Honors Scholar Program - Honors Adviser

High Point University•High Point, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Honors Scholar Program offers students a unique and challenging set of interdisciplinary courses that promote intellectual curiosity and problem solving. Honors scholars engage in collaborative project-based learning experiences throughout their courses and co-curriculum. The program emphasizes research skills, ethical and cultural awareness, community-building, and reflective practice.

Requirements

Strong reading and academic writing skills
Familiarity with MLA & APA citation formats
Good time management skills
Friendly demeanors
Minimum 3.3 overall GPA

Nice To Haves

Academic research and source integration
Blackboard, MS Word, and other education technology
Self-awareness and metacognitive skills

Responsibilities

Attend the weekly colloquium (Tuesdays, 12-1) and engage the assigned reading.
Lead respective sections in dialogue.
Engage individual students in thoughtful, inventive activities across all stages of the writing process, from assignment review, research and invention to drafting and revising.
Help student writers with topic selection, source evaluation, genre choice, thesis development, textual organization, and idea synthesis.
Analyze rhetorical situations, provide useful feedback, and manage their own schedules.
Engage students in group discussion over a reading.
Communicate with student writers about their writing processes and ideas.
Motivate students to deepen their thinking and to take intellectual risks in their writing.
Manage schedules for one-on-one tutoring sessions.
Communicate effectively with professors and students.
Design and present co-curricular workshops on writing and research.
Other duties as assigned.