Dison, Michaela: President

If I were the president of SAU, and could do anything I wanted, I would build an Honors College building. It would be able to house all of the honors courses that are required of a member of the Honors College. It would be a great addition to the SAU campus and would show just how important the Honors College is to SAU. All of the other colleges have a building that is specifically used for them, so why should the Honors College be excluded from that just on the basis of not being around for very long? It would create an even better sense of community to have a whole building in which to conduct honors classes and be able to study as a group in a place that is quiet. If there was a building for the Honors College it could help increase the number of honors courses available, so that students can find classes that they are interested in finding more about in an honors capacity. An Honors College building would add to SAU’s charm and give visitors one more example of why they should choose to attend SAU instead of some other college. Most people don’t realize that SAU has an Honors College, based on the fact that there is not a building that can be pointed to and said that “that is the Honors College.” I didn’t realize that SAU had an Honors College until I was trying to compare it to other schools and had to find out if they had an Honors College to compare to my other college choice. When I realized that there was an Honors College at SAU it was easy to make the choice of which college to attend, but I was specifically looking for an Honors College and not everyone is going to look for one. They want to know that there is one and that they do not have to search it out. That is why I would build a building for the Honors College if I were president of SAU.