Prior to making application, the student must gain the agreement of a member of the academic faculty to act as the student s Mentor. The duties of the Mentor include acting as academic advisor to the student, assisting the student in developing the proposal for the educational experience component of the scholarship, and serving as a proponent during the selection process. The University Honors Scholarship seeks to identify students with outstanding ability and the capacity to make a difference in the world in which we live. Applicants must be in good academic standing at the University. While grades will be considered in the initial phases, transcripts and grade reports are explicitly excluded from the applicant s final portfolio.
Application is made through the development of a portfolio.
The portfolio is a collection of the work and ideas of the student and, properly done, should provide the selection committees with a portrait of the applicant. Only students with a minimum of four and a maximum of five semesters of study remaining following their appointment as a University Honors Scholar are eligible to apply. The appointments are made in the spring semester. A meeting of all applicants and their mentors will be held during the week following the deadline for notification of intent to apply. The purpose of the meeting is to explain the portfolio and application process in detail.