What is the Honors Student Association?

The Honors Student Association is a group of honors students who meet regularly to plan social, academic and service opportunities to further the mission of the Hutton Honors College. HSA provides the opportunity for students to work in small groups to create and organize events that enhance the experience of honors students, and to demonstrate through service to the campus and community, the commitment honors students share to give back to the communities to which they belong. Honors students often become the leaders on the IU campus, and many students find HSA a wonderful way to begin serving their fellow students.

Meet the 2007-08 Officers and Committee Chairs

Who can join HSA?

Any HHC student is welcome and encouraged to join!

Possible HSA committees:

Extracurricular: this committee's charge is to create community-building events for the Honors Student Association (HSA) membership, and initiate and support special activities to foster a sense of identity within the Hutton Honors College (HHC). A sub-group could focus on supporting the extra-curricular programming efforts of the HHC and work closely with Charlene Brown, Director of Extracurricular Programming. Special work groups might include:

• HSA social events-movies, dinners, and other social events to encourage a sense of community within HSA
• HHC special events-signature events to make HHC students more aware of being part of an organization
• Speakers for HSA meetings
• Work with Charlene Brown on special programming

Diversity: this committee's focus would be to highlight the diversity within the HHC and work to connect students to the diverse cultural events and organizations on campus. A responsibility would be to liaise with cultural centers to promote cultural events to HHC students and possibly create a listserv announcing up-coming events. The members of this committee will serve as ambassadors for visiting underrepresented student groups and will work with Richelle Brown, multicultural outreach coordinator.

Fund Raising/Marketing: this committee's goal would be to raise funds for special events, and also to raise the visibility of the HHC on campus and of the HSA within the HHC. Works with HSA advisor. (Possible Logo subcommittee?)

Volunteer: students on this committee would be charged with organizing several signature volunteer events over the year for honors students to participate in. Students could also choose to represent the Honors College in events held by other campus organizations, and to support other HHC volunteer opportunities (for example through the mentoring program and the community service program.) Works with Christy Borders and HSA advisor.

Membership/Communication: works to recruit HSA members and officers. Serves as liaison to HSA membership through email list-serve. Students are encouraged to put together a newsletter once or twice a semester reflecting the events and opportunities connected to HHC. Works with HSA advisor.

How do I join a committee?

Please indicate on your HSA application the top three committees you are interested in working on in your order of preference. If you have other ideas for possible committees, please indicate your suggestions on your application.

When will our first meeting be?

You will soon be contacted by email about an upcoming call out meeting for HSA. You will receive an application at that meeting. The first regularly scheduled meeting will be announced for around the middle of September.

When will we be electing officers?

Officers will be elected during the semester after committees have been formed and HSA members have had the opportunity to get to know each other.