Bethune-Cookman College September 12, 2012 Bethune-Cookman Launches Honors College In his resolve to elevate the academic enterprise at Bethune-Cookman University, President Edison O. Jackson has established an Honors College to provide the University's brightest students with a variety of opportunities to develop as scholars and servant leaders. "The birth of our Honors College makes an undeniable statement about the prominence that the academic enterprise holds at the University," said President Jackson. "Like never before, we will celebrate our brightest students and ensure that their hard work is rewarded, encouraged, and supported." Dr. Hiram C. Powell, the University's provost, affirmed President Jackson's message. "Our commitment to B-CU honor students is to challenge them throughout their matriculation through significant research and presentational experiences," he said. "With this experience, we hope they will be prepared to enter any graduate or professional school of their choice or to enter the job market as highly competitive candidates." Under the leadership of Dean Deborah L. Freckleton, the Honors College evolved from the University's honors program, which primarily focused on providing freshman scholarship recipients with opportunities to enroll in honors sections of general education courses and participate in conferences. With nearly 200 students in attendance at the first fall meeting of the Honors College, Dean Freckleton was thrilled with the attendance and shared her excitement for the year ahead. "The Honors College will cast a wide net to ensure that all students who have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.3 have a variety of academic and intellectual opportunities and that those students with the highest averages are given even greater opportunities to participate in time-honored honors coursework, research, intensive seminars, symposiums, conferences, workshops, study abroad experiences, and community service initiatives is enormously satisfying and precisely the right course for Bethune-Cookman University." SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2012meeting-form.html for the October 21-23, 2012 HBCU Library Alliance 5th Membership Meeting and the Photographic Preservation Pre-Conference in New Orleans, LA. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.