The Honors Program
Mission
The HCCC Honors Program promotes academic excellence in students who are academically gifted, intellectually curious, and highly motivated. We offer small, interdisciplinary courses that focus on problem-based learning, support creative thinking, and encourage students to be active learners. We strive to foster the engaged learning, leadership, adaptability, and understanding necessary to thrive in a diverse world.
Vision
The Honors Program aspires to create a community of diverse, intellectually engaged, creative individuals who are committed to academic excellence and welcome challenges as stepping stones in the path of their own success.
Values
- Challenge – We believe challenges present opportunities for untapped talents to emerge.
- Effort – With great effort comes great success.
- Inclusivity – We promote a diverse group of students committed to learning.
- Engagement – Active engagement within the college and with the community allows knowledge to be put into action for the common good.
Honors Program Interest Form
Interested in the Honors Program? Fill out the form below or click here.
Honors Program Information and Eligibility
Program Requirements
- Maintain an overall 3.5 GPA.
- Completion of the end-of-semester Honors Poster Project for each enrolled Honors class.
- Attendance at the Honors Poster Showcase.
- Active involvement in the Honors community events that take place every semester.
Eligibility and Admissions
- Incoming freshman who have either a 3.5 GPA or an 1100 composite SAT score are encouraged to apply.
- Continuing students who have completed ENG 101 with a B or better and have a 3.5 overall GPA may self-register.
- Provisional Admission—students who are close to meeting the criteria and have records of significant and meaningful academic achievement, community service, or leadership positions will be considered.
The Honors Program hosts Information Sessions prior to the start of each fall and spring semester. At these Information Sessions, Honors staff review eligibility, requirements, benefits, and more regarding the Honors Program. If there are no current Information Sessions being offered, please contact honorsFREEHUDSONCOUNTYCOMMUNITYCOLLEGE or check back at a later time.
THE BIG PICTURE: WHY A POSTER?
Preparing for the Honors Poster/Project Showcase gives you experience in synthesizing your work, displaying it, and discussing your findings. It allows you to share an aspect of what you have learned with the college community. And, as an institutional member of the National Collegiate Honors Council, the HCCC Honors Program prepares you for the experiences you will encounter in four-year honors programs.
Attendance at the poster showcase is mandatory. You will be making one poster for each of your Honors classes. Your poster should be constructed so that it presents the most important parts of your paper in a self-explanatory manner. The HCCC Writing Center will host Poster/Project Workshops to help you with this process. The basics:
- Be created in Microsoft PowerPoint or through an online platform, such as, Canva.
- Size must be adjusted to 24 inches (height) x 36 inches (width).
- Be submitted as a PDF and/or Image File (JPEG or PNG) as requested by the Honors Program.
* Files submitted through OneDrive will not be accepted. *
- Contain 250 - 400 words.
- Include quality images using photographs, graphs, charts, figures, and maps.
- Include:
- Title of project, section headings, section text.
- Works Cited or References.
- Any relevant images and appropriate captions.
- Your name, your professor’s name, and course code.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Some students will be selected to present their in-class research papers as part of a conference-style panel. Students are recommended by their professors.
The Virtual Showcase Gallery contains the poster projects created by our Honors students from previous semesters. To view a past Virtual Showcase Gallery, click the semester link below:
The Honors Program has been such a rewarding experience that has motivated me to fully immerse myself in my educational career. Honors classes have given me a place that nurtures the pursuit of knowledge and understanding in a supportive environment.
Honors Program Activities, Workshops, and Events
Honors Workshops
Throughout the semester, Honors offers various workshops to assist students with their posters. There are Poster Design Workshops to help students brainstorm and set up their posters and Poster Feedback Workshops to provide students necessary feedback to help improve their posters.
Upcoming Workshops can be viewed on the Honors Program Involved@HCCC page by clicking here (HCCC Sign-In Required).
Honors Events
In addition to our Poster Showcase and Paper Presentations at the end of the semester, the Honors Program offers a variety of Honors Salons for open discussion, Transfer Talks with various colleges and universities, and additional events organized with the Honors Student Council.
Upcoming Events can be viewed on the Honors Program Involved@HCCC page by clicking here (HCCC Sign-In Required).
I look forward to taking what I have learned from HCCC to my graduate school and continue to excel and succeed and become successful in all my future endeavors.
Out of the Box Podcast - Honor Societies
May 2019
HCCC President Dr. Reber is joined by Phi Theta Kappa officers and scholarship recipients
Sarra Hayoune and Abderahim Salhi for a discussion about their emigration to the United
States, and the College’s role in achieving their dream of a higher education.
Social Media Links
Instagram: @hccchonors
Facebook: HCCC Honors
Contact Information
Jenny Henriquez, M.A. (She/Her/Ella)
Associate Director Honors Program
71 Sip Avenue, L-013
Jersey City, New Jersey 07306
(201) 360-4660 or 4143
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