As stated in our Diversity & Inclusion initiatives statement, the University Honors Program has work to do in confronting issues of diversity in our program.In the last UHP Diversity & Inclusion committee meeting, the group created a taskforce to focus on Honors Admissions for the rest of the semester. The D&I committee created an “Honors Admissions Task Force” to discuss past admissions practices and understand ways in which the program has been lacking as well as ways in which it has succeeded. We will use these discussions to inform future admissions practices and create goals to implement and lead us towards a better program for all of our students. This task force will pay special attention to sophomore admission processes and goals.
This admissions task force will consist of 1 faculty member (Professor Maria Restrepo), 3 staff members (Brianna Crayton, Ben Faulkner, Joshua Mays), and is looking for 2 students (will that be you?). This multi-stakeholder group will meet on Thursday, December 3rd from 3-4:30PM ET. If you are a student interested in joining this taskforce, please fill out the form below by next Tuesday, November 24th. Student task force members will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis but students not selected will have the opportunity to provide feedback. If you have any questions, please contact the uhp@gwu.edu for more information.
