Felician Honors Program

Felician College established the Honors Program in 1991 with an Honors curriculum, service component, and a very active club, the Honors Students Association. Applicants with excellent grades and high SAT scores are accepted and complete a minimum of 27 credits of Honors courses and 15 hours of volunteer service for any six semesters.

Students in the Honors Program expand and enrich their academic opportunities by enrolling in Honors Courses and participating in community events, including the activities of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) and the Northeast Regional Honors Council (NRHC).

Here is a sampling of recent student achievements:

• Each year a graduating senior has applied for and been accepted into Kappa Gamma Pi, the National Catholic College Graduate Honors Society.
• In 2009, the Felician Honors Program was the featured college for the National’s Spring Honors Group Project. The program was honored for hosting an “Unbirthday” party for youngsters and adults at a family homeless center in Bergen County, most had never had a celebration.
• A recent Felician College valedictorian presented his research at the NRHC annual conference. He discussed his work on Richard the Lion-Hearted and Saladin’s efforts at peace-making in the Third Crusade followed by a question and answer period.
• A literature research paper of an Honors sophomore was accepted and presented in April 2010 at the Northeast conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  Entitled, “Aristotle and the Tragedies,” her research was inspired by her studies in English 102 Honors as a freshman.
• Three students in the Honors program presented their research at the NRHC 2011 conference in Portland, Maine.
• Felician students have competed at the Harvard National Model United Nations for the past six years, thanks to an Honors student who initiated the steps to successfully establishing a Model UN chapter on campus, seven years ago.

Upon completion of one’s course of study, students graduate as “Honors Scholars,” receive a trophy at the commencement awards ceremony, and a distinctive medallion to wear with one’s academic regalia.

Many keep in contact after graduating and tell the Director of their work in graduate school and their professional advancements. Come to Felician and be part of the Honors intellectual experience!