Transcript THE HONORS COLLEGE The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College Features  Brock Scholars Program  Innovations in Honors  High Achieving Mocs  Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities 

THE
HONORS
COLLEGE
The University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga
College Features
 Brock Scholars Program
 Innovations in Honors
 High Achieving Mocs
 Office of Undergraduate
Research and Creative
Activities
 Departmental Honors
Benefits
 Priority registration for classes
 Honors housing option
 24-hour access to Honors
College Reading Room and
computer lab
 Personal academic advisement
and advice in making postbaccalaureate plans
 Endowed scholarships available
only to Honors College students
Student Activities
 Community service and
charitable fund-raising
 Social events
 Intramural sports
 Guest lectures
 Participation at national
and regional conferences
 Campus and community
engagement
Brock Scholars Program
 Established in 1977
 Four year interdisciplinary program
 Approximately 150 students
 Will enroll 50 freshmen in Fall 2016
 Special benefits, including . . .
Curriculum
 General education replacement
 Specially designed freshman year seminar
 Innovative special topics courses
offered by select faculty in all general
education categories
 Small class size
(15-20 per class)
 Honors thesis
Financial Benefits
 Freshmen are awarded a William E. Brock,
Jr. Scholarship
– Premier scholarship package at UTC
– Renewable for eight semesters
– Combined with TN HOPE (lottery) and
any other University or departmental
scholarships
 Annual cultural stipend
Other Funded Experiences
 Odyssey Grants
– Funding for study abroad, internships
away from campus
 Access to funding for
research and travel
to regional and
national conferences
Brock Scholars Travel Seminars
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Paris
Florence & Rome
Vienna
Madrid & Barcelona
Western Turkey
Germany
Greece
China
London
Spain
Budapest and Prague
National Recognition
National Scholarships:
- Rhodes
- Truman
- Goldwater
- Boren
National Programs:
- Public Policy and
International
Affairs Institute (Princeton)
- Institute for Responsible Citizenship
(Georgetown)
About Brock Scholars Alumni
 Over 90% who apply are
Emory
Harvard
Columbia
Vanderbilt
accepted into law
school, medical school,
and Ph.D. programs
 Most receive generous
fellowships, scholarships
or assistantships
Oxford
Stanford
Johns Hopkins
University of Chicago
Selection Process – Phase I
 Separate Brock Scholars Application
available at
www.utc.edu/brock-scholars
– Application form
– Résumé
– Essay on prescribed topic
– 2 recommendation letters
– Transcript
– ACT or SAT Scores
 December 1st deadline
Selection Process – Phase II
 Selected candidates invited for two-day
campus conference in late January or early
February, including:
– Interviews
– Seminar
– Class visits
– Department visits
– Social activities
– Overnight stay in honors housing
 Decision letters sent in early March
Innovations in Honors (IIH)
 Offering new honors opportunities
– Engaging more students in honors
education through collaborative learning
– Community-embedded
– Problem-based learning
– Honors thesis
– Application deadline February 1 for
currently enrolled UTC students or transfer
students who have completed at least one
year of college
High-Achieving Mocs Living Learning
Community (HAM LLC)
 38 new freshmen will participate
 Students live, work, and take classes as a
cohort in a one-year experience
 Students who apply to UTC with a minimum
26 ACT and 3.5 high school GPA will be
invited to join as long as space remains
Undergraduate Research &
Creative Activities
 Educate undergraduate
students about research
and creative production
 Engage students in
research and creative
opportunities
 Provide information to faculty and students
across campus
 Promote new research initiatives
 Provide support for conference participation
Departmental Honors
 Honors thesis
in the major
department
 Two-semester
research or
creative project
 Presentations at conferences
 Publications in professional journals