SF Honors News: April 8, 2025
Look out for fun upcoming events!
In this edition:
Spotlight on Honors Classes: Honors English Composition 2
Honors Points Opportunity - Honors Transfer Fair!
Honors Points Opportunity - Student Forum on Textbook Affordability and Access
Honors Points Opportunity - Tutoring at Blount Center
Honors Points Opportunity - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Register for Honors Classes Today
How do I Know What to Take?
Don’t Wait, Submit Your Honors Points Today
Spotlight on Honors Classes
What does it mean for a class to be Honors? What are you signing up for when you select the Honors version of a class? From now until the beginning of Fall, we’re going to highlight some of the classes you can sign up for, to give you an idea of what to expect. This week, we’re kicking things off with Honors Social Psychology.
Honors English Composition 2
Course Number: ENC1102, Section 0H1
Department: Communication
Schedule: Monday and Wednesday, 2:30pm - 3:45pm
I’m Alex Siwiecki, Assistant Professor, English. In addition to English Composition I and II, I have taught Creative Writing, Technical Communications, Journalism, Humanity and Animal Rights, Writing in the Humanities, Writing Across the Curriculum, Professional Communication for Engineers, Writing in Medical Sciences.
I treat Honors ENC 1102 as a one-stop for writing in any course past first-year composition. I continually hear from former students that they would not have survived in challenging courses across the curriculum without the research, analysis, and writing skills they learned from this course.
I encourage creativity, student visibility and self-advocacy, accessibility and transparency, acute analysis and synthesis, charitability towards known and unknown audiences, superseding a need for AI-style generalizing, and considerations of the ethical consequences – the limitations, the gaps, the minoritized communities – that written academic work can forget, deemphasize, or – maybe – highly consider.
Honors Transfer Fair!
5 Honors Points for Attending an Event
Join students from across the nation for The National Collegiate Honors Council’s first annual Honors Transfer Fair—a virtual event designed to connect honors students, four-year institutions, and regional honors organizations. Registration and attendance are free.
*note: registration will require you to set up a free NCHC account
Registration deadline: April 23
For More Information: arosenberg@saddleback.edu.
Student Forum on Textbook Affordability and Access
5 Honors Points for Attending an Event
The Santa Fe College Ad-Hoc Committee for Textbook Access and Affordability are looking for student feedback. Students will be able to share their thoughts and experiences with textbooks at Santa Fe College by attending the student forum.
Date: Wednesday, April 16
Time: 3 to 4 p.m.
Location: Northwest Campus, S-29
Blount Center Learning Commons Needs Tutors!
30 Honors Points per Semester
The Blount Center is looking for math and ITE tutors for the summer semester and beyond. The respective job postings that list the requirements can be found here: math, ITE.
Note: math applications go to the math lab on the NW campus, but because the Blount Center does not have their posting at the moment, students need to indicate, whether in their cover letter or somewhere on the application itself, that they are looking to work at Blount specifically.
Requirements: Student employees have to be in good standing, be enrolled in at least 6 credits, and have certain classes completed or have a way to demonstrate experience/content mastery in other ways.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
5 Honors Points for Attending an Event
Date: Friday, April 18, 2025 & Saturday, April 19, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall
Ticket Prices:
$16 - adults
$10 for seniors, students & military service members and children 12 and under
Free for SF students, faculty, and staff with college ID cards
Tickets are available from the Fine Arts Hall Box Office at 352-395-4181 or online
Register for Honors Classes Today
Once you have selected your courses for the coming term, including your honors courses, you can request Honors courses be added to your schedule using the Honors Registration Request. In fact, you don’t need to wait until your registration date to do this—you can request Honors classes right now. Note that you don’t need to include your whole schedule, just your Honors classes.
How Can I Register?
As an SF Honors Student, you have access both Honors and non-Honors courses. The process for registration is a little different, however, depending on which classes you plan to take:
Non-Honors Classes: Log into eSantaFe , then navigate to “Classes” and “Register for Classes.” Select the sections you want and register for them. It’s that easy!
Honors Classes: Registering for Honors classes requires that you submit an Honors Registration Request. Select all of the classes you would like for the coming semester and we’ll get you registered the next time we process requests.
Clear Your Registration Holds
While you’re logging into eSantaFe and planning ahead, take a moment to check in “My Status” and clear any registration holds. Whether it’s a financial obligation, the Registration Agreement, or just a late library book, there are a number of holds that can prevent you from registering for classes when your time comes. Take care of these ahead of time to make sure you can get registered right away when Advanced Registration starts.
Plan the Perfect Schedule
Scheduling requirements are different for each student, but there are some general guidelines, however, that are helpful as you build your schedule for the summer and fall. Follow these brief steps to start building a strong plan.
Maintain your honors status: To remain in the Honors Program, you will need to register for at least 3 credits of Honors coursework for the upcoming semester, or earn 30 Honors points. Click here for a listing of honors courses to be offered this coming semester.
Maintain progress toward your degree and/or transfer: You can review your progress toward earning your degree, as well as any courses required or suggested for transfer by reviewing your Degree Audit in eSantaFe. If you have any questions about degree or transfer requirements, take a minute to connect with the Academic Advisement Center.
Balance your time: Santa Fe expects that you will invest 2 - 3 hours per week for each credit hour that you register. This means that, for example, a full-time, 12 credit, schedule equates to a roughly 24- to 36-hour per week commitment.
How do I Know What to Take?
We’re all more successful when we know why we’re doing what we’re doing, and this semester is a perfect time to build or refine your academic plan. Whether you are working on your first plan of study, created yours with me last semester, or got your start with Professor Hom, now is a great time to connect with an advisor to build a plan. Just remember that you want to take at least one Honors class per semester.
Meet with your Advisor in the SF Academic Advisement Center
Your advisor in the AAC is the expert in preparing for graduation from SF and transfer to a university and they are dedicated to supporting your education and career goals. Make an appointment to put together your academic plan now, before it’s time to register. You can learn more about the AAC through the SF Advisement website, or set up an appointment to meet with your advisor.
Meet with a UF advisor in the UF@SF Center
If you are planning to transfer to UF in the future, now is also an excellent time to plan on meeting with an advisor from your intended plan of study. Contact the UF@SF Center for information on when UF advisors will be visiting to meet with prospective transfer students.
Honors Schedule: Summer and Fall 2025
Remember that, when planning your schedule you’ll want to make room for at least one Honors class each semester. To help you put together that plan, we’ve got the schedule of classes for Fall 2025. Just remember that you’ll need to fill out an Honors Registration Request for any Honors class you plan to take.
You can see the full schedule right here on the Honors Hub.
Don’t Wait, Submit Your Honors Points Today
This semester, you’ve been working hard in your Honors classes, your clubs, internships, volunteer positions, and in other opportunities to get the most out of your time today. Make sure you get the recognition you deserve—and your Honors Points—by recording these involvements in the Honors Program Canvas. Just log into Canvas, select the Honors Program, and click the “Honors Points” button to get started.
Have questions? Reach out to the Honors Program or come by and meet with a Navigator to get started on recording this semester’s points!