Lone Star College-Montgomery Honors College recruits high achieving fellows

THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Being smart just got even cooler for a select few Lone Star College-Montgomery students as they were recently named Chancellor’s Fellows, a new feature of the Honors College where students are selected through a competitive applicant process to pursue a unique honors associate degree program.

The Chancellor’s Fellows scholarship allows 20 freshman students who are selected through a competitive application to pursue a unique Honors associate degree program.They receive an award package covering all tuition and fees (up to 15 credit hours per semester), a book allowance of up to $600 per semester, as well as a paid international capstone. In addition to pursuing an individualized honors curriculum, Fellows scholarship recipients benefit from extensive co-curricular opportunities and a close-knit learning cohort.

“What these students commit to is a two-year curriculum that culminates in an honors associates degree,” said David Kennedy, political science professor and director of the Honors College at LSC-Montgomery. “They also have an extensive co-curricular space with lots of things outside of the classroom that they are required to participate in.”

The honors college is designed to set high-achievers apart with a wide range ofopportunities for students who are interested in honors course credit and the desire to graduate with honors distinctions.

Honors college students benefit from scholarship and internship opportunities, specialized honors and transfer academic advising, early registration, smaller class sizes, honors designation on transcripts, and so much more. Additional enriching experiences include travel, co-curricular activities, off-campus events, conferences, seminars and service learning opportunities.”

In terms of the curriculum itself, it is based on a progression model of learning. Members gain research and design skills through a series of workshops, conference opportunities, and classroom assignments.

Incoming LSC-Montgomery freshman Tania Bahena couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity presented to her.

“This is an open door to becoming successful in my life,” Bahena said. “This isn’t just about getting a scholarship, this is a way of investing.”

As a member of the Fellows cohort who will graduate from LSC-Montgomery in 2017, Bahena knows this opportunity will have a big impact on her future as she prepares to transfer to the University of Texas at Austin.

“Aside from this scholarship allowing me to save money for after I transfer, the atmosphere of the campus itself, along with the benefits of small class sizes, will help me immensely in developing myself as a person,” Bahena said.

For more information about the Honors College or the Chancellors Fellows scholarship at LSC-Montgomery, call (936) 273-7035, or visit the website.

LSC-Montgomery is located at 3200 College Park Drive, one-half mile west of Interstate 45, between Conroe and The Woodlands. For more information about the college, call (936) 273-7000, or click here.