The Honors Program is looking for
new qualified students to join our ranks!

That could be you!

Review the requirements below and if you are interested, fill out the application!  Then, make an appointment through the SBVC website/Cranium with our new Honors Counselor, Andrea Rodriguez.  She will review your academic standing and admit you to the program.  We look forward to having you in the program!

 

Brief Overview of the Program

The Honors Program is designed for our community’s most ambitious and intellectually critical scholars seeking a deeper engagement in their college experience. Students in the San Bernardino Valley College Honors Program engage in enhanced experiences, faculty mentorships, and academic opportunities to earn an advantage in transferring to the four-year institution of their choice.

Honors courses offer greater depth and breadth coverage of subject material through project-based learning, formal research presentations, and elevated course experiences

 

Program Features

  • Enhanced course experience
  • Faculty mentorship with discipline experts
  • Opportunities to present research
  • Increased academic guidance from Honors Counselor
  • A community of intellectual and ambitious student

 

Benefits of Honors Program

  • Priority or preferred admission to UC, CSU, and colleges nation-wide
  • Enhanced opportunities for scholarships
  • Notation on the transcript of successful completion of Honors Program
  • Honors Program gold seal on diploma

 

Contact Information

Carol Damgen

Carol Damgen, Honors Program Chair-Faculty Lead
LA 239
(909) 384-8618
cdamgen@sbccd.cc.ca.us

Carol Damgen (Honors Program Chair-Faculty Lead) is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Studies Department at San Bernardino Valley College with an MFA in Writing for the Performing Arts from the University of California, Riverside (UCR), a Masters in both Communication Studies and English as a Second Language from California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), a National Certificate in Teaching Effective Practices (ACUE) and an Acting for the Camera/Scene Study Professional Program certificate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Carol is a member of SAG/AFTRA and the Dramatist Guild. She has earned two Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Regional Awards for direction and playwriting. As a playwright, her three-award winning original shows, The Twists and Turns of Edgar Allan Poe, Jackie Robinson: An American Dream and Grimm Tales were produced at CSUSB and traveled throughout the Inland Empire school districts. Before joining SBVC, she was the Honors Director at CSUSB and was awarded their Outstanding Lecturer in the College of Arts and Letters. Along with a love of teaching and writing, Carol is an actress, and theatre director. Recently, she wrapped up a sci-fi feature film production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest and is going into her 4th season, as an ensemble member, in the cult classic-Delusion-a horror interactive theatrical experience celebrating its 13th season. Additionally, Carol is a resident director for the Temecula Valley Players in Old Town Temecula. She proudly serves in the SBVC Communication Studies department as full time faculty teaching Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication and Small Group Communication. She is excited and grateful to be part of the Honors Program.

 

Andrea Rodriguez, Honors Program Counselor

Video chat with Honors on Cranium Cafe