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GET EXCITED! It’s almost time to register!  But before you can register for next semester’s classes, you have some housekeeping to do.  Find out how to get your holds removed and where to find the best courses for you next semester.
Registration Schedule
***Thursday, April 12: Honors Freshmen (Privileged Registration)***

Registration is open from 7AM-12AM.
Sophomores, worried about registering without privileged registration? Read these Peer Advisor words of wisdom.
If you’re not sure when you register, you can check your earned credit hours in GWeb using the following path: Student Records & Registration Menu > Student Records Information Menu > Transcripts > View Unofficial Transcripts. Make sure you’re looking at overall hours earned for the accurate total!
Urgent Hold Information
Check your record via GWeb regarding holds prior to your scheduled registration time.  Any hold on your account will prevent access to registration. You can view any holds on your account by looking at: Student Records & Registration Menu > Student Records Information Menu > View Administrative Holds.
Make sure to check now and again in the days lead up to registration. Check early, and check often! BADLY TIMED HOLDS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE. DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU:

 

Fall Registration Advising

All honors students are encouraged to see a Honors Program Officer before registration. Make sure you are prepared with a tentative course schedule using the Fall 2018 Schedule of Classes and Honors course descriptions. As new course information and revisions become available we will update the website. Please re-check the information on the Schedule of Classes and the Honors site before you register to ensure that you’re up-to-date!
Please use our wide selection of dates to your advantage – plan on meeting with an advisor at a time that is most practical given your registration date. Students may discuss registration (and remove an advising hold, if applicable) by one of the following options:

1. Attend an advising pizza party in the Honors Townhouse Club Room:
   Friday, April 6th from 10 to 1145 a.m. (bagels, not pizza!)
   Wednesday, April 11th from 4 to 6 p.m
   Thursday, April 12th from 4 to 6 p.m
2. Make an appointment with an advisor online at honorsprogram.gwu.edu/make-appointment.

Living in Honors housing as a sophomore, junior, or senior is a great way to lock down your housing and roommates early, bask in the glow of other Honors students, secure a spot in a great residence hall, and avoid the potential hazards of living on a floor full of randos.
For the 2018-2019 academic year, we are pleased to offer a group of doubles in District House! Please note that different residence halls have different prices, you can find a list for housing rates here. Only sign up for housing with the UHP if you actually intend to live there.
Studio doubles are efficiency-style with a kitchen and bathroom.
Please note, the upperclass Honors housing community is an established Academic Residential Community (ARC). You do not need to apply for Affinity Housing to live in this community.
Applying for the Honors housing community requires 4 steps:

1. Fill out the upperclass Honors Housing application by Monday, February 12.
   Through this Google Doc, you can request desired roommates. All roommates must be members of the Honors Program, and each roommate must fill this form out separately – no one can be signed up by proxy. UHPers can also sign up for housing individually and then be placed in a studio with another student that applied individually.
2. Confirm roommate assignment via email.
   Applicants will be contacted by an Honors Program Manager by email to confirm roommate assignment.
3. Receive email from GW Housing.
   GW Housing will reach out to you with instructions to complete the housing lottery, the date you will be able to sign up, and your RMS number for the application.
4. Complete the general housing application.
   Once you have received your email from GW Housing, access GW Housing e-Services to complete the self check-in process.

A note from Ben Faulkner, our new Program Manager. Join us for an open house on Friday, January 19th between 12:30 and 2 in the Club Room to meet Ben in person!
Hello, everyone! I’m Ben Faulkner, and I’m excited to be joining the University Honors Program this year as your new advisor. Thank you for welcoming me into your wonderful community of deep learners and caring citizens.
A little about me: I spent the last three years in the second largest city in Washington state, Spokane, which is about five hours east from Seattle (four if you’re breaking the speed limit.) There I managed the honors program at the Community Colleges of Spokane and advised an awesome group of honors students. One of my favorite parts of that job was career advising, so if you ever want to talk career stuff, I’m all yours.
Before that, I taught high school philosophy and psychology at a bilingual school in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. There I cultivated my love of teaching, learning, and working with students to achieve their fullest potential, both in and outside the classroom. I’m also a huge philosophy nerd, so if you ever need an existential thought-partner, count me in.
In my spare time, I like to write, read, run, explore, daydream, and engage in “curiosity conversations” with cool people (which I’m hoping will soon include all of you.) I’m looking forward to meeting you, hearing your stories, sharing your journeys, and supporting you in any way I can.
Oh, and the key to my heart is cake. Lemon, chocolate, and/or red velvet to be precise.
(Just thought I’d slip that in.)
Cheers to the start of a new semester! Can’t wait for the adventures to come.
Best,
Ben