Last updated 6.9.14

Honors Student Annual Report/Self-Evaluation

Second-Year Students

This annual report is one of the requirements of the Honors program and completion of it is part of your Honors contract. The reports will be reviewed by the directors of the Honors Program. Please write a thoughtful response to the queries below and type them into a document that uses as much space as you need. A paper copy of your typed report is due to Tammy Womack(Lindner 200) by 4:00 p.m. on Reading Day.

I. Basic Information

  • Name:
  • What is your major or majors? (Make sure you have officially declared it in the Academic Advising office.) Are you planning on completing any minors? Are you in other programs (e.g., Pericles)?
  • List the required elements of the Honors curriculum you will have completed by the end of this year:

The Global Experience, with a grade of ____.

First-year seminar, Course______; Grade____

Team-taught interdisciplinary seminar. Course______; Grade____

Team-taught interdisciplinary seminar. Course______

  • By the end of this academic year, I will have completed the colloquium requirement in these semesters:

Fall of my 1st year_____Spring of my 1st year_____

Fall of my 2nd year_____Spring of my 2nd year_____

  • Did you do any service for the Honors Program this year? (Thanks!) Please list it.
  • Have you studied abroad or will you be doing so? If so, when and in what program?
  • What are you involved in besides academics and Honors? Are you maintaining a good balance in your life?
  • Are there any accomplishments you’re especially proud of?
  • Have you received any awards or been inducted into any Honors societies this year? (Please mention them briefly here, but be sure to fill out an “Achievements Form” found online on the Honors site under “Forms” and email it to at the end of each year).

II. Intellectual (and other) Development (This is the heart of the report, please do this section very well.)

  • Please write a brief reflectionon two colloquium events that you found particularly thought-provoking.
  • Discuss the two or three most interesting ideas you grappled with this year.
  • Reflect on how you changed this year and how you feel about the changes.

III. Looking Ahead

  • Do you intend to continue in the Honors Program? Yes No Uncertain (Explain if not yes.)
  • What are possible questions/issues/topics you might be interested in focusing on in your thesis?
  • Have you identified a faculty mentor (and if so, please provide the name)?
  • What goals/plans do you have for next year?