The Honors Program

Program Requirements

• Maintain an overall 3.5 GPA.
• Completion of the end-of-semester Honors Poster Project for each enrolled Honors class.
• Attendance at the Honors Poster Showcase.
• Active involvement in the Honors community events that take place every semester.

Eligibility and Admissions

• Incoming freshman who have either a 3.5 GPA or an 1100 composite SAT score are encouraged to apply.
• Continuing students who have completed ENG 101 with a B or better and have a 3.5 overall GPA may self-register.
• Provisional Admission—students who are close to meeting the criteria and have records of significant and meaningful academic achievement, community service, or leadership positions will be considered.

Prospective incoming freshman should complete the Honors Program Application here. Additional documentation may be emailed to honorsFREEHUDSONCOUNTYCOMMUNITYCOLLEGE.

The Honors Program hosts Information Sessions prior to the start of each fall and spring semester. At these Information Sessions, Honors staff review eligibility, requirements, benefits, and more regarding the Honors Program. You can sign up for an upcoming Information Session here. If there are no current Information Sessions being offered, please contact honorsFREEHUDSONCOUNTYCOMMUNITYCOLLEGE or check back at a later time.

THE BIG PICTURE: WHY A POSTER?

Preparing for the Honors Poster/Project Showcase gives you experience in synthesizing your work, displaying it, and discussing your findings. It allows you to share an aspect of what you have learned with the college community. And, as an institutional member of the National Collegiate Honors Council, the HCCC Honors Program prepares you for the experiences you will encounter in four-year honors programs.

Attendance at the poster showcase is mandatory. You will be making one poster for each of your Honors classes. Your poster should be constructed so that it presents the most important parts of your paper in a self-explanatory manner. The HCCC Writing Center will host Poster/Project Workshops to help you with this process. The basics:

• Be created in Microsoft PowerPoint or through an online platform, such as, Canva.
• Size must be adjusted to 24 inches (height) x 36 inches (width).
• Be submitted as a PDF and/or Image File (JPEG or PNG) as requested by the Honors Program.

* Files submitted through OneDrive will not be accepted. *

• Contain 250 - 400 words.
• Include quality images using photographs, graphs, charts, figures, and maps.
• Include:
  • Title of project, section headings, section text.
  • Works Cited or References.
  • Any relevant images and appropriate captions.
  • Your name, your professor’s name, and course code.

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Some students will be selected to present their in-class research papers as part of a conference-style panel. Students are recommended by their professors.

The Honors Lounge is a multi-purpose space for the exclusive use of Honors students. It is equipped with two computers and a small reference library with books on varied subjects. You may use the space for meetings, studying, leisure reading, or working on assignments. Please be respectful of the space by keeping it tidy and reporting any debris or spills to the Honors Program. The books in the mini-library should not be removed from the Lounge.

The Lounge is accessible to Honors students Mon. – Fri. from 9am - 10pm. Please stop by first floor security in Gabert Library to have it opened, and remember to sign in and sign out at the desk inside the Lounge.

The Virtual Showcase Gallery contains the poster projects created by our Honors students from previous semesters. To view a past Virtual Showcase Gallery, click the semester link below:

• Spring 2022
• Fall 2021
• Spring 2021
• Fall 2020