Honors Program at Averett University

Honors StudentsThe Honors Program draws together high-achieving students with diverse academic passions. Students who join the honors program enrich their studies through opportunities to take unique interdisciplinary coursework, to participate in domestic and study abroad trips, and to create their own meaningful senior project with the support of a faculty committee.

Student Admission to the Honors Program

There are two paths to admission into the Honors Program:

  1. Invitation: Second-semester freshmen and first-semester sophomores with exemplary academic records will be invited by the Honors Program Director to join the honors program and be encouraged to take an honors course. They will need to fill out the Intent to Declare Honors form.
  2. Application: Any freshman, sophomore, or first-semester junior with a GPA of 3. 4 or better may also seek a consultation with the Honors Director and apply. Advisors who recognize special engagement and drive in their advisees are encouraged to point them toward the Honors Director. They will need to fill out the Intent to Declare Honors form.

Continuation in the Honors Program & General Requirements

  1. Continuation in the program requires a 3. 0 or better in Honors courses.
  2. In order to graduate with the Honors distinction, students are required to complete at least 9 credit hours in Honors courses. This includes one 3-credit interdisciplinary Honors course (taken in either the sophomore year or fall semester of junior year) and then the completion of an Honors project, taking place in the spring semester of one’s junior year (Honors 401-3 credits) and the fall of senior year (Honors 402- 3 credits).
  3. To graduate with the Honors distinction, students must have an overall GPA of 3. 4 or better.

Honor Societies

Alpha Chi
Alpha Chi is a national coeducational society whose purpose is to produce academic excellence and exemplary character among university students and to honor those achieving such distinction. The Virginia Beta Chapter of Alpha Chi was established at Averett in the spring of 1973. The Chapter seeks to stimulate a spirit of sound scholarship and devotion to truth in an atmosphere free of intellectual narrowness and personal discrimination.

Phi Eta Sigma
Phi Eta Sigma is a national freshmen honor society. Membership is based on superior scholastic attainment and is by invitation.

Alpha Kappa Delta
Alpha Kappa Delta is an international honor society based on superior academic achievement in sociology. Membership is by invitation. The purpose of the society is to promote an interest in the study of sociology and in research that will lead to improvement in the human condition.

Beta Beta Beta
Beta Beta Beta is an honor society for students who have superior academic achievement in biology. The society aims to cultivate a keen interest in the natural sciences, to stimulate an appreciation for biological research and to promote scholarship.

Alpha Psi Omega
Alpha Psi Omega is a national dramatic fraternity. Membership is granted to advanced students in speech and dramatics.

Kappa Delta Pi
Kappa Delta Pi is an international honor society for education majors at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Sigma Beta Delta
Sigma Beta Delta is an international honor society for business and management students at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Sigma Lambda Epsilon
Sigma Lambda Epsilon is an honor society for students involved in the field of education. Selection for membership is based on outstanding performance both in and out of the classroom. It is designed to recognize accomplishments and provide professional growth for its members.

Jefferson Society
The Jefferson Society brings together students interested in public policy and public life. Society activities include having lunch and/or dinner with speakers visiting the university, viewing topical films, and taking trips to meet with politicians, journalists, academicians, civil servants, and policy analysts. Selection for membership is by application to the Society’s co-directors.

Contact the Honors Program Director

Dr. Brian Webb
Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Honors Program
Phone:  (434) 791-7103
Email:  [email protected]

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