WELCOME TO THE CREIGHTON HONORS PROGRAM By Jeffrey

WELCOME TO THE CREIGHTON HONORS PROGRAM! By: Jeffrey Hause

WHAT IS CREIGHTON HONORS? - A program active in honors education nationwide which contributes to national discussions of best practices for honors programs. -The only honors program in the country to offer a program that trains students to offer public lectures and podcasts on their research. - An environment where 100% of its students perform research at an advanced level, as well as participate in a unique Honors Advising Program.

WHAT DO HONORS STUDENTS DO TOGETHER? During their freshman year, Honors students live together on the 9 th floor of Swanson Hall. - They go on a freshman Honors retreat, participate in intramural sports together, and much more!

Experiential Learning: Students re-enacting—and reenvisioning—the Council of Nicaea. Ellie (above) gets to portray Emperor Constantine!

STUDYING ABROAD - Honors students have studied abroad on every continent but Antarctica. - The Honors Program has a dedicated study-abroad program at the University of Glasgow with exciting courses reserved just for Honors students.

ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD Above: Molly Carrig supporting Creighton in Cinque Terre, Italy. Below left: Augusta Herman is the only undergraduate ever to win a fellowship to the Institute for Social Work and Social Science in Haiti. Below right: Dan Belatti at the University of Glasgow, where there is a special Honors-only program of study.

Although they are amazing scholars, Honors students do NOT spend all day in their rooms studying. They are among the most engaged and active students at Creighton.

THE NUMBERS - Several Honors faculty have won national teaching awards, including United States Professor of the Year. - In the past ten years, Creighton Honors has produced: 18 Goldwater Science Scholars 7 Fulbright Fellows 13 NASA Nebraska Space Grant winners 15 Clare Boothe Luce Scholars 3 Spirit of Creighton winners, which is the highest student honors for graduates of any of Creighton’s schools and colleges. In the past ten years, Creighton Honors students have held the Creighton Student Union Presidency for four years and the Arts and Sciences Senate Presidency for five years.