Honors Opportunities

The priority deadline for Honors Program admission is March 1, 2024. First-year student applications received after the priority deadline will be considered on a space available basis, but will not be considered for the John August Book Award (scholarships) or have a seat held in Honors Foundations for the incoming fall semester.

First-year students in the honors track have options that begin their first semester with courses such as: honors foundations (a two-credit introductory honors class experience), honors First-Year Seminar sections, and honors course electives. It is common for students to register for 2-5 credit hours in honors their first semester. We would like to know a bit about you as a student as this will help us get to know you prior to your arrival and advise options that will be most conducive to positive learning experiences.

Imagine you have been asked to recommend one book to someone who is looking for something to read that will invite them to reconsider aspects of their lives or see the world differently. As you look to the books you’ve read in your life, particularly those which were not assigned for class, what book would you recommend and why this book? What impact do you believe this book will have on most who read it and what is it of this book that you think will have this sort of impact?

Please answer the following questions to be considered for the Drake Honors’ co-curricular community.

Suppose you discover the means by which humans can read the minds of other humans without them knowing. Obviously, this technology would be highly desired by many corporations, governments, etc. What would be the ethical thing to do with this technology and why? What risks are there to using this technology and what benefits make you willing to embrace these risks for the sake of benefits?

Develop a life motto/slogan that will remind you, for the next four years, what is most important for you to remember and prioritize as you move forward. Limit your motto to 8 words. Share this motto with us and explain why you chose what you did.

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I wish to complete the Honors Program Track of the Drake Curriculum. Please change my student records accordingly. (I understand that if I decide not to complete the Honors Program Track, only those classes the faculty adviser(s) feel are suitable for the standard Areas of Inquiry curriculum will apply. I will keep a copy of the Honors syllabus from each class I take to help aid that process.)

Please direct questions to:

Matthew Hayden, Director of Honors Program, at matthew.hayden@drake.edu
Charlene Skidmore, Assistant Director of Honors Program, at 515-271-2999, charlene.skidmore@drake.edu.