Charting New Ground - Staff Contributor

Ferrum College's new honors program begins in the autumn of 2001. The initial class in the honors program for this entering class of new students is the cornerstone seminar, Honors 100: Perspectives on Leadership. Designed as a replacement for Ferrum 101 and 102 in the general education requirements for honors students, the cornerstone seminar serves as an introduction to liberal arts learning by examining the topic of leadership. Interdisciplinary in nature and writing intensive in structure, this seminar asks students to wrestle with the question "what does it mean to be a leader?" Dr. Faye Angel, Associate Professor of Business, will teach this inaugural course. "We are breaking new ground at Ferrum with this course," said Angel, "but I am very excited to be working with some of Ferrum's best and brightest new students." In order to align with new student schedules, Honors 100 has been scheduled in a concurrent time slot with the traditional Ferrum 101.

Honors Represents an Enhanced Degree - Staff Contributor

Ferrum College students may wonder why a new Honors program was created for Fall 2001 at Ferrum College, and how it could benefit them. Dr. David B. Howell, director of the honors program, was asked by the administration to study the benefits of such a program over two years ago. "The Honors program is a special academic track for students who want to be recognized as highly motivated," said Howell. "They want to be challenged academically in order to reach their full potentials." Dr. Howell feels that the Honors program can help create a community across campus of students who share the common goal of academic excellence. "Everyone from the humanities to the sciences may challenge and support one another through interaction both inside and outside of the classroom," said Howell. The benefits do not end when an Honors student walks across the stage at graduation. "Not only is there an Honors certification on both the diploma and transcript," Howell remarked, "there is the honors experience stamped on a changed life."