CHALLENGING STUDENTS TO GO FURTHER
“I feel like I am always being challenged.
I would absolutely recommend incoming
freshmen to consider this program if you
want to expand your horizons and push
your intellectual boundaries."
“My Honors experience has been so positive,” says sophomore student
Nasiba Sabirova (legal studies ’21). “I feel like I am always being challenged.
I would absolutely recommend incoming freshmen to consider this program
if you want to expand your horizons and push your intellectual boundaries.”
In the classroom, Honors students can take courses needed for their
major and turn them into an Honors course by adding a cross-disciplinary
component to it. These are “Honors contracts.” For example, a student in
a history class may “contract” that class by examining the societal/cultural
themes during that period of history and explore how those these emerge
in literature or music of that same time period. Outside of the classroom,
freshman Honors students live in a community with other Honors students,
as similarly to the Service and Leadership Scholars, which continues to foster
the cross collaboration.
Honors Program Director and Assistant Professor of Biology Rivka Glaser
urges faculty to take a roll in the Honors curriculum, stating that faculty
and staff are invited to “attend Honors Program-sponsored talks, lectures, or
events and to consider becoming a faculty mentor for Honors students who
may want to create an Honors contract in a class.”
"How-to"for SU Scholars
» » In order to be considered for the Service
and Leadership Scholars Programs and
become eligible for a $2,000 annual
Scholarship, students must: demonstrate
an exceptional commitment to the
program as an incoming freshman; have
a minimum GPA of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
or an 80 on a 100-point scale; meet
certain SAT requirements; and complete
an application and interview process
unique to each program.
» » Honors students receive the highest level
of merit scholarship—the President’s
Scholarship—and are also invited to
apply for the Founders’ Scholarship,
which recognizes a student’s potential
to be an active, engaged member of the
Stevenson Community.
» » All Scholars students must meet
program-specific expectations each year
they are enrolled. As they continue their
education, students obtain a wealth of
benefits including: housing placement
with other scholars in living-learning
Positioning Students to Succeed
All three of the Scholars programs are compatible with all majors.
Successful participation in these programs gives highly qualified students
the ability to become skilled in their specific disciplines. They also gain the
personal satisfaction of having met and accomplished the most innovative
and challenging programs available at Stevenson.
Says Somerville of the programs, “Overall, our Scholars students truly
have an exceptional college experience.”
communities; supportive communities
of peers and mentors; and personal
consultations with administrative
coordinators. Scholars students also gain
experience for internships, interviews,
and post-graduation professional
opportunities; leadership and service
experience on- and off-campus;
opportunities to learn about the Owings
Mills and Baltimore communities; and
expand their professional networks.
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