Honors Fellows

The Honors Faculty Fellows program is a professional development opportunity for faculty that integrates them into the life of the Honors College for a sustained period.  Not only do Honors Fellows bring diverse expertise and ideas to Honors classes and activities, they also integrate ideas and skills gained through the Fellows program into their professional lives during and after their term of service.

In addition to teaching six hours of Honors credit per academic year as part of their assigned teaching duties, Honors Faculty Fellows contribute to vital aspects of the Honors College through participating in such activities as:

1. Offering Honors Embedded Courses 
2. Student mentoring
3. Undergraduate research
4. The Honors Graduation Celebration
5. Honors Thesis committees
6. Recruiting events
7. Lucas Center events related to Honors
8. Research presentations to the Honors community
9. Brown-bag lunches with students
10. Student Honors Events

Only full-time, in-unit FGCU faculty are eligible to apply.

Faculty may not take a professional sabbatical while serving as a Faculty Fellow.

Faculty wishing to serve as an Honors Faculty Fellow should submit the application that can be accessed here: 2020 Honors Fellow Application

The applicant’s department head and dean must endorse the application.  Applications that do not have both endorsements by the deadline will not be considered.

Applications that are not received by the deadlines below will not be considered.

March 16, 2020 at 5:00 PM: Applications are due to the faculty’s respective college dean’s office.

April 1, 2020 at 5:00 PM: Endorsed applications are due to the Honors College Office.

Honors Executive Board will review applications according to the criteria below.

Honors Faculty Fellows will be selected and all applicants notified prior to the conclusion of the spring semester. Fellows selected during the 2020 application cycle will serve from fall 2020 through spring 2023. They will NOT teach an Honors Course in Fall 2020 in order to avoid disrupting their Fall 2020 teaching schedule. 

The Honors Executive Board will select Honors Faculty Fellows based on the following criteria:

1. First and foremost, all selections are made based on the curricular needs of the Honors College
2. Experience with high-impact learning practices, such as undergraduate research, service learning, study abroad, live-learn communities and the like.
3. Professional strengths related to some of the Elements of Honors
4. Prior experience working with Honors students.
5. Experience mentoring undergraduates.
6. The Honors College’s curricular need to offer Honors courses in the applicant’s discipline.
7. Quality of courses proposed to be taught as a Fellow.
8. Clearly articulates reasons for wanting to be a Fellow.
9. If all other qualifications are generally equivalent, applicants who have never served as a Faculty Fellow will be given priority over those who have previously served.