For academic year 2025-2026, the Keeping Sights Upward Journey Honors College invites applications from ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ faculty for the following opportunities:
These fellowships allow master teacher-scholars from across ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ to grow their teaching portfolio and experience as they fulfill essential teaching roles in the honors college. A faculty fellow is appointed for a one-year term. Contingent upon available funding and the needs of the ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Journey Honors College, a fellow may be reappointed.  Honors Fellows:
- Must be tenured faculty with outstanding records of teaching who are deeply committed to sharing their scholarly passions with honors students in the classroom.
- Must have the support of their chair/director and dean.
- Will have 50% of their overall workload reassigned to the honors college.
- Will be invited to attend an honors conference (national, regional, or state) during their term.
- Will receive supplemental pay of $8,000 for the year.
Application Materials: Cover Letter, CV, Statement of Teaching Philosophy, 2 letters of recommendation (1 from a student), endorsement of chair/director and dean.
Deadline to apply: Monday, December 2, 2024
These joint appointments within the honors college will be for lecturers and senior lecturers with outstanding records of teaching. The joint appointment will allow these instructors to grow their teaching portfolio and experience as they fulfill essential teaching roles in the honors college. Lecturers will receive a one-year joint-appointment agreement. Contingent upon available funding and the needs of the ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Journey Honors College, these positions will be renewable for up to one additional year. Honors Lecturers:
- Must have the support of their chair/director and dean.
- Will be selected through a review process conducted by the honors college. Only one honors lecturer will be selected from a given school/department at a time.
- Will teach 20% in their home department, generally 2 honors sections of general education courses per year.
- Will provide teaching and service in the honors college for the remaining 80% of their
workload.
- Will receive supplemental pay of $10,000 for the year.
The honors college will pay 100% of the lecturer’s salary; the home department/school will keep the line and be provided funding to fill it with a limited-term faculty member for the duration of the joint appointment. Application Materials: Cover Letter, CV, Statement of Teaching Philosophy, 2 letters of recommendation (1 from a student), endorsement of chair/director and dean.
Deadline to apply: Monday, December 2, 2024
Course Proposal Information
Faculty who have not taught a ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Honors course who wish to be considered for Honors teaching, or experienced Honors faculty who wish to propose a new course not previously taught should complete the Course Proposal Form. As a general guideline, proposals to teach an honors course in Summer or Fall semester
should be returned by the first day of classes of the prior Spring term. Proposals
to teach an honors course in Spring semester should be returned by the first day of
class of the prior Fall semester. Decisions about course offerings will be based on
focus of the proposal, program needs and enrollment projections, and instructor qualifications.
Priority will be given to full-time faculty with a track record of teaching excellence.
All honors faculty must have support of their department chairs.
If you'd like to propose an Honors Discovery course, view below. Questions may be directed to:
³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ Journey Honors College Digital Learning Policy
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