Welcome! This page serves as the home for all current undergraduates on track to earn Albion College Honors or Departmental Honors . In this area, you will find information regarding events and requirements that specifically address your needs. Honors now has a Facebook page - join us today!
Saturday, September - 7th Years Retreat at Michindoh in Hillsdale, MI
Be a "Albion College Honors Student" for day - schedule one with Renee
Ice Cream Social - Tuesday, Sept. 17th 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Games Nights - Thursdays at 6:00pm - Pizza & Pop
Haunted House/Ice Cream Parlour - Thursday, Oct. 24 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Spooktacular - Thursday, October 31st - 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Scary Movie Night - Thursday, October 31 - 7:00pm
Chicago Trip - Saturday, November 16 - Leave campus at 8:00am
Trivial Pursuit - Students vs. Professors - Tuesday, November 12- 5:30pm
Cornwell's Dinner Theatre - Friday, November 22 - 5:30pm
Decorating Pary - Cookies & Building - Monday, December 2, 7:00-9:00pm
Study Desserts - Last day of classes - Friday, December 6 8:00pm
Honors Facebook Page - Join Us Today!
DSP Dinner Reception - Friday, February 1
3rd Annual Film Festival - Bohm Theater, Sunday, February 17th - Noon
Phantom of the Opera Trip - Miller Auditorum, Sunday, February 17th
Ski / Snowboard / Tubing Trip
Movie & Game Night - April 9
Midnight Dessert - Thursday, April 25
Honors Council - Tuesdays @ 6:00pm
Decorating Party - Cookies & the Building - Tuesday, November 27, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Midnight Dessert - Last day of classes - Friday, December 7
Beau Brockett ’19 - On top of cross country and track, I am currently a co-managing editor for the Albion Pleiad, Albion College's student-run news source. This semester, we are attempting to hone in on community journalism. The city of Albion does not have a daily paper, so very few citizens may know what is happening in their town or at their city council meetings. This is where we are hoping to step in! Albion College and the Albion community have been coming together more and more with each passing year and we hope to be a strong step in this process. Check us out online at www.albionpleiad.com.
Olivia Maleckas ’20 - I am currently working on getting an internship for clinical psychology. I plan on working with inmates in the future, so I'm trying to go somewhere along the lines of corrections. I already have an internship set up with the Albion Department of Public Safety, I'm just waiting on the verdict on my position in corrections. I'm also connecting with professors from both aspects of my field to gain networking abilities in the future. I'm hoping they can help me with my research when I propose my thesis on psychopaths and sociopaths.
Isabel Allaway ’20 - I am a first year student planning to majoring in public policy and sociology, and minoring in communication. I am an intern for the City Manager’s office in Albion’s city hall. I am learning a lot about local politics, organizing community events, and grant writing. It has been a wonderful way to get to know more people in the Albion community, and I hope to continue my work there throughout the rest of my time at Albion. Recently I have spent a lot of time applying for a grant from the Albion Community Foundation in collaboration with local businesses to install bike racks downtown. The office is waiting to hear back about another grant application that will create a Health Care Network between Albion’s various health care providers to provide better care for the community. My research got this project off the ground and I’m excited to see how it unfolds and what benefits it can have for the people of Albion.
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The Prentiss M Brown College Honors Program now offers a unique study abroad opportunity in conjunction with the University of Glasgow, Scotland. The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451 and is an internationally recognized institution with prestigious programs in the sciences and humanities.
The Honors semester at Glasgow University will allow you to complete an Honors course elective, "The Ideas and Influences of the Scottish Enlightenment: 18th to the 21st Centuries."
The University of Glasgow has created a unique course for our Honors students. Using major figures and ideas from the Scottish Enlightenment, Honors students will see how those ideas continue to be important in intellectual and cultural life in the 21st century. Interdisciplinary perspectives from art/aesthetics, religion, philosophy, politics/economics, and science will inform this course. The institutional model is the traditional Oxbridge model of public lectures and small group seminars. Leading scholars will provide over-arching ideas in the public lectures, which are then further developed through discussion in small group seminars/tutorials.
Take an additional 2-3 courses in your major or minor
The University of Glasgow has both breadth and depth in most undergraduate majors. Science, pre-med, and pre-vet Honors students will have access to a sophisticated range of disciplines and courses. Fine and liberal arts majors as well as business will have an exciting variety of course options. All Honors at Glasgow students will have access to level 3 and some level 4 courses not usually available to other study abroad students.
More unique opportunities for Honors at Glasgow:
Honors students may enroll either for fall or spring term through International Programs.
All scholarships and federal loans apply toward tuition. Albion tuition and room charges apply plus an off campus administrative fee of $1,300 per term.
Here are a couple of notes that students sent us about the program:
Thanks to the Prentiss M. Brown Honors Program at Albion, I had the incredible opportunity to go abroad- in scenic Scotland, nonetheless! Having spent more than 3 months here I must say it's been more than an unforgettable experience; and it's only getting better- my trip across Europe starts with this semester's end on May 7th! In my time here I've made friends with locals, fellow American travelers, and other University students from all around the world. Once a week all the international students get together with the International Society for food, fun, and a night out on the town. Only at this time are students from all over the world together in one place and spending time with one another; it's not uncommon to talk globally about political differences or questions regarding one another's culture at large- a lot of playful finger-pointing at such events is welcomed. There are few instances in a person's life where one can feel so globally connected with such a culturally diverse group of people. I can't help but think that these are some of the memories that I will forever cherish in my heart. I can't wait to return to Albion, but I certainly am grateful for the opportunity of having such an experience.
Andrew Zimmer