SAU Honors College

The SAU Honors College was founded in 2003 by Dr. David Rankin, president of SAU. Dr. Lynne Belcher served as founding director and recently retired from SAU. The Honors College seeks and admits qualified students who seek to pursue a serious academic program with equally gifted peers and committed teachers. Honors classes are small and provide academically enriching opportunities for students and the faculty who teach them. Currently, SAU enrolls nearly 170 honors students and graduates about 66% of admitees in four years or less. Anyone interested in applying to the Honors College or seeking further information should contact the director, Dr. Edward P. Kardas at epkardas@saumag.edu or at 870 904-8897.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Early Registration for Honors Students

One of the advantages to joining the SAU Honors College is early registration.

Last week, Honors College staff registered most of its honors students for courses for the two Summer semesters and the Fall semester.

Honors students are invited to link to a Web page and to sign up for a five-minute appointment AFTER they consult their PACT-8 schedules and meet with advisors from their major field.

The Honors College does not advise students, but it does place them in the courses after they have consulted with their academic advisors.

Honors students complete the process quickly IF they remember to bring the Short ID for each  course. Honors staff, using the command-line version of POISE can then enter their courses quickly, in some cases in less than a minute.

The early registration process also serves another important function. It allows honors students the opportunity to meet with honors staff twice a year and to catch up with each other.