Involvement Opportunities
Enhance your Honors experience by taking advantage of engagement and leadership opportunities.
Clubs & Organizations within Honors
Honors College Leadership Council
One of the first ways that you can become an active member of the Towson Honors community is through involvement in Honors College Leadership Council (HCLC). The organization provides a wide variety of leadership opportunities to Honors students through academic, service and social activities. HCLC meetings are held every other Monday at 7:00 p.m. in the Douglass House Multipurpose Room. All Honors students are welcome and encouraged to attend HCLC meetings and learn about joining other groups.
HCLC also serves as the clearinghouse for information about other Honors student groups such as the organizations listed below.
College Liaisons
College liaisons represent each of TU's six other academic colleges outside of the Honors College. Students in this role promote events and opportunities from within their college to the greater Honors College community at HCLC meetings.
Honors Helping Hands
The Honors Helping Hands acts as the standing service committee of HCLC. Founded by Honors College Student Director Gabriella Harris '19, Honors Helping Hands plans and executes service projects both on and off campus.
Honorables of Color
The mission of Honorables of Color (HOC) is to provide an intentional space for Students of Color within the Honors College community to gather and create a close-knit community that strives to represent, connect, and celebrate their successes from across academic majors. Honorables of Color was founded in 2019.
Not Your Granny's Book Club
Not Your Granny's Book Club (NYGBC) selects a book or two to read each semester and gathers regularly to discuss. Past events have even included a literary ball where students dressed as their favorite characters from works of literature.
The Book Exchange
Located in both Douglass House and the 7800 York Road Building, room 132, The Book Exchange operates as a lending library. The goal of The Book Exchange is to foster community by creating a small shared space for students to access a wide range of reading sources that can be borrowed for an entire length of a semester.
Affiliated Clubs & Organizations
Undergraduate Research Club
The Undergraduate Research Club (URC) was founded by Honors College student Lauren Cahalan '18. The club is a collaboration between the Honors College, the Provost's Office, and the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry. URC provides opportunities and resources for students interested in learning more or conducting their own research while here at TU.
The Towson University Urban Farm
The TU Urban Farm was founded by TU Honors alumnus Jeffery Bothe ‘11 in 2010. The farm involves students working collectively and intensively to sustain a community vegetable garden and to encourage community involvement and enrichment through all garden activities. This civic engagement experience is guided by adviser and Honors professor Benjamin Warner, bwarner@towson.edu.
Employment by & Volunteer Service to the Honors College
Honors College Student Directors
Honors College student directors are official ambassadors of the Honors College. Student directors are always available to answer student questions about the Honors curriculum, the Honors College Leadership Council (HCLC), classes, Honors events, and life at Towson. They work with prospective students and their families, current students, alumni, and faculty/staff members through a number of events each semester.
Each spring, the Honors College announces the number of student director positions available for the next academic year. The ideal window to apply to be a student director is towards the end of your freshman or sophomore year. The strongest applicants are very active members of both the Honors College community and the university community. Those students who serve as student directors develop outstanding communication, collaboration and leadership skills. They also receive an additional scholarship for their service to the Honors College.
Stop by the student director office hours to learn about all of the advantages and resources available to a members of the TU Honors College. You may also send an email to honors@towson.edu to ask a question or to introduce yourself.
Honors Recruitment Officers
Recruitment Officers serve as student ambassadors of the Honors College, assisting with on and off-campus university activities for prospective students. Honors Recruitment Officers are passionate about their studies, their community, and the Honors College. They represent the Honors College at University Admissions events, such as prospective student Open Houses, Admitted Student Days, and academic information sessions within the Honors College. Honors Recruitment Officers also welcome prospective students to Honors Preview Day, held in conjunction with our spring Celebration of Scholarship and Learning. Students who serve as Recruitment Officers develop a wide range of transferable communication and interpersonal skills. They are often the first point of contact between a prospective student and the Honors College, and set the tone for the entire Honors community and student experience. To become an Honors Recruitment Officer, please email the Student Director for recruitment, Julian Joglar, at jjoglar1@students.towson.edu for additional information.
Orientation Mentors
Orientation Mentors serve as group leaders to incoming students during our fall Orientation program, held annually in late August. Orientation Mentors volunteer this time and forge mentorship bonds with their orientation groups, providing insight into the Honors experience.