Find out more about 2008 Fall Honors Courses:
Appalachian State University, a member institution of the University of North Carolina, has offered academic Honors programs to its best students for more than 35 years. The Heltzer Honors Program offers promising and highly motivated students opportunities to broaden and enrich their academic experience by providing honors classes in many fields. Emphasis is on independent and creative thinking, discussion, and exchange of ideas. Honors at Appalachian, a community of learning within the larger community, seeks to offer an experience that values academic excellence, community, and service. |
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Honors Students in the News (Spring 2008)
Congratulations to Senior, Honors Student Erica Adelman for being awarded an International Student Research Grant to travel to South Africa to study the orphan crisis from the orphaned children’s perspective. Click here to read the story.
Senior, Honors Student, Kara Brown was recently recognized in Appalachian Today magazine for her achievements. Click on her picture below and read page 6 to learn more about her award winning service.
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Dear Prospective Students and Parents:
Welcome to our website, and congratulations on your achievements thus far. Honors at Appalachian State University is a continuing tradition that is growing and quickly becoming one of the most exciting programs on campus. Honors students at Appalachian are high achieving individuals who challenge themselves to excel at the university level. The honors curriculum focuses on academic excellence, community, and success. Over 1,000 of Appalachian's best students are given opportunities beyond the classroom through study abroad, internships, undergraduate research, and graduate and professional studies scholarships. Every semester, Honors faculty develop intriguing subject-oriented seminars to provide a unique classroom experience for a group of twenty or fewer students. Honors students experience a living- learning community within East Hall, the Honors residence hall. Browse our website or contact us by e-mailing a staff member or calling 828-262-2083. We'll be happy to arrange an on-campus visit to an honors class or a meeting with current students and faculty.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lynn Moss Sanders
Heltzer Honors Program Coordinator
