It is week three of the quarter, and as is the nature of the quarter system, you may already be feeling the push of deadlines and fast turnaround on assignments in your classes. The Honors Institute would like to remind you that a successful student is a student that takes advantage of the various support services offered through the college. If you are feeling like you need help in your classes or if you're just in need of some accountability, consider the tutorial services we have available before midterms start. You can find links to all of the academic support you need by clicking on the Foothill Tutoring link in your Canvas Navigation bars for easy access. Please check out the various services offered, including just finding spaces on campus where you can social distance and work quietly without the distractions of home, if that's what you currently need.

If you are interested in participating in the various transfer partnerships we have with various colleges and universities, be sure to enroll in the Honors Transfer Program. The Foothill College Honors Institute along with the Honors Transfer Council of California (HTTC) has transfer partnerships with colleges and universities across California and the United States. Students completing our Honors Scholar Program enjoy enhanced transfer consideration and/or other benefits at the partner campuses. These may include guaranteed or priority acceptance consideration, special scholarships, housing priority, and pre-transfer library privileges. 

If you have not yet done so, please join the Honors Transfer Program to ensure you qualify for the many transfer opportunities available to you as an Honors Scholar. For more information, please visit our Honors Transfer Program.

Eligible students who participate in the UC Irvine Honors to Honors are granted early admission to UCI (not necessarily to their first choice of major) and guaranteed admission to the prestigious Campus wide Honors Collegium. Students also receive priority consideration for a special set of merit-based scholarships.

Students must have a cumulative UC GPA of 3.7 in transferable coursework by the end of Fall 2021. By the end of the Spring 2022 quarter, students must have completed 90 quarter units, minimum major preparation requirements and fulfilled UC English Composition (2 courses), mathematics (1 course), and additional subject requirements (4 courses). In addition, you must also complete the Honors Scholar program by Spring 2022.

In order for Honors Institute students to be considered for UCI's Honors to Honors program, you must have applied to UC Irvine for Fall 2022 and be nominated by the Honors Institute Coordinators. Please complete the following form to begin the nomination process.

Honors Institute applicants to UCLA must complete an Applicant Agreement and register for one of the TAP Certification Workshops below where you will be walked through the complete certification process of completing the worksheet, meeting with a counselor, and obtaining the signature of one of the co-directors.

If you are still waiting on an email confirming UCLA TAP eligibility, please contact us as soon as possible so we can follow up: honors@foothill.edu.

We know that many Honors students look forward to participating in the Bay Area Honors Consortium Research Symposium. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, this year's symposium has been canceled. However, we want to remind you that Foothill College has its very own research and service leadership symposium and we strongly encourage Honors students to apply and participate. Applications are due March 18, 2022, so now is a great time to start envisioning projects and research proposals.

What exactly is the Research and Service Leadership Symposium?

Check out the links below for more details if you're interested:

Please join our Heritage Month series by participating in online events for Jewish Heritage Month. There are a few events left- you can find the registration links here: Jewish Heritage Month- 2022