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BECOME A FACULTY FELLOW

Apply to the Honors Faculty Fellow Program to begin developing your engagement with the Honors College

Review the Honors Faculty Fellow application and selection process at the page listed below. Complete an application or locate contact information for guidance with these processes.

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The Honors Foundations program will support selected Honors Faculty Fellows from around the campus each academic year.

Any full-time permanent Morgantown faculty member, with the support of the department chair, is eligible to apply. The deadline for 2027-2028 Honors Faculty Fellow applications and course proposals is Friday, November 6, 2026.

Selected fellows will teach one or two sections of the same course, depending on the type of course proposed. These courses can be special topics “big-ideas” classes or enhanced classes with deeply engaged teaching and learning practices that bring faculty expertise to Honors students at the introductory level. They provide innovative course opportunities for Honors students and space for faculty to develop new curricular and teaching ideas to bring back to their home departments.

Faculty Fellow Course Development Areas:

  • Development of a new course under the  Honors Foundations course framework. These courses should be special topics “big-ideas” classes with deeply engaged teaching and learning practices that bring specific faculty expertise to Honors students at the introductory level.  Passion projects are strongly encouraged. Selected fellows will teach two sections of the same course — one in the fall, and one in the spring.
  • Integration of an innovative pedagogical approach into an existing GEF course to be delivered to Honors students. This opportunity will primarily allow faculty members to experiment with new approaches in the classroom with Honors students as their audience. These courses will only be taught for one semester.
  • Development of team-taught, interdisciplinary courses. These courses could be new courses developed under the Honors Foundation course framework (see above) or could be existing courses, with the integration of an innovative pedagogical approach (see above). These courses will be taught for two semesters.
  • Development of an Honors add-on to an existing, larger course. It is our hope that these add-ons will allow Honors students to interact with the instructor and their peers in a more concentrated and focused environment to delve deeper into the subject matter and enhance their learning. These courses will only be taught for one semester.
In the year of their fellowship, Fellows will: 

  • Teach one or two sections of their proposed course, to replace one course in their home department for one or two semesters,
  • Deliver a public lecture based on their course material, and
  • Serve on the committee that selects the next cohort of Honors Faculty Fellows. 
In exchange, the Honors College will compensate the Fellow in these ways:

  • For two sections of an HONR course per year, the Honors College will compensate the Faculty Fellow with a $4,000 summer course development honorarium.
  • For a team-taught HONR course, the Honors College will compensate the Faculty Fellows a total of $4,000 summer course development honorarium, split evenly among the participants.
  • Faculty Fellows re-envisioning existing three-credit GEF courses are offered a $1,000 course development stipend.
  • Faculty Fellows re-envisioning or designing a zero - or one-credit add-on to an existing course are offered a $1,000 course development stipend.


Questions should be directed to Associate Dean Damien Clement at Damien.Clement@mail.wvu.edu.

NEED MORE INFORMATION?

The Honors College is happy to help answer questions. Reach out for guidance about faculty fellowship and more today.
honors@mail.wvu.edu (304) 293-2100

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