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Need to buy or sell a text book? A book exchange has been set-up on the Honors Website. Please click HERE for more information.
Honors Club Executive Board
President:
Jess Pepe
pepej@student.wpunj.edu
Vice President:
Madeleine Zayac
zayacz@student.wpunj.edu
Secretary:
Christina Freer
freerc@student.wpunj.edu
Treasurer:
Louie Dela Fuente
delafuente@student.wpunj.edu
Public Relations:
John Strevens
strevens@student.wpunj.edu
Standing Committee Chairpersons:
Laruen Lewandoski
Coordinator of Social Programming
lewandoskil@student.wpunj.edu
Kristina Kosztyo
Community Service Coordinator
kosztyok@student.wpunj.edu
Honors College Tee Shirts available
Stylish Honors College tee shirts (as modeled above by several Honors students) are now available for purchase. The shirts are navy blue with yellow lettering and were designed by first year nursing student Edgar Flors. The cost is $10 each and they may be purchased from Susan Dinan or Jan Pinkston at the Honors College office.
Ideas needed for Honors service projects
Commitment to service is an important component of Honors programs and colleges. Our Honors Club demonstrated commitment to service this year with a coat drive organized by Michael Blizzard, funds raised for cancer research during our talent show, and a a media drive for troops in Iraq and/or military hospitals which was organized by Jessica Pepe. Anyone with ideas for service projects for the 2007-08 academic year should email suggestions to Susan Dinan at dinans@wpunj.edu.
Scholarships available for Honors
students
University Honors College Scholarships
Beginning in the Fall Semester of 2008, all freshmen who are admitted to and enroll in the William Paterson University Honors College receive a $2,000 merit scholarship. This award is in addition to any other institutional scholarship. Admission to the University Honors College is highly competitive. To be considered, students must have a high school gpa of B+/3.3/88 or higher, a critical reading SAT score of at least 500, a Math SAT score of at least 500 and a writing SAT score of at least 500. Note that most honors students have 1200 or above in their critical reading + math scores. Successful Honors College applicants have also taken honors and Advanced Placement (AP) classes in high school. University Honors College Scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first served basis to students who have been admitted to the University beginning in October of the applicant’s senior year in high school. These awards are packaged with all other sources of merit and need-based financial aid. The application deadline for this scholarship is February 15 for the Fall Semester and November 1 for the Spring Semester.University Honors College Scholarships are renewable for up to four years (eight consecutive semesters of full-time study during the fall and spring semesters). Recipients must maintain a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00, comply with the University’s Scholarship Program Requirements, and membership in the University Honors College. This scholarship does not apply to Winter Session or Summer Session courses. Academic performance is reviewed annually at the conclusion of the Spring Semester. Students who do not satisfy the criteria described above are notified in writing.
Aaron L. Rubin Scholarship
A number
of scholarships up to $5,000, established by Jacob Rubin in memory of his
brother, for students who have matriculated into the Honors College.
Fred C. Rummel
Scholarship
Scholarships ranging from $1,500 to $2,500 are
funded by the Rummel Foundation. Recipients must have graduated from a
high school in Essex or Union County, must be in the top 20 percent of
their high school graduating class and/or have a minimum GPA of 3.30.
Awards are given to full-time students enrolled in the Honors College. To
be renewed, recipients must demonstrate financial need and maintain a GPA
of 3.0.
For more information about these scholarships contact
Jan Pinkston at pinkstonj@wpunj.edu or 973.720.3657.
Study Abroad and the National Student Exchange
Program
Students in the University Honors College are
encouraged to spend a summer, semester or academic year studying at a
different institution. Students may study abroad as part
of any program under the sponsorship of the New Jersey State Consortium
for International Studies, which has programs in Europe, Latin America,
Australia, Asia and Africa.
The National Student Exchange Program enables students at William Paterson University who have a GPA of 2.5 or
higher to attend up to one year of college in another state while having
the option to continue paying William Paterson tuition or the host
school’s in-state tuition rates. The program includes over 170 colleges
and universities in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, and Canada. For more information about these programs contact the
Center for international Education, Raubinger 120, 300 Pompton Road, Wayne,
NJ 07470, 973.720.3317.
The National Collegiate Honors Council sponsors Honors Semesters that feature experiential learning
through a combination of interrelated courses integrated by their focus on
the setting of each specific project. Honors Semesters are offered
regularly to allow honors students from throughout the United States to
gather for learning experiences away from their own campus. NCHC semesters
offer a full load of transferable college credit and combine field
studies, research, internships, seminars and a carefully planned
living-learning environment that fully exploits the resources of the
semester’s locale. Past Honors Semesters have been offered in Rome,
Washington D.C., the Grand Canyon, the Maine Coast, Puerto Rico and
Morocco. For more information, please see www.nchchonors.org/honors.htm
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