SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Dr. Robert Johnson welcomes over 70 students to the Western New England University Honors Program at the 23rd Annual Honors First Year Presidential Reception held on October 25, 2022 on the roof deck of the University Commons.
The Honors Program at Western New England University is open to students invited by their respective Colleges. It is intended to give academically qualified and motivated students the opportunity to join a community and participate in challenging courses taught by some of the University’s most challenging faculty. The Program allows students to broaden their education by taking courses in a variety of disciplines with Honors students from other majors, and by exploring topics that cross disciplinary boundaries. Students will also take an active part in leadership activities related to Honors.
The reception began with President Johnson thanking the inductees for their willingness to take on challenges, “for not just choosing Western New England University but for choosing to be academic leaders.” He thanked them for making WNE a special place.
Associate Provost Lisa Celovsky attended the ceremony and reminded the group that an Honors Program “is about finding new paths, and about asking for help when those paths seem blocked.” College of Arts and Sciences Dean Marcus Davis added that “The Honors Program is a part of how each student should seek to add value to their own futures, and to create their own unique, personal brand.”
Sophomore Jamalis Melendez of Rochester was one of two students awarded the Charles Fish Prize for excellence in the first year of the Honors Program. The award is not just given for academic excellence, but for service to the Honors Program community. Melendez expressed appreciation for the award and for being able to contribute to a strong community of students.
“I am both pleased and thankful that my hard work is being recognized and acknowledged,” said Jamalis who is majoring in History.
“The Honors Distinction on your academic record is an ideal way to show graduate schools and potential employers that you are a person who takes the extra step to learn and to excel,” said
Director of the Honors Program Dr. John Baick. “You will be regarded as a motivated individual who sought and accomplished a long-term challenge, and who graduated with distinction.”
To learn more about the Honors Program visit https://www1.wne.edu/arts-and-sciences/honors-program.
Western New England University (WNE) is a private, nationally ranked, comprehensive institution with a focus on preparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts as a division of Northeastern College, WNE’s 215-acre suburban campus serves more than 3,700 students, including over 2,500 full-time undergraduates. More than 47,000 alumni have earned degrees through its 90+ undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and School of Law. Students come from 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries. Of 45,104 living alumni, 30% remain within the region, residing in the four Western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.
WNE is classified among nationally ranked universities in US News and World Report, and among the Top 100 Undergraduate Engineering programs, and in the Doctoral/Professional Universities category in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
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