Saddleback College Honors Program

We're excited to welcome our newest transfer partner, the HonorsX program at San Jose State University!
Visit their landing page with us: https://www.honorstransfercouncil.org/copy-of-sdsu-weber-honors-college and hear what their current students have to say:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKzm2UsF9Sc

SJSU HonorsX: Be the Difference

We'll be there! Find out about our special transfer agreements and all the other wonderful things about the Honors Program!

You're invited to spend a day discovering all that Saddleback College has to offer during Discover Saddleback 2023! Join us on Saturday, April 22 from 10 am to 2 pm on the Quad for workshops, a resource fair, campus tours, and free lunch.

K-12 students, adults, and seniors are all welcome to come to campus and see what we're all about! Hope you can join us 😃

NOW ACCEPTING STUDENT SPEAKER APPLICATIONS!

If you are graduating this year and interested in sharing your story at commencement please apply to be a commencement student speaker! Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. this Sunday, April 9.

If you are selected for this Group Speech, your story will be incorporated into a group speech that you will be expected to rehearse. Rehearsal will take place the last three Fridays of the semester from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on campus.

Click here to submit your application: https://scstudev.wufoo.com/forms/m10ywrm10jcobpd/

Visit the Honors Program booth and presentations when you Discover Saddleback this month!

Discover Saddleback 2023

We're so proud! Congratulations to Hedi and her faculty mentor Dr. Margot Lovett (and yeah, it was great to see Dr. Joseph Holliday too).

Congratulations to Director's Award Winner Hedieh Fahami of for her outstanding research on resistance to the Cherokee removal. More congratulations to honored director emeritus of the Honors Transfer Program Dr. Joseph Holliday!
We can't wait to partner again with for the 24th annual Community College Honors Research Conference next year!

Happy Pi Day!
Come by the Honors Program Office today to get your pie, courtesy of the Honors Student Council.
Act fast - the blueberry is already gone.

Congratulations to our THREE Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship semifinalists!

Cooke Foundation Names 459 Semifinalists for Highly Competitive Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship - Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Lansdowne, Virginia – Today, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced the semifinalists for the highly competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The Foundation awards community college students who have demonstrated exceptional academic ability, leadership, service, and a determination...

Paperwork is done for our UCI and UCLA honors transfer partnerships. We nominated 43 for UCI Honors-to-Honors and 47 for UCLA Transfer Alliance Program. Last year our acceptance rates were over 90%, and this year's batch of students is just as great, so we have high hopes!

And while you're in the LRC, stop by and say hi!

Need a Chromebook

Bring your student ID and check out a Chromebook for the semester.

On our way to show the rest of the country how it's done, at the annual convention of the National Collegiate Honors Council.

We're welcoming our sister school to the IVC/SC Student Research Symposium tomorrow!

Meanwhile, up at - some academic work you might not expect from a "liberal arts college"!

Honors Program transfer partners and provide for their students health needs as well as their academic needs. GO SAGEHENS!

The BGS building became much more beautiful over the summer. Even if you missed today's event, don't miss this public art installation.

Honors Program transfer partner Carleton College has a twist on the standard "Move-In Day" photo galleries.
Here are some . . . other . . . millenials.

Bound for Berkeley?
They're not an Honors Program partner, and you can't TAG, but our students transfer there regularly! Hear from one of our best this next Monday night, when Sam Lockhart, Associated Student Government President 2021-22, visits us for a virtual presentation with Q&A!

Come to the Library for a Chromebook. And while you're there, check out all the other wonderful things in the LRC- like the Honors Student Lounge.

The honor societies start meeting this week!
For more information about the benefits of Alpha Gamma Sigma and Phi Theta Kappa, see https://www.saddleback.edu/honors/Honor-Societies

Our Honors Program transfer partners . . . and UCLA, where our honors admission rate was over 90% this Fall!

Have you checked out our transfer partner list recently?
https://www.honorstransfercouncil.org/transfer-partners

Welcome Bobcats! If you’re lost, have questions, need a snack, or are looking for a friendly face, stop by one of our Welcome Booths across campus.

Locations:
📍 Lot 9
📍 Lot 10
📍 BGS Entrance (pictured)

The booths will be out all week, so if you start tomorrow we’ll be here for you. Have a great first day of the semester!

Kick off your semester with success by attending one or more of the workshops held during Week of Workshops taking place August 16-19.

Topics range from Financial Aid, career resources, zero textbook costs, counseling, transfer, math, info on success coaches and much more! Workshops are facilitated by Saddleback faculty and staff to help you have the most successful semester possible.

No registration required, just attend the workshop. For the full schedule and more information visit saddleback.edu/wow.

We love our transfer partners!

I am speaking at HTCC Transfer Fair 2022 See more here

Join us for Saddleback Night at Angel Stadium! It's been three years since we last got together at the Big A to watch the Angels, now is your chance to join us again!

Saddleback night will be held on Saturday, September 3 when the Angels will take on the Astros.

Your $30 includes an exclusive Saddleback and Angels branded hat and seats in section 133. Tickets can be purchased online at https://www.mlb.com/angels/tickets/specials/saddleback-college or in person at the Student Development Office, SSC 207 (cash only).

Current Saddleback College students with a valid ASB stamp can get a ticket for $10! Only 300 of these discounted tickets are available and there is a limit of 5 tickets per student. The discounted student tickets must be purchased in the Student Development Office (cash only) in SSC 207.

Hope you'll join us for a fun night cheering on the Angels!