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The Casper College Honors Institute offers qualifying students the opportunity to join with their peers in a challenging program tailored to meet their intelligence and strong motivation. Our invitation-only curriculum includes four interdisciplinary seminars featuring timely and relevant topics such as the quest for American identity and totalitarianism: the nature of evil. These seminars will satisfy many of the college general education requirements, thus reducing extra coursework. Field trips to cultural events and conferences will take your learning outside the classroom; informal social gatherings, including outdoor activities, will promote a sense of community and fun. This intense two-year program of study then culminates with an engrossing capstone independent research project supervised by an honors professor of your choice.
Numerous benefits accompany involvement in this program. For example, one can expect to receive financial aid of up to $2,000 per year in addition to the Hathaway scholarships enjoyed by qualifying students. Furthermore, participation in the Casper College Honors Institute will guarantee acceptance and transfer to many similar programs at outstanding four-year institutions throughout the region. Ultimately, the student will find that the special honors designation on their transcript and diploma will open doors not only at four-year colleges and universities but also in the work place. |
- MISSION
- PHILOSOPHY
- COMMUNITY
- HIGHLIGHTS
- BENEFITS
- ADMISSION
- APPLICATION
- FUTURE
- AMBASSADORS
- TRANSFER
MISSION:
Veritas Honors Institute, the honors program of Casper College, offers a unique educational opportunity to highly qualified college bound students of exceptional ability. Featuring small, interdisciplinary seminars taught by master teacher/scholars, we empower students to achieve exemplary personal and intellectual growth while preparing to transfer to highly selective four-year schools and universities. |
PHILOSOPHY:
Casper College’s Veritas Honors Institute is designed to promote a rigorous academic program for exceptionally talented and motivated students. Moved by a love for truth, and with the goal of gaining a comprehensive view of the nature of thought, knowledge, and human understanding in an environment of creative interaction, Veritas students explore the fundamental ideas and values of human culture from a variety of disciplines. Moreover, Veritas students are challenged to develop and exercise their moral responsibilities, which include leadership, thoughtful self-governance, and social consciousness. |
COMMUNITY:
The Veritas Honors Institute embodies the belief that we discover ourselves within the rich network of participatory community. Unlike the standard approach to education, which all too often features huge classes in which the individual loses her or his identity while sitting passively, the Veritas community promotes both self-awareness as well as the bonds of friendship forged through a shared commitment to ourselves, to others, and to the larger world. Animated by a common love of truth, Veritas students also enjoy informal social gatherings, field trips to cultural events, conference attendance, fun outdoor activities, and simply hanging out with friends in the honors lounge. So at Veritas, we offer a vibrant alternative to the alienation so commonly found in an approach that places numbers over people. |
HIGHLIGHTS:
Veritas students take four interdisciplinary seminars during the course of their program. These small, interactive honors-only classes feature timely and relevant topics of concern to American society and the world. Exploring such issues as what it means to be an American, totalitarianism and the nature of evil, as well as the search for truth in the sciences and humanities, these seminars are taught by exceptionally well trained teacher/scholars who love both learning and teaching equally, thus providing an entirely unique experience for their students.
In addition, each student completes a capstone independent research project with an honors professor of her or his choice. This allows you to pursue a topic of special interest in depth under the guidance of a knowledgeable and caring mentor. |
BENEFITS:
- Increased financial aid of up to $2000 per year plus Hathaway scholarships for qualifying students.
- Small, stimulating interactive classes taught by exceptional teacher-scholars committed to your success.
- Membership in a vibrant community premised on the values of academic achievement, leadership, and social consciousness.
- Special honors designation on transcripts and diplomas.
- Automatic acceptance and transfer to many honors programs in outstanding regional four-year colleges and universities.
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ADMISSION:
- High school GPA of 3.25 or higher.
- Composite ACT score of 24 or higher; SAT of 1200 or better.
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- A letter of recommendation from an instructor familiar with your work and promise.
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Please check the spring 2009 schedule for days and times. Also see Dr. Akam for advising before registering.
CLASSESS OFFERED IN SPRING 2009
- CO/M 2380-01: Cinema History (3CR), E. Stedillie & P. Van Houten.
- CO/M 2490-01: Topics: Communication and Leadership (3CR), G. Wilson.
- ENGL 1020-14: Honors English II: Composition, (3CR), M. Young.
- GEOL 1100-02: Physical Science (3CR), G. Nelson.
- HIST 2490-01: Holocaust and the Third Reich (3CR), L. Jones.
- MUSC 2490-01: Music and Politics (3CR), T. Gunderson.
- PHIL 2490-01: Twentieth-Century Philosophy (3CR), B. Veauthier.
- POLS 1000-07: US and Wyoming Government, (3CR) E. Frankland.
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AMBASSADORS: |
- Jennifer Adelman
358-3395/351-3197
rosetta_stone@hotmail.com
- Tomasz Bogucki
265-3124/258-2686
tomaszproject@gmail.com
- LaRon Coleman
797-1006/797-2358
chaosin77@yahoo.com
- Natalie Garn
736-2154/747-1345
nataliejogarn@live.com
- Kaitlyn Gates
267-9645
katiedidiit120@yahoo.com
- Kray Lutz
262-4168
krayfish_13@msn.com
- Maira Magaña
277-6824
mmagana@my.caspercollege.edu
- Morgan Monpas
2583241/237-9522
mmonpas7@yahoo.com
- Tate Mullen
262-5072
mullen914@gmail.com
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- Megan Northrup
262-6553
mnorthrup20@yahoo.com
- Jeff Piel
265-3924/258-8077
jpiel@bresnan.net
- Sadie St. Lawrence
307-315-1602
Sadiekay22@hotmail.com
- Derek Schroeder
237-3112
dschroeder36@yahoo.com
- Emerson Takahashi
473-8367
skierbum90@yahoo.com
- Jill Sellars
577-5168
jsellars@my.caspercollege.edu
jms_57@hotmail.com
- Mollie Smith
262-9192
mollie_smith@msn.com
- Juanita Walker
473-1524
prostylist223@hotmail.com
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TRANSFER OPPORTUNITIES:
Transfer to honors programs in outstanding regional four-year colleges and universities, such as:
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