Honors College Involvement Opportunities

The Honors College offers its students a robust array of involvement opportunities ranging from clubs and organizations, volunteer service, and leadership roles.

Clubs and Organizations within Honors

Honors College Leadership Council

Honors College Leadership Council (HCLC) provides a wide variety of leadership opportunities to Honors students through academic, service and social activities. Students in HCLC lead and participate in projects designed to strengthen the Honors community, encourage long-lasting friendships and build Honors traditions. There are four standing committees of HCLC that Honors students can join: marketing, programming, recruitment, and service. Additionally, there are several ad hoc or special committees/organizations listed below. Each standing committee is led by an Honors College Student Director.

College Liaisons 

College liaisons represent each of TU's six other academic colleges outside of the Honors College. Students in this role promote events and opportunities from within their degree-granting college to the greater Honors College community at HCLC meetings. 

Honors Helping Hands

The Honors Helping Hands acts as the standing service committee of HCLC. Founded by Honors College Student Director Gabriella Harris '19, Honors Helping Hands plans and executes service projects both on and off campus. Past projects have included trips to the local SPCA and visiting sick children in the pediatric unit of Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Honorables of Color

The mission of Honorables of Color (HOC) is to provide an intentional space for Students of Color within the Honors College to gather and create a close-knit community that strives to represent, connect, and celebrate their successes from across academic majors. Honorables of Color was founded in 2019.

Not Your Granny's Book Club

Not Your Granny's Book Club (NYGBC) selects a book or two to read each semester and gathers regularly to discuss. Past events have even included a literary ball where students dressed as their favorite characters from works of literature. 

The Book Exchange

Located in both Douglass House 135 and the 7800 York Road Building, room 132, The Book Exchange operates as a lending library. Students can borrow fiction, non-fiction, and even textbooks that have been donated by current and former Honors College students and faculty.

Leadership in & Volunteer Service to the Honors College

Honors College Student Directors

Honors College student directors are official ambassadors of the Honors College. Student directors are always available to answer student questions about the Honors curriculum, the Honors College Leadership Council (HCLC), classes, Honors events, and life at Towson. They work with prospective students and their families, current students, alumni, and faculty/staff members at a variety of events each semester.

At the beginning of the spring semester, the Honors College announces the number of student director positions available for the next academic year. The ideal window to apply to be a student director is towards the end of your freshman or sophomore year. The strongest applicants are very active members of both the Honors College community and the university community. Those students who serve as student directors develop outstanding communication, collaboration and leadership skills. They also receive an additional stipend for their service to the Honors College.

Honors Recruitment Officers

Recruitment Officers serve as student representatives of the Honors College, assisting with on- and off-campus university activities for prospective and admitted students. Honors Recruitment Officers are passionate about their studies, their community, and the Honors College. They represent the Honors College at University Admissions events, such as prospective student Open Houses, Admitted Student Days, and academic information sessions within the Honors College. Honors Recruitment Officers also welcome prospective students to Honors Preview Day, held in conjunction with our spring Celebration of Scholarship and Learning. Students who serve as Recruitment Officers develop a wide range of transferable communication and interpersonal skills. They are often the first point of contact between a prospective student and the Honors College, and set the tone for the entire Honors community and student experience.

Orientation Mentors

Orientation Mentors serve as group leaders to incoming students during our fall Orientation program, held annually in late August. Orientation Mentors volunteer this time and forge mentorship bonds with their orientation groups, providing insight into the Honors experience.