Greetings,
 
You are seeking a challenge.
 
No, this isn't the vague, rather innocuous "fortune" that you may receive when you put a quarter in a mechanical fortune-telling machine.  It is an observation about you.  Visiting this site is an active demonstration of your interest in an academic challenge.  The Dr. Robert C. Weber Honors Program (RCWHP) at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania can offer you such a challenge.  Our interdisciplinary program is supported by our stellar faculty members.  Interested in a wide range of topics within their own disciplines, they understand the importance of critical analysis and the quest for knowledge.  Our faculty are dedicated to the mission of the RCWHP and are exceptionally able to impart their knowledge in our small classroom settings.
 
Our students too, have a wide range of interests and experiences.  Interests include study abroad, researching the roles of women in science fiction, researching small businesses in northwest Pennsylvania, creating original documentary film work on gender roles & cheerleading and participation in an internship in forensic pathology.
 
My own philosophy regarding Honors Programs hinges on the concept of “renaissance.”  A student who enrolls in honors courses and participates in honors programs should earn a rigorous, well-rounded education in a quest to become the quintessential renaissance wo/man.  I have been on four sides of the honors experience.  As a student, I appreciated the challenges of the honors classes in which I was enrolled.  As an administrator I have been fortunate to be a part of the planning and inaugural years of two residential high schools for mathematics and science, serving high achieving students.  As a university & college administrator, I worked with honors students in student affairs and residence life, and, now, as a professor, I teach honors students.  These experiences have all led me to my current philosophy.
 
Whether you are a current student deeply involved in the work of your major, or a prospective student, in the throes of decision about your next step, I’d like to encourage you to be, or to become, an active part of your own academic process.  You can with the Dr. Robert C. Weber Honors Program.
 
Welcome to the Renaissance.
 
 
Dr. Rhonda Matthews, Director