Honors Council

Membership 2025-26

Chair: Harry York

NameDivisionStart of Service
Alozie, BrightCLAS-SS (BST)2024
Batchelder, LeslieOI (UNST)2022
Chiriac, LiubomirCLAS-Sci (MTH)2025
Comer, BillCLAS-AL (WLL)2023
Eastin, JoshuaCUPA (PGA)2023
Hartig, AlissaCLAS-AL (LIN)2024
Kimball, ErickaSSW2024
Masta, SusanCLAS-Sci (BIO)2021
McNeur, CatherineCLAS-SS (HST)2021
Mendelsohn, BenjaminCOTA (FILM)2025
Moran, MarcSB2025
Petit, JoanLIB2018
Westbrook, MarisaSPH2024
York, HarryHON representative2020
TBDAO, COE, MCECS 
TBDStudents (2) 
  status 8/29/25

Charge

1. Develop and recommend University policies and establish general procedures and regulations for the University Honors Program and departmental honors tracks.

2. Recommend to the Faculty Senate or its appropriate committees and to the Dean of Undergraduate Studies suitable policies and standards for Honors courses, programs, and tracks.

3. Coordinate with the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee to review recommendations to the Senate for new courses in the University Honors Program and for substantive changes to the Honors Program with regard to quality and emphasis.

4. Coordinate with the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee to review recommendations to the Senate regarding the creation of new honors tracks or for changes in the requirements of existing tracks.

5. Review, at its own initiative or at the request of appropriate individuals or faculty committees, campus-wide resources, practices, and services for and practices in regard to high-achieving students, and suggest needed changes to the appropriate administrators or faculty committee.

6. Act in liaison with appropriate committees.

7. Report at least once a year to the Senate, including a list of courses and program changes reviewed and approved.

Reports

HC Annual Report 2020-21
HC Annual Report 2019-20