- Global Honors Scholars Program
- What is the Global Honors Scholars Program?
- How do I Apply?
- The Path to an Honors Degree
- Applying for the Honors Degree: The Capstone Project
- Honors Thesis Guidelines
- Honor Societies
Application
“I’m getting the most out of my time here. The program challenges me to move past my comfort zone and grow as a student and as a person.”
Logan Dill ’11
What is the Global Honors Scholars Program?
MBC’s Global Honors Scholars Program offers you a challenging and engaging path to achievement through a rich array of classes, hands-on experience, and connections on campus, in the local community, and beyond our borders.
Academic Enrichment
- Your Honors Advisor: You work with a member of the honors faculty, distinguished by superb scholarship and commitment to talented young women
- First Year Seminar: Working with the renowned American Shakespeare Center’s actors and directors, your honors class gets behind the scenes at the Blackfriars Playhouse to complete an original project
- The Global Honors Scholars Symposium: Sophomores in the honors program plan and present a symposium designed around the college’s annual theme.
- Meet world leaders, artists, and scholars: You’ll be invited to exclusive events where you spend quality time with visiting dignitaries such as the year’s visiting Doenges artist and Smyth Leadership Lecturer
- Honors Courses: Exclusive access to interdisciplinary colloquia in the arts, sciences, and humanities; honors classes and honors contracts; independent research, creative projects, and teaching assistantships
Perks and Privileges
- Special Events: Dean’s Reception and Honor Scholars Luncheon
- Living-Learning Community: special housing for Honors Scholars
- Priority in course registration and the room lottery
- Field Trips: Dance, theatre, concerts, and more
- Honor Scholar Society: After your freshman year become a leader in the Honors Scholars community and help plan special events.
Opportunities
- Join the May Term Honors Seminar, an international travel opportunity
- Compete for a $500 alternative spring break stipend to engage in community service
- Compete for a $1,000 research stipend
- Be one of the entering Honors Scholars to earn a $1,000 stipend to study abroad