To “encourage excellence in addition to innovative thinking inwards the side past times side generation of leaders inwards our community,” Richard S. (Major) Reynolds late announced a gift of $500,000 to assist students inwards Reynolds Community College’s Honors Program pay for schoolhouse in addition to participate inwards experiential learning in addition to service opportunities exterior of the classroom.
“Students accepted into the Honors Program participate inwards to a greater extent than advanced, complex academic work,” said Honors faculty coordinator physician Ashley Bourne-Richardson. “All Honors courses part the foundational pillars of critical thinking, independent research, interdisciplinary learning, in addition to engagement. It’s rigorous, exactly rewarding.” To consummate the Honors Program in addition to earn an Honors certification on their diploma, students must consummate 18-21 credits inwards designated Honors courses.
The availability of scholarships greatly influences the mightiness of participants to fully engage inwards the programme in addition to succeed academically. Honor students take away maintain unopen to the same degree of unmet fiscal ask equally their peers. 62 per centum take away maintain applied for fiscal assist in addition to 67 per centum written report working at to the lowest degree a part-time chore spell inwards school.
The half-million dollar gift to the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Educational Foundation establishes the Reynolds Family Honors Scholars in addition to provides precious scholarship dollars for an annual cohort of recipients. “Our college is named for a dear populace retainer who championed access to higher education,” said Gary L. Rhodes, president of Reynolds Community College. “With this investment, our students tin explore in addition to apply on in addition to off campus those ideals of scholarship in addition to service. This gift from the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation is some other illustration of the fiscal in addition to moral back upward shown for our college past times the Reynolds Family, in addition to we’re honored to have it,” said President Rhodes.
