answer\">\r\n                    <ul>\n<li>Personal mentoring relationships with excellent faculty<\/li>\n<li>Membership in a community of diverse but motivated and gifted learners<\/li>\n<li>Research opportunities guided by students\u2019 own interests<\/li>\n<li>Scholarship and grant assistance for academically excellent work<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced preparation and advising for post-degree professional and graduate school experiences<\/li>\n<li>Increased opportunities for cross-cultural experience and international travel<\/li>\n<li>Formative, integrative, and longer-term service-learning experiences to learn the needs of the world around us<\/li>\n<li>The self-knowledge that comes from having actively applied oneself and surpassed one\u2019s own believed limitations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n            \r\n            \r\n            <li class=\"b40-faq-item\" id=\"b40-faq-item-3\">\r\n                <h3 class=\"b40-faq-question\">\r\n                    Undergraduate Research Symposium                    <i class=\"fa fa-plus-square\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"b40-faq-answer\">\r\n                    <p><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/undergraduate-academic-programs\/honors-program\/snu-undergraduate-research-symposium\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More Info<\/a><\/p>\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n            \r\n            \r\n            <li class=\"b40-faq-item\" id=\"b40-faq-item-4\">\r\n                <h3 class=\"b40-faq-question\">\r\n                    Who Can Apply?                    <i class=\"fa fa-plus-square\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"b40-faq-answer\">\r\n                    <ul>\n<li>Non-provisional, incoming SNU freshmen<\/li>\n<li>Current SNU freshmen in good academic standing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n            \r\n            \r\n            <li class=\"b40-faq-item\" id=\"b40-faq-item-5\">\r\n                <h3 class=\"b40-faq-question\">\r\n                    Criteria for Admission                    <i class=\"fa fa-plus-square\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"b40-faq-answer\">\r\n                    <ul>\n<li>25 or higher ACT\/ 1100 or higher SAT (Math + Verbal)<\/li>\n<li>Top 10% of high school graduating class preferred<\/li>\n<li>Credit or waive-status for Comp I completed\/received student\u2019s fall semester freshman year (this can be met by concurrent enrollment, AP or CLEP testing, or simply scoring 25+ on the English portion of ACT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Honors Program application includes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/undergraduate-academic-programs\/honors-program\/application\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Honors Online Application Form<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Honors Program Admission Essay (if applicable):<\/li>\n<li>If you have less than a 25 ACT\/1100 SAT score, you must complete this short essay to be admitted into the Honors Program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How Applications Are Evaluated\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nEach application is evaluated individually. Applicants meeting all criteria with positive recommendations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. When we reach the maximum number of students (22), applicants will be added to a wait-list.<\/p>\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n            \r\n            \r\n            <li class=\"b40-faq-item\" id=\"b40-faq-item-6\">\r\n                <h3 class=\"b40-faq-question\">\r\n                    Application Process                    <i class=\"fa fa-plus-square\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"b40-faq-answer\">\r\n                    <ol>\n<li>Complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/undergraduate-academic-programs\/honors-program\/application\/\">Honors Program Application Form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you do not meet the suggested score requirements: Write an Honors Program Application Essay (instructions provided on pg. 3 of this document) and email it to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gweaver@snu.edu\">gweaver@snu.edu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We accept applications throughout the year. Anyone who meets the requirements will be accepted into the Honors Program; however, once slots in the program are full, you will be placed on the waitlist. The earlier you get your application in, the better! You may be accepted into the Honors Program if you have already attended a Storm Surge prior to application, but your fall semester schedule will have to be revised.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You may be accepted into the Honors Program if you have already attended a Storm Surge<br \/>\nprior to application, but your fall semester schedule will have to be revised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selection Procedure<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Each application is considered independently, and if the applicant qualifies for the program, he or she will be accepted until all spaces are filled.<br \/>\n\u2022 Some applicants may be asked to interview by phone before admissions are finalized.<br \/>\n\u2022 Approximately twenty-two students will be selected to participate in the Honors Program each year.<br \/>\n\u2022 Some students may be placed on a waiting list and invited to join the HP at a later time.<br \/>\n\u2022 Non-selected students may re-apply in the second semester of their freshman year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-Admission Requirements to Remain Eligible for Honors Scholarships<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Progress towards completion of Honors Program each semester<br \/>\n\u2022 Maintenance of 3.5 or higher cumulative and semester GPA (a student who falls below a 3.5 GPA in any one semester will be placed on probation; if a student\u2019s GPA remains below 3.5 the following semester the student will be no longer be in good standing with the program and will not be eligible for the Honor\u2019s Scholarship until a 3.5 GPA is attained)<br \/>\n\u2022 Maintenance of good community standing based on a report from the Office of Student Life and student\u2019s major department<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-Admission Requirements to Graduate with Honors Program Designation<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Successful completion of 24 hours of Honors Program work, including Honors Thesis\/Project and Intercultural Practicum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honors Program Application Essay Instructions<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>ONLY TO BE COMPLETED IF YOU DO NOT MEET THE SUGGESTED SCORES<\/em><br \/>\nWrite a response to any one article listed on Arts and<br \/>\nLetters Daily<a href=\"https:\/\/aldaily.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0(http:\/\/www.aldaily.com\/).<\/a>\u00a0You may choose only from the columns \u201cArticles of Note\u201d and \u201cEssays and Opinion.\u201d*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Your essay should be 500-600 words (equivalent to 1.5- 2 double-spaced pages). Run longer if you like, but 2 thoughtful pages are sufficient.<br \/>\n\u2022 Your goal is to demonstrate that you like to think. Write pro, con, or pro-and-con, but be persuasive. Give evidence and make illustrations. Be rhapsodic or terse or satiric or whatever you so desire: show us an energetic mind!<br \/>\n\u2022 No substitutions in genre or media, please. Don\u2019t send us a research paper, a painting, a poem, a PowerPoint show, or a video, etc. instead of an essay. Those are valid ways of responding, and you may very well use them in honors assignments here, but an essay is what we need now.<br \/>\n\u2022 If you have questions about these instructions, please email the Honors Director at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gweaver@snu.edu\">gweaver@snu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Format<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 At the top of your essay, give your name, email address, and phone number(s).<br \/>\n\u2022 Give an original title for your essay.<br \/>\n\u2022 Below your essay title, state the article you\u2019re responding to (author, title, place of publication, and Web address).<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Submit Your Honors Program Application Essay<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u2022 Preferred method: Submit your essay electronically (by email attachment), along with your other application materials to honors@snu.edu.<br \/>\n\u2022 If you have already completed your Honors Program Application Form, there\u2019s no need to duplicate the application form. Just send the essay with a note that your application is already in.<br \/>\n\u2022 Alternative method: Submit your essay by snail mail to Honors Program, Attn: Dr. Gina Weaver Yount, Southern Nazarene University, 6729 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany OK 73008.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow-up<br \/>\n<\/strong>We will email you to let you know that your essay arrived.<\/p>\n<p><em>*This activity and explanation used with permission from Chris Willerton, Abilene Christian University Honors Program.<\/em><\/p>\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/li>\r\n            \r\n            \r\n        \r\n        <\/ul>\r\n\r\n    \r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Honors-2_lo-res.pdf\">Download Program Course Map<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snu.edu\/undergraduate-academic-programs\/honors-program\/application\/\">Apply Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gweaver@snu.edu\">gweaver@snu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Nazarene Honors prepares gifted scholars to serve the world around them. 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