The Honors Portfolio: Some Guidelines
 
The Honors Portfolio should be submitted in a three-ring binder, and should provide comprehensive documentation of the six Honors requirements you have completed to be considered for Honors Scholar status. Here are several tips for its construction:
 

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 Please make sure you have divided the portfolio into six sections, clearly labeled (Honors Colloquium I, Honors Colloquium II, Honors Experience I, etc.), and please put a table of contents at the beginning of the portfolio. IF AN HONORS EXPERIENCE WAS COMPLETED UNDER THE TERMS OF AN HONORS CONTRACT, A COPY OF THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE THE FIRST ITEM IN THE SECTION DEVOTED TO THAT EXPERIENCE. If you do not have copies of your Honors contracts, check with the Honors Director; they are probably in your file in the Honors Office.
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 For Honors Experiences you completed under the aegis of a course (Honors or non-Honors), append a course syllabus to your Honors contract. If you completed an Honors Experience outside the boundaries of a course, make sure the Honors contract is specific about what you did, when and where you did it, and how it was evaluated. If any of this information is missing, please write a paragraph or two providing more specific information.
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 The most important item(s) in each section of your Honors Portfolio should be the PRODUCT of the requirement-i.e., what you produced as Honors work for the supervising instructor's review and evaluation. This might be an essay, a research paper, a journal, the printed text of a PowerPoint presentation, or a combination of these products. Depending on your major, it might also be a photograph of a poster presentation or a juried art exhibit, or program from a theatre production. Whatever the nature and context of the Honors Experience, if you think your readers (the members of the Honors Council) will have any difficulty understanding what the product is and why it is Honors-worthy, please write a paragraph of explanation and include it with the submission. The key for the portfolio, especially since your readers will have limited time to evaluate it, is providing clear evidence of what you learned and what you produced with each Honors experience.
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 Finally, make the portfolio look as neat and professional as you can; produce something you would be willing to show a potential employer if you were interviewing for a job.
Please don’t hesitate to call the Honors Director Phone: 678-797-2364 if you have any questions or concerns.