The following people comprise the Honors Student Council Executive Committee. These people are responsible for planning a wide array of academic, co-curricular, community service, and social activities for the members of the program as well as the entire University. They are the people to contact with questions, concerns, or suggestions. The Curriculum Committee is responsible for providing student input into developing honors classes.
Members solicit professors to teach in the program and review all proposals for classes.
The chair of this committee is also a member of the Faculty Coordinating Board, which makes final decisions about the honors curriculum. The Service Committee plans many community service events throughout the Des Moines area in which honors students can participate. The Recruitment Committee works to promote the Honors Program to perspective students. Members meet with high students during campus visits and open houses, make phone calls, write letters, and host students in their rooms overnight. The Social Committee provides a wide array of opportunities for social interaction outside the classroom.