Benefits & Experience

General Benefits of the John E. Sallstrom honors college

• Being a part of the Honors community (networking opportunities!)
• The Honors House in Humber-White (watch a 360-degree video tour!)
• Small classes taught by some of the college's most dynamic professors
• The Honors lending library (textbooks for select Honors courses)
• Laptop lending program (request a laptop using the Honors Laptop Checkout Form)
• Holistic advising with the dean and/or assistant director
• Team building experiences
• Lunch/dinner seminars and book, documentary and film discussions with GCSU faculty. Each semester, up to two students will also be selected to serve as presenters, giving students an opportunity to learn from each other.
• Eta Sigma Alpha social and service events
• Transformative Experience and Saladin Scholars grants
• Alumni Mentoring Program. Fill out an application to be paired with a mentor.
• Unique Study Abroad Programs: This year, the Honors College is raising funds to provide $1000 scholarships, for up to ten students, to support study abroad in Montepulciano, Itlay during the summer of 2025! The Montepulciano program is a collaborative initiative of Kennesaw State University, Georgia College & State University, Georgia Southern University, and Valdosta State University, with students and faculty coming from all four institutions. Dr. Steve Elliott-Gower, one of the Honors College’s most beloved faculty members, is teaching in the first (May-June) session. GCSU Honors students will thus be going with Dr. Gower and learning from him. The scholarship application is available online, through this embedded link. Scholarship applications are due by Nov. 8. Please reach out to Dr. Gower (steve.elliott-gower@gcsu.edu) as well to let him know that you are interested in going to Montepulciano. He can fill you in on details. Also, please note that students will need to submit an a Montepulciano program application to both to KSU and GCSU via these embedded links.