Russell Fellows are upper-division students living in Russell who were familiar with the Honors Program as freshmen and who have a strong commitment to help other students benefit from an Honors education. Russell Fellows assist students in the Russell complex by being available for questions or problems; planning, promoting, and encouraging involvement in social and cultural activities; and helping with the adjustment to college life. Students wishing to become Fellows can pick up applications from the Honors Program Office in early February and attend an interest meeting around mid-month, just before the applications are due. Selected students are notified in March or April. This paid position begins in April and continues through the following academic year. Call the Honors Program Office (831-1195) for exact dates and more information.
These first-year Honors students work with the Russell Fellows to facilitate communication between the Honors Program and Russell residents, plan programs and events within the residence halls, on campus, and in the surrounding communities, and generate a friendly, helpful atmosphere in the Russell Complex. Freshman Fellows are volunteers who are expected to plan one on- or off-campus activity per semester and attend regular planning meetings. They are recruited in early fall via interest meetings in the Russell lounges. Applications and selection take place in October. The position begins immediately and lasts through the end of the spring semester. Call 831-1195 for exact dates and more information.
Former Russell or Freshman Fellows or other UDHP students can apply to become Senior Fellows. These Fellows help out with programming for Honors students, concentrating on upper-division Honors housing activities, where they live. Senior Fellows are volunteers who organize at least one activity per semester and attend regular planning meetings.
2011-2012 Senior Fellow Application
The Writing Fellows Program trains advanced undergraduates from all majors to work one-on-one with student writers in a number of different academic settings. The program rests on two assumptions: (1) Writing is an extended process that generally involves pre-writing, drafting, editing, and revising; and (2) instruction works best when it is individualized. Writing Fellows are advanced undergraduates selected through a competitive and rigorous process to assist faculty members in writing-intensive courses, including (but not limited to) first-year interdisciplinary Honors Colloquia and in selected sections of Honors E110. Writing Fellows are tutors, not teaching assistants: They work with students on such matters as theses, coherence, evidence, organization, paragraphing, transitions, and grammar, but they do not assign grades or comment on the paper's content.
In addition to its obvious benefit to students being tutored in writing, the Writing Fellows Program has proved to be of equal benefit to the sophomores and juniors who take a three-credit training course (ENGL 316, Peer Tutoring and Advanced Composition) the semester before they begin tutoring. Writing Fellows work closely with both the Coordinator of the Writing Fellows Program and faculty teaching the courses to which they have been assigned. Many Writing Fellows report significant improvement in their own writing and decide to go on to write Honors theses. They have also reported that the Fellowship is a central focus of their graduate and law school interviews. Each year some Writing Fellows enter professional careers in publishing and advertising, as well as science and technology writing.
For more information, please contact Ray Peters, Coordinator of the Writing Fellows Program, at 831-8567. The Writing Fellows Program page features a mission statement and resources for students, faculty, and Writing Fellows.
