Welcome to the Irvin D. Reid Honors College! Slide 2 The mission
of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College to promote informed, engaged
citizenship as the foundation for academic excellence in a diverse
global setting. Honors is city-based and service-oriented; we
promote excellence and challenge our students to engage the world
around them as problem-solvers and leaders. Honors has also
attracted a growing number of National Merit Scholars, with 15
joining Honors in Fall 2009. The Irvin D. Reid Honors College
welcomes the best and brightest and frames their educational
experience within the Four Pillars of Honors: Community, Service,
Research and Career. Slide 3 Honors attracts and retains talented
students through such efforts as Scholars Day, which showcases the
University and our urban home, and where every promising young
scholar is guaranteed a scholarship and a seat in the Community of
Scholars. Scholars Day 2010 welcomed almost 1,100 admitted students
and their guests to our campus. Slide 4 Wayne State Scholarship
($8,000) Presidential Scholarship ($34,400) University Scholarship
($75,000) Member of the WSU Community of Scholars Attend special
COS Orientation Invited into the Irvin D. Reid Honors College
Option to live on Scholars floors Full tuition for four yearsFor
National Merit Scholar Finalists Learning communities, study
groups, social events Full tuition for four years One-year DIA
membershipRoom & board in WSU residence hall for 4 years
Graduate with Community of Scholars distinction Annual book
allowance Laptop computer $2,000 a year for tuition for four years
One-time Study Abroad funding Scholarships Slide 5 Honors Pillar
#1: COMMUNITY A focus on the community and the urban experience
First year course: Part 1 The City / Part II Citizenship The Honors
Cultural Passport Honors Student Association Slide 6 Honors Pillar
#2: SERVICE Putting knowledge to use in the real world through
service-learning Service-learning requirement; work done by
students For academic year 2008-09, Honors sponsored service hours
for Honors students totaled more than 12,500 hours. Detroit Fellow
Tutoring Project 5,000+ annual tutoring hours in eight DPS schools
International service-learning opportunities (Belize, China,
Mozambique) Model United Nations Community Engagement@Wayne Living
Detroit Project Motor City Semester (launching in Fall 2010) Slide
7 Honors Pillar #3: RESEARCH Hands-on research prepared students
for graduate school and professional life Office of Undergraduate
Research connects students with faculty mentors and available
funding for nearly 100 undergraduate research and creative projects
a year OUR has awarded more than $1.3 million for student research
Annual Wayne State Undergraduate Research Conference each November
the 2009 URC was largest to-date with over 120 students presenting
their work 23 WSU students attended NCUR in April 2010 Slide 8
Honors Pillar #4: CAREER Preparation for a postgraduate and
professional career Start Programs (MedStart HealthPro Start
BStart- Engineering Grad Start Creating successful Honors alumni
Med StartHealthPro Start Bachelor of Science/Medical DegreeUnique
program leading to a professional degree in: Four-year, full
tuition Presidential Scholarship (total value: $34,400) Pharmacy
Clinical Laboratory Sciences Physical Therapy Mortuary Science
Occupational Therapy Pharmaceutical Sciences Anatomic Pathologists
Assistant Physician Assistant Studies Radiologic Technology
Radiation Therapy Technology Guaranteed admission to Wayne State
School of Medicine Guaranteed admission to the Eugene Applebaum
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Program selects 15
freshmen per yearProgram only open to incoming freshman Slide 9
Honors Pillar #4: CAREER B StartEngineering Grad Start Innovative
five-year program that allows students to complete Bachelors &
Masters degrees in Business Administration A unique program in the
College of Engineering for select students interested in pursuing a
doctoral degree in engineering. Highly competitive, B Start trains
future leaders in business by emphasizing mentoring and research
opportunities with business school faculty. You will be exposed to
research throughout your undergraduate program, allowing you to
gain research experience and a head start on selecting laboratories
for your Honors thesis and dissertation project. Guaranteed
admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at
Wayne State School of Business Administration GradStart
participants are guaranteed admission to the College of Engineering
Graduate Program of their choice, with financial support from the
department for the first year of graduate study. Program only open
to incoming freshman Program only open to incoming freshman Slide
10 Honors strives to represent to ourselves, to the University, and
the community, the very best of a great institution. We are proud
of our students who have been drawn to the city-based and
service-oriented curriculum we offer. Honors has a special
opportunity to present students the experience and value of an
urban university, particularly one that is in Detroit the most
American place in this country. Slide 11 HOW TO CONTACT US On the
Web: www.honors.wayne.eduwww.honors.wayne.edu E-mail:
[email protected]@wayne.edu Telephone: (313) 577-3030
Monday-Friday 8:30am 5:00pm Mailing address: Irvin D. Reid Honors
College Wayne State University 2100 Undergraduate Library Detroit,
MI 48202
