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Advantages & Benefits
Participation in the University Scholars Program provides students with a variety of tangible and intangible benefits. Included among the tangible benefits are early registration, free tickets and field trips, opportunities to explore the natural world with the Outdoor Leadership Series and access to a wide range of Honors courses. The intangible benefits include the exposure to the wide breadth of extracurricular activities the University Scholars Program offers and inclusion in the Scholars Village community based in Sullivan Residence Hall.
University Scholars have early registration privileges which allow them to register before most other students in their class. They also have the opportunity to attend a wealth of cultural events across campus and the Triangle for free as part of the Scholars Forum Series. When students in the program sign up to attend one of these events, tickets and transportation are provided. Additionally, our students have the opportunity to sign up for Outdoor Leadership Series trips, which takes University Scholars out of the classroom and out of their comfort zone to learn more about themselves, communication, trust and leadership. Our students also are able to register for Honors courses across the curriculum because of their participation in the program.
University Scholars also have the opportunity to join a vibrant and nurturing community centered in Sullivan Residence Hall. The University Scholars Village includes all of the students in the program but finds at its heart the students who live, study, and create in Sullivan. A group of Scholars Village Assistants—upperclassmen who work for the program and live in the building—help students become immediately connected to the campus.
These opportunities to travel, to hear the latest cutting edge news from the newsmakers themselves, to gain exposure to the ideas percolating throughout our society,—these opportunities provide University Scholars the very real and necessary benefit of becoming further connected to the world around them and becoming a well-rounded and involved citizen.
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