Students & Alumni

Alumni

The Honors College is developing creative, critical-thinking servant leaders to help shape tomorrow’s world. Thanks to their honors learning experiences and mentoring relationships with first-rate faculty members, JWHC graduates have consistently distinguished themselves in their post-IWU careers. They have entered graduate programs at schools such as Oxford, Princeton, Duke, Michigan, University of Chicago, and Eastman School of Music. They have become authors, poets, artists, and journalists. They have embarked on leadership tracks in corporations, schools, churches, hospitals, charities, and government. But most importantly, they have become well-informed, reflective, and compassionate agents of Christ in a desperately hurting world.

Lisa Velthouse
JWHC Graduate
Author of Saving My First Kiss (Vine Books)

”I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the JWHC was much more than I ever expected it to be. Honors courses, forum events, and group discussions were things that I quickly learned to look forward to in my time at IWU. I even enjoyed my Honors Thesis project. Beyond those things, JWHC connected me with students and faculty whom I will stay in touch with for a long time. I highly recommend the program.“

Alumni Profiles

Students

John Wesley Scholars and Mary C. Dodd Honors Students come from a variety of backgrounds, they have diverse academic interests, and they bless our campus with a broad array of gifts and talents. What they all have in common is a keen desire to glorify God through the creative pursuit of academic excellence and to grow into men and women of understanding (prudentia), wisdom (sapientia), virtue (sanctitas), and wholeness (intergritas). Consequently, John Wesley Scholars are challenged to ask tough questions, to enrich their understanding of life’s complexities, and to reflect critically on the relevance of their faith to contemporary issues.

Resources for Students

• Freshman Perspective Archive
  The freshman orientation newsletter for John Wesley Scholars
• Honors Course Petition Form
  Students who are not members of the JWHC must use this form to request enrollment in an honors course.
• Honors Scholarship Projects
• 17th Credit Hour Exemption Form