Extra-Curricular Activities

The Honors Program enhances classroom experiences through a wide array of intellectual, cultural and social opportunities. Honors students, with faculty encouragement and support, assume visible leadership in a variety of contexts and help enhance the intellectual and cultural atmosphere on campus.

Students in Honors Council serve the campus and community through service projects and social activities, and through input into the curriculum and organization of the Honors Program.

Here are some typical activities Honors students spend time on:

• Honors Council, which produces a calendar of cultural, academic and volunteer opportunities including readings, concerts, lectures, symposia, and trips to plays, operas, and museums — many of which are free or subsidized by the Honors Program.
• Merely Players, a troupe that includes several Honors students, regularly performs improvisational theatre. Their venue is Woh's Place.
• Campus and community musical groups, such as the Carthage Pep Band, the Carthage Choir and the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra.
• Inter-collegiate athletics programs and intramural sports.

Outstanding students may be elected to prestigious national honoraries such as Alpha Chi, Alpha Lambda Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Sigma Xi.

"The Honors Program exposes students to many opportunities that they otherwise would be unable to enjoy. There is a certain amount of prestige that comes with being in the Honors Program; it encourages success in all areas of study."

Maryke Taute, '07