University of Santa Clara - Redwood Yearbook (Santa Clara, CA)

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I i i ? ,, 5791? 'io' Morjie DeWiIde Cleffy, on honors student, poriicipofes in ci Summer Session Religion closs Tough? by Boo Riley qfor Iefijs C i' h ' fr'-is Honors Progrorn 27

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A IVIORE CHALLENOINO STUDY GAME THE HONORS PROORAIVI The high academic expecfafions of Sanfa Clara puT a burden on all of The sTudenTs. BuT for The few sTudenTs enrolled in The Honors Program, sfudy here can be more challenging Than usual, as inTensive, acceleraTed classes are The rule. This program is designed To provide a well-rounded, as well as an advanced, educaTion. Courses are offered in many deparTmenTs, buT The emphasis is on The humaniTies. STudenTs musT fulfill special honors course reauiremenTs in The humaniTies and sciences. Some of These reauiremenTs are universiTy requiremenfs made more specific, buf many are in addifion To The regular universiTy curricula. STudenTs find some noTeworThy advanfages To being in The program. They are allowed To pre-regisfer so They can fiT The exTra classes inTo Their schedules. Classes are also limiTed To fifTeen sTudenTs, allowing for freauenT, and someTimes heafed, exchanges in The classroom. 26 Honors Program Of all The high school seniors willing To Take on The challenge, fewer Than forTy are selecTed each year. lnferviews, recommendaTions, high school grades, and SAT scores are The facfors in This selecTion process. AT The end of freshman year, a selecT few of These sTudenTs are granTed Honors Scholar sTaTus. This releases The scholars from universiTy reauiremenfs. An inTerdeparTmenTal commiTTee confers This award based noT only upon academic achievemenf, buT also upon excellence of academic spirif - The genuine desire To learn. This desire Typifies honors sTudenTs and, especially, honors scholars. DespiTe The sTrenuous selecTion process and acceleraTed classes, honors sTudenTs are sTill basically sTudenTs. They panic during finals in Their freshman year, They sTay up all nighT wriTing papers, and They drop for failj an occasional class. -Marjorie DeWilde and Chris Van HasselT

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REACHING BEYOND LIMITS AfTer graduaTion fesTiviTies were over, I began puTTing away The books and various memenTos of my college career and reflecTing upon my educaTion aT SanTa Clara, including my parTicipaTion in The Honors Program. Sepiember of my freshman year found me a biT cocky. However, geTTing C's on Honors English papers Cand I ThoughT I was a preTTy good wriTer!j and mlddling grades on Honors Calculus midTerms gave me effecTive lessons in humiliTy. In spiTe of whaT some people may Think, The Honors Program is noT merely compeTiTion among Ueggheadsf' I Think, insTead, ThaT The Honors Program fosTers a cerTain menTaliTy, a spiriT, if you will, by providing opporTuniTies and enriched courses. The reauiremenTs - hisTory, philosophy, science, maTh, eTc. - aT leasT see To iT ThaT one is exposed To a wide range of subjecis. BuT The spiriT - ThaT of a Renaissance person -- is TransmiTTed in anoiher way. Dr. LievesTro's Time seminar immediaTely springs To mind as an example. VVhaT's so inTeresTing abouT Time? some sTudenTs scoff. They would be amazed. We examined Time from psychological, religious, philosophical and physical perspecTives. Dr. LievesTro fosTered a spiriT of inTense curiosiTy, exploring why and how Time fiTs inTo life, IiTeraTure, religion. OTher honors courses similarly fosTered This curiosiTy and greaTer human undersTanding. The program does ask more of sTudenTs, personally as well as academically. The professors aTTempTed To push or draw us beyond The limiTs we had seT for ourselves. Pure exhilaraTion rushed Through our veins when we meT Their challenge. The Honors Program, in four years, fosTered The qualiTies ThaT define The besT sTudenTs - humiIiTy, a love of inquiry, and The confidence To reach beyond my limiTs. - Heidi Kocher 28 Honors Program I . I I I I , I I I I v I I I 2- -131...-, ...l Lovene Wood keeps The program running smooThly. fPhoTo: Mara MaTsumuraQ