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Honors Internship Experience – The Honors College
internships are intended to provide Junior and Senior
Honors College students with the opportunity to work
alongside professionals to gain real-world experience,
explore personal and professional interests, try out a
career path, and network with professionals.
Honors Thesis – The honors thesis, which is
a culmination of the interdisciplinary learning
experience, provides an opportunity for students to
engage in scholarship and professional activity with
a faculty member that cannot be paralleled by any
classroom experience.
Research Opportunities – Honors College students
will have the opportunity to publish their research
in the EWC in-house peer-reviewed research journal
and present their research at local, state, national, and
international conferences.
About the Presidential Scholars Scholarship
The Presidential Scholars Scholarship is a renewable,
merit-based award covering full tuition, room, board,
general fee, and the cost of textbooks. Representing
diverse intellectual, social, ethnic, and economic
backgrounds, Presidential Scholars are members of
the Honors College and are transformational leaders
both on and off campus who have demonstrated a
love of learning and a commitment to enhancing
both their local and broader civic communities. Each
year, approximately 10 Presidential Scholarships are
awarded.
Global and Cultural Experience
The Edward Waters College Honors Program
encourages students to engage in local, domestic,
and international cross-cultural experiences. Crosscultural
experiences are key to the students’ academic
and life-long successes as these experiences build
understanding for people, places and ideas that ignite
different viewpoints. As such, students can explore
and grow by expanding their horizons beyond their
own unique boundaries.
Global and cultural experiences offer a journey of
personal discovery into the richness and challenges
of other cultures and communities. Immersed in
new environments, Honors students will experience