Business Honors Learning Community
In keeping with our commitment to excellence, Fisher College of Business, with support from PricewaterhouseCoopers, proudly offers the Business Honors Learning Community (BHLC). This learning community is designed to give honors students the opportunity to participate in experiential learning and community service with peers, faculty, staff, and company representatives.
In addition, you will have significant interaction with faculty, staff, and focus company representatives. Activities that focus on career development, community service, and building leadership skills are integral parts of the program. The academic year will culminate in a Case Study Competition at which company representatives will act as coaches and judges, and a high ropes course.
Selection Criteria and Requirements
The BHLC is limited to twenty-five students for 2013-2014. Selection criteria include leadership and community service experience as well as an essay response. Students should apply via the Learning Community Interest form.
We are looking for students who can commit to the learning objectives of the program and be active participants in all planned activities for the program. You will live in the same wing in Taylor Tower (an honors residence hall on north campus) and take a clustered class together with other BHLC students in Autumn 2013.
Application Deadline: Monday, April 15, 2013
Benefits to Students
Students participating in the Business Honors Learning Community will belong to a community which fosters team building, educational advancement, and practical experience through service learning and leadership initiatives. The Learning Community will also include:
- Clustered orientation: June 10-11, 2013 (make-up date: June 24-25, 2013)
- Opportunity to live with other BHLC students in same wing/floor of an honors residence hall
- Significant interaction with faculty, staff, and business executives
- Participation in service-learning initiatives
- Mentoring received from upper class honors students and the opportunity to mentor future honors BHLC students.
- Opportunity to develop leadership skills
- Academic advising hours in the residence hall
- Ability to participate in special projects (executive lunches, career networking) not available to all 1st year students
Co-Curricular Experiences
The Business Honors Learning Community will focus on helping students become successful Fisher College students and citizens through a threefold approach.
These three components will be interconnected throughout the entire program through a variety of curricular and co-curricular opportunities.
Curricular and Co-Curricular Experiences
Students will participate in an early move-in to campus in order to begin building relationships with their peers and FCOB staff and faculty. The events for this period of time may include, but are not limited to, team-building activities, icebreakers, tours of the FCOB campus, an introduction to the focus company, and group meals. Students will also be enrolled in a clustered survey course, BUSADM 1100H, during autumn semester.
Sample BHLC Programming:
Autumn:
- Early Arrival program (Friday, August 16--Saturday, August 17): Move-in, breakfast, teambuilding activities, and group dinner in the Arena District
- Introduction to Focus Company
- Dress for Success workshop
- Interviewing workshop with Fisher’s Career Management office
- Mentor events with upper-class honors business students
- Hands-on Business project (facilitated by Fisher faculty member)
- Taylor Tower activities
- Etiquette Dinner
- Holiday service project
Spring:
- Networking with Appetizers
- Mentor events with upper-class honors business students
- Networking with Appetizers
- Student/Faculty/Staff Mixer
- OSU Men’s Ice Hockey Game
- Trip to a major metropolitan area
- Taylor Tower activities
- High Ropes Course
- Celebration of Service (sharing community service activities from throughout the year)
- End-of-Year Dinner
For additional information on BHLC please contact:
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