面向所有专业的学生, the 佩尔荣誉计划 seeks to provide students with a lively community of highly motivated peers and faculty mentors drawn from many departments and disciplines, united by a passion for and dedication to academic excellence, 艺术创造力和求知欲.

Established in 2001 and named in honor of Claiborne Pell, who represented Rhode Island in the U.S. 1961-1997年担任参议员, the 佩尔荣誉计划 aims to realize Pell’s vision of a liberal arts education as the route to informed and engaged citizenship.

通过佩尔荣誉项目, students develop their analytical and communication skills by entering into respectful but critical debates on such topics as politics, 国际事务中, 人类的本性, 道德, 宗教，社会和文化. They also explore in an academic setting the University’s mercy tradition, 哪一个寻求创造一个和谐的世界, 公正而仁慈. Pell Honors graduates leave the program ready to take on the many challenges of a 21st-century global world.

学生必须保持至少3.30 cumulative GPA to remain in the 佩尔荣誉计划. 促进一个学习和生活的社区, students in the program are housed together during their first year at the University, with the option to live in Pell Honors housing for their second year.

使命宣言

The 佩尔荣誉计划 seeks to utilize a liberal arts education in the mercy tradition as a route to engaged and informed citizenship. 通过严谨的学术研究, 体验式学习要求, 以及各种各样的课外活动, this community of learners prepares its graduates to improve their world and meet the challenges of 今天’s global society.

好处

• Opportunity to take rigorous classes with outstanding faculty that focus on critical issues, 令人信服的想法, foundational questions and significant texts (with an emphasis on primary sources).
• Completion of 体验式学习要求 such as a study abroad program, 学术实习 or sponsored research with a faculty mentor.
• Access to mentoring and advice in applying for distinguished fellowships such as the Fulbright U.S. Student program and other prestigious scholarship programs.
• 参加文化活动的机会, 特邀嘉宾讲座, field trips and social activities sponsored by the honors program and the Pell Center for 国际 Relations and Public Policy.
• Option to waive up to nine overload credits for Pell Honors students in good academic standing (after the fall semester of the first year).
• Access to priority registration for courses within the class year.
• Living in honors program housing and participating in Pell Honors living/learning community activities in the first year (with the option for Pell Honors housing in the second year).

入学

入学 to the 佩尔荣誉计划 is highly competitive and by invitation only based on academic merit. Strong preference will be given to those prospective students who apply to the University by the Nov. 1 .早做决定，早行动. 

需求

The 佩尔荣誉计划 consists of four main components: Specially designed honors sections of core courses, 佩尔荣誉专题课程, co-curricular activities and 体验式学习要求.

• 第一年: Students complete Pell Honors sections of UNV101: University Seminar I and UNV102: University Seminar II. They also take Pell Honors sections in two of the following disciplines: political science, 历史, 经济学, 社会学，人类学或心理学. Pell Honors sections carry the letter P in the course code (ex: HIS114-P1).
• 第二年: Students complete a Pell Honors special topics course in each semester. 每个学期提供的课程都不一样.
• 第三、四年: Students complete the experiential learning requirement, which can take the form of a study abroad program, 学术实习, sponsored research with a faculty mentor or professional fieldwork (nursing, 仅限教育及社会工作专业). 

在他们四年的经历中, Pell Honors students participate in activities that may include workshops, 讲座, 阅读组, 讨论及实地考察.