Boo! Midterms and Halloween are Here!

Nothing more frightening than midterms, right? Well, maybe your costume ideas. Before you start planning what to wear or carving pumpkins, take a moment to read through your Honors Newsletter. Short and sweet—just like the candy you'll be grabbing on Halloween!

Come to an Honors Scholar Certificate Workshop for Current College Applicants this Wednesday (in person) or Thursday (virtual). [attend one only]

Other important dates for Weeks 5 and 6

1. Oct 23, Honors Scholar Certificate Workshop for Current College Applicants. HSS Lounge RM 3202, 12pm-1pm. (formerly called the UC Honors Transfer Programs/TAP Meeting - required for all applicants)
2. Oct 24, 5pm-6pm, Virtual Honors Scholar Workshop for Current Applicants (Second session) ZOOM LINK (formerly called the UC Honors Transfer Programs/TAP Meeting -required for all applicants)
3. Nov 15, UC- Santa Cruz! Free trip with food and tour. Interested? Let us know ASAP that you want to come (see below) Meet Friday morning 9AM to go to campus and return 3PM. Spaces filling fast, sign up here.
4. Intending to transfer this year? Applying to colleges this fall? Fill out the Intent to Transfer form for HTCC.
5. Latine Heritage Month- events This Wednesday 10/23 - movie screening; and 10/31 on Halloween - big Dia de los Muertos fiesta.
6. Check out the Honors Classes that will be taught in Winter! Link
7. Introducing the new Honors Opportunity With Leadership & Service (HOWLS). The idea will be to do volunteer opportunities for Honors Scholars on campus! This will be things like tutoring and helping to build community around campus. You get to decide on ideas. Sign up here. More info below.

Honors Connection Club!!! Hit this Link

@foothillcollegehonors

Join our discord to stay in the loop on club events and ask us any questions!

Do you have interest in HCC's officer positions for '24-'25 school year! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out via discord to the Co-Presidents or email them.

Keep an eye out for upcoming UCLA Transfer Panel. Info on Discord.

Special Today Event -- Tues Oct 22

You’re Invited to a Virtual Information Session for Community College Transfer Students! Tuesday October 22nd, 8:00pm to 9:00pm ET.

Admissions representatives from the undergraduate programs at Pomona College, Amherst College, Princeton University, Williams College and Yale University will hold a virtual transfer session. The session will cover information particularly relevant for community college students and U.S. military veterans and servicemembers. 

Topics will include:

·       The approach to academic preparation and the application process

·       Undergraduate admissions policies

·       Financial aid, affordability and support systems for transfer and veteran students

·       Student and residential life on our transfer-friendly campuses

Registration is now open.

UC Santa Cruz - Free Trip Tour & Lunch - Nov 15th

Interested in seeing UCSC on November 15th? Let us know ASAP. Sign up Here.

Bus will leave Campus Parking Lot #1 at 9AM and come back at 3PM. (you are OK to drive separately if you want!)

Critical Form

HTCC Intent to Transfer!

Fill out this form - very important

Honors Courses Winter 2025

ANTH 1H - HONORS INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ANTH 1HL - HONORS PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY LABORATORY

ANTH 2AH - HONORS CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

ART 2BH - HONORS HISTORY OF WESTERN ART FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE RENAISSANCE

BUSI 22H - HONORS PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS

CNSL 3H - HONORS IDENTITY, CULTURE & EDUCATION

ECON 9H - HONORS INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

ENGL 1AH - HONORS COMPOSITION & READING

ENGL 1BH - HONORS COMPOSITION, CRITICAL READING & THINKING THROUGH LITERATURE

ENGL 1CH - HONORS ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING & CRITICAL THINKING

ENGL 45BH - HONORS SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE II: 1865 TO THE PRESENT

HORT 90H - LANDSCAPE LIGHTING

HUMN 1H - HONORS CULTURES, CIVILIZATIONS & IDEAS: THE ANCIENT WORLD

HUMN 3H - HONORS WORLD MYTHS IN LITERATURE ARTS & FILM

HUMN 4H - HONORS TRAUMA & THE ARTS

HUMN 5H - HONORS CULTURES, CIVILIZATIONS & IDEAS: THE MODERN WORLD

LIBR 10H - HONORS INTRODUCTION TO COLLEGE RESEARCH

MDIA 1H - HONORS INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES

MDIA 11H - HONORS INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR CULTURE

MDIA 12H - HONORS POPULAR CULTURE & UNITED STATES HISTORY

MUS 2BH - HONORS GREAT COMPOSERS & MUSIC MASTERPIECES

MUS 8H - HONORS MUSIC OF AMERICAN CULTURES

PHOT 8H - HONORS PHOTOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN CULTURES

PHOT 11H - HONORS CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PHOTOGRAPHY

POLI 3H - HONORS INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY/POLITICAL THEORY

POLI 9H - HONORS INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

POLI 15H - HONORS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/WORLD POLITICS

PSYC 54H - HONORS INSTITUTE SEMINAR IN PSYCHOLOGY

SOC 1H - HONORS INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

Attention Honors Transfer Scholars

If you are applying for transfer this quarter for Fall 2024, you should try to attend an Honors Scholar Certification/Transfer/TAP Meeting happening in October. This meeting will go over the TAP certification and the Honors Scholar process.

Meeting days October 23rd and 24th!! See above for times and places.

If you have any questions, email us at honors@fhda.edu or visit Tracee's Honors drop-in hours.

Wednesday, Oct. 23

Documentary Screening and Q&A with Eduardo Chavez 

Time: 11a.m.-1p.m.

Room 5015 or Register to Join by Zoom

Join us for a Special Screening and Q&A with Eduardo Chavez, Grandson of César Chávez Co-sponsored by The Art of Community and ASFC, this event celebrates Latine Heritage Month with a screening of Hailing Cesar, a documentary by Eduardo Chavez, grandson of Civil Rights icon César Chávez. The film captures Eduardo’s personal journey as he connects with his grandfather’s legacy and explores critical issues like human rights, immigration, personal identity, and social justice. Following the screening, Eduardo will participate in a live Q&A session, sharing insights about his family’s activism and the continued relevance of César Chávez’s work today.

Wednesday, Oct. 30

Closing LHM Ceremony: Dia De Los Muertos

Noon–1 p.m.

BIPOC Center (Rm 2149, Campus Center Lower Level)

Celebrate with food and music! Note: If rain, we will meet in the Dining Hall. More event details coming soon. Save the date!

Join us for an enlightening conversation on the cultural significance of Día de los Muertos with Laurie Scolari, Jerry Robledo, and Hilda Fernandez. Participants will also have the chance to build their own altars in honor of their loved ones.

Tracee's Fall Office Hours

Honors Counseling

Fall Quarter Drop-In Hours September 23 to December 12

MEET IN PERSON

Bldg 1900, Office 1961

Mondays 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

Wednesday 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m.

MEET VIRTUALLY

VISIT HONORS ZOOM ROOM

Tuesdays 2 p.m.–4 p.m.

Thursdays11 a.m.–12 pm.

CONTACT US BY EMAIL

Questions? Email us at honors@fhda.edu and we'll respond right away!

Want to meet another honors counselor?

HONORS COUNSELING TEAM

Anabel Arreola-Trigonis 650.949.7284  

Cathy Denver 650.949.7214  

Debra Lew 650.949.7066  

HOWLS

Honors Opportunity With Leadership & Service

What do you think about doing volunteering on campus together as an honors group? We think it would be a wonderful thing.

Sign up here if you want to do the Honors Service Leadership with other Honors Students! We even ask you want you want to do on campus -- we can do anything to help out.