Honors College

Academia

While service and leadership inspire much of the direction of HSA, the organization also holds on to a passion for celebrating and promoting academia. HSA organizes events such as the Outstanding Faculty Reception, which recognizes faculty members who students have identified as providing excellence in the classroom. Additionally, HSA has worked to form student-to-faculty research partnerships, most recently resulting in the publication of a project contributed to by HSA's Erin Yentz related to the Literacy and Cultural Heritage Map of Pennsylvania. HSA also hosts the Peer Leadership Program, which pairs first-year Honors College students with a mentor student in a similar major to support their transition into college.

Leadership

HSA provides students with opportunities to put leadership into practice. In addition to holding formal leadership positions as executive officers and committee coordinators, members can work within committees to organize social events, service efforts, fundraisers, collaborations with campus organizations and departments, and more. Through student-planned programming and weekly meetings, HSA allows members to enrich their creativity, delegation, communication, and team building. HSA programming directly aims to develop more engaged, active leaders and citizens.