Meet the Staff
Dr. W. Brian Newsome
Dean for Curriculum and Honors
Professor of History
Wenger Hall 004
717-361-1251
newsomewb@etown.edu
- Honors Student Academic Advising
- Individual and Program Curriculum
- Senior Honors Thesis Coordination with Academic Departments
- Senior Honors Thesis Proposals, Contracts and Approvals
- Graduate and Professional School Applications
- Honors Student Council
- Honors Living Learning Community
- Academic Grant Applications and Approvals
- Course Contract Applications, Approvals and Evaluations
- Petitions to Honors Committee for course substitutions, waivers
- Recruiting and Admissions Decisions
Jean-Paul Benowitz
Director of Student Transition Programs and Prestigious Scholarships & Fellowships
Wenger Hall 009
717-361-1110
benowitzj@etown.edu
Professor Benowitz teaches Honors First Year Seminar: An American Journey: Exploring Democracy with Alexis de Tocqueville ;Honors 201: Elizabethtown History: Campus and Community; Honors 205: Honors Leadership Theory.
- Prestigious Scholarships and Fellowships Advising
- Honors First Year Seminar Academic Advising
- Honors Student Council
- Honors Living Learning Community
- Local History Faculty and Student Supervised Research Projects (Signature Learning Experience)
- Director of the Momentum Program
- Faculty Advisor for the Momentum Society
- Summer, Fall, and Winter Student Orientation Programming
Linda Hinson '89
Program Assistant
Wenger Hall 003
717-361-3758
honors@etown.edu
General assistance and information about program:
- Scheduling appointments
- Managing student records and database
- Supervising Honors Course registrations (RBI via honors@etown.edu)
- Receiving incoming documents and requests (course contracts, academic grants, finalized theses, etc.)
- Processing expenditure reimbursements
- Scheduling use of Honors Center space
- Supervising Student Assistants
- Coordinating with Honors Student Council