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) is the representative student leadership body within the Towson University Honors College. HCLC exists to build a vibrant, inclusive, and intellectually engaging Honors community by elevating student voice, strengthening connection, and supporting meaningful involvement across campus. It serves as both a governing and programming body that empowers students to shape their Honors experience through leadership, advocacy, and collaboration. HCLC also functions as a central hub for student organizations and engagement. It supports and helps develop Honors student groups, coordinates college-wide programming, and oversees key committees. For more information, visit the website linked above.
Honors Civic Engagement Initiative
The Honors Civic Engagement Initiative brings together Honors students who are passionate about making a positive difference in their communities. The group supports efforts that connect Honors students with opportunities that focus on service and community involvement, promoting a student experience that is active in and aware of local and national issues.
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.
Queer Honors
Founded in 2024, Queer Honors seeks to foster academic, personal, and professional development for members of the LGBTQIA+ community in the Honors College. The membership seeks to achieve these objectives through a balance of social and academic programming related to the Queer experience. Queer Honors is open to all members of the Towson University Honors College.
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-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 Honors College 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.