Experience Western Honors
As a program participant, you will:
- Meet with our Honors College Director, Dr. Scott Linneman
- Experience an online class relevant to your interests
- Connect with Honors faculty
- Meet with Honors alumni
- Tour campus and the Honors residence community (virtually)
Sample Agendas
Agenda is subject to change. You will receive Zoom information prior to the event.
9 a.m. | Welcome and Honors Information Session
Learn about the Honors College from Director Dr. Scott Linneman and go over the program itinerary.
10 a.m. | Honors Colloquium Course
Attend your choice of Honors seminars taught by Honors faculty. Class offerings to be determined.
11 a.m. | Edens Hall Tour
Take a virtual tour of the on-campus housing community for Honors College students.
11:30 p.m. | Meet Honors Alumni or Book Discussion
You can choose to attend the Honors Alumni Panel or a book discussion on Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life with Honors College Associate Director and Advisor, Dr. Tristan Goldman
Agenda is subject to change. You will receive Zoom information prior to the event.
9 a.m. | Welcome and Honors Information Session
Join your student in the main session to learn about the Honors College from Director Dr. Scott Linneman and go over the program itinerary.
10 a.m. | Panel Discussion (Parents & Family Members Only)
Parents and family members are invited to watch a panel discussion featuring experts from the Honors College and others on campus. You'll be able to ask all your questions in real-time.
11 a.m. | Edens Hall Tour
Take a virtual tour of the on-campus housing community for Honors College students.
11:30 a.m. | Meet Honors Alumni
Find out what it’s like to be an Honors student at Western and ask any lingering questions you may have!
Questions?
J Chaves Lande
Admissions Counselor
chavesj@wwu.edu
(360) 650-4574
Details
Who's Invited?
High-achieving first-year students admitted for Fall 2024
When?
Late February 2024 - Date will be announced early January 2024
Where?
Online
Registration is now closed.
Meet Dr. Tristan Goldman
Dr. Tristan Goldman (he/him) is a scholar of the Ancient Mediterranean and the Associate Director for the Honors College at Western Washington University. Tristan earned his B.A. and M.A. in Classics and his Ph.D. in history at the University of Washington. His research primarily involves how interaction with Asia, Persia in particular, contributed to shaping the history of Greece during the Classical Period. More recently, Tristan has focused on the reception and appropriation of Mediterranean antiquity by the European "Enlightenment."
In 2013, in his second year teaching at Western, Tristan received the Ronald Kleinknecht Teaching Excellence award in large part as a reflection of the time Tristan invests in creating successful learning outcomes for students. In addition to teaching in the First-Year Sequence and the occasional seminar, Tristan leads the First-Year Faculty in designing and developing innovative curricula to better meet the needs of undergraduate students arriving at the university from diverse backgrounds.
Tristan is a voting, lineal member of the Estom Yumeka Maidu tribe, information concerning which can be found here.
Meet Dr. Scott Linneman
Dr. Scott Linneman (he/him) joined WWU Honors as Director in 2016 and is a Professor of Geology and Science Education. His academic background includes a B.A. from Carleton College in Minnesota and a Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming. His research has spanned the fields of igneous petrology and volcanology (in the Cascades, Central America, and Turkey), geomorphology (large landslides), and how people learn about geologic rates.
Dr. Linneman served as a Senior Fulbright Fellow working on teacher preparation at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa. He has directed an NSF GK-12 Catalysts for Reform Project at WWU and was co-PI for WWU’s North Cascades and Olympics Science Partnership, an NSF Math-Science Partnership. Dr. Linneman served on the executive committees for the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (as president), the Washington Science Teachers Association, and the NSF MARGINS Steering Committee. He taught for 10 years at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston ID, where he was awarded the Arts and Sciences Teaching Award and the Talkington Teaching Award. In 2011 Dr. Linneman was named the Higher Education Science Teacher of the Year for Washington by WSTA. In 2013 he was selected as the Washington Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
Explore Honors Today
In addition to attending this event, you are also invited to explore the Honors website to learn more about its tight-knit community and its curriculum. Apply to Western's Honors College by March 7 — late applications will be considered after all on-time applications are reviewed.