There’s a lot of stuff on this page. We’ve tried to organize it, but feel free to wander around and check things out.
Honors Campus Building Use Form
Fill out this form to get access to the Honors Center in Colvin Hall (including both the first and fourth floors) as well as the Honors College common areas of Balentine Hall (the first floor classroom and lounge and the entire basement). Once you submit this form (also available in hard copy at the Honors Center) you will have MaineCard access to the front door of Colvin and the south door of Balentine on a 24/7 basis (excluding summers and times when the University is not in session).
Tutorial Alternative Application
Remember, in order to substitute an academic or experiential learning opportunity not available at the University of Maine in lieu of the third-year tutorial you must register your intent to submit an alternative with the Honors College at least one month before embarking on that experience. Here’s the form to register that intent!
Our oft-requested guide to the annual NCHC conference. This contains information about how to apply to go to the conference, what the conference is all about, and what to expect once you get there. It’s a complete guide to before, during, and after the conference.
Read the Guidebook, fill out this form, and you’re good to go. Well, at least if your proposal is chosen to be sent to the conference organizers.
Sign up to live in Colvin, Balentine, or Penobscot (3rd and 4th floors) Halls. Quads, triples, doubles, and singles. What more could you ask for?
Update your thesis form changes ONLINE!
This allows students who have already submitted thesis forms to make changes in them (titles, committee members, items on the reading list, etc.) without having to come pick up the forms physically. We will, of course, confirm some changes with thesis advisors. Eventually, we would like to make the entire process electronic.
Thesis Forms, Templates, & Rubrics
All of the forms and rubrics (pdfs) required by thesis writers as well as some templates (in Word) to help with the always-tricky title page!
After over ten years of revisions, this guide to our thesis process is now nearly sixty pages long! Often imitated (never without permission), but never duplicated, this is the sacred text for our thesis students. The handbook provides information for authors, advisors, and committee members of Honors Theses. Included in the material are the answers to questions concerning topics, formats, and deadlines.
Here’s where we gather all that cool information that goes into Minerva: the profiles of our graduates and the ever-popular Honors Index (yes, we stole the idea from Harper’s Index, please don’t tell).
Want one of those nice blue bound copies of your thesis for your parents? for you advisor? want 10 for all your cousins? want one for your high school English teacher who gave you an “F”? This is the place to go!
An opportunity to submit third-year Honors tutorial proposals for consideration by the Honors Council. These courses are usually solicited during the fall prior to the academic year in which they are offered. Honors tutorials typically meet once a week with between five and eight students. The Council is always looking for interdisciplinary and innovative courses and prefers courses without major disciplinary prerequisites.
Every year, entering students in the Honors College share a common summer experience: The Honors Read. The book is selected by a group of eight Honors College students in a small group tutorial facilitated by the Dean of the Honors College. Here is your opportunity to nominate a book as the Honors Read. The only requirements is that it be available in an inexpensive paperback edition (less than $16 list) and that the author be living. We look forward to your nominations!
