Raise your academic bar and have fun! Register now for Fall 2025. Honors-designated courses fulfill several graduation requirements and look great on your resume. Seats are quickly filling up in the following classes:
IS 250H WI/ETH/DH: Leadership Development, Professor Christine Walters. TR, 9:00-10:15 a.m., CRN 54626.
ENG 272H WI/ETH/DL: Introduction to Literature: Literature and Culture, Professor Rain Wright. WWW, CRN 54247.
SOC 250H WI/ETH/DS/TXT0: Community Forces in Hawai'i, Professor Jayne Bopp. WWW, CRN 54262.
Honors-designated classes are open to all students eligible for writing-intensive (WI) courses, so feel free to invite others to register, too.
Are you interested in earning academic honors at Leeward CC? Are you curious about the differences between the Leeward CC Honors Program, Phi Theta Kappa, and the Dean’s List? If so, please join us for an information session on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, from 1:00-1:45 p.m. via Zoom.
Michael Oishi, coordinator of the Leeward CC Honors Program, will be on hand to provide information and to answer questions about the requirements and protocols for earning academic honors at Leeward CC. Please RSVP your attendance via our Google form. A Zoom link and passcode will be emailed to respondents. Deadline to RSVP is 5 p.m., Friday, September 19, 2025.
Also, please note that if you cannot attend the above information session, you may also contact Michael by email at mtoishi@hawaii.edu, or by phone at (808) 455-0628, to discuss the benefits and requirements of the Leeward CC Honors Program.
We hope you will consider making the Leeward CC Honors Program part of your continued academic success!
Please remember that graduation with honors requires acceptance into the Honors Program and successful fulfillment of the program requirements.
Honors application deadlines:
October 15 for students graduating in Fall Semester.
February 15 for students graduating in Spring Semester.
You do NOT need to wait until the semester you graduate to apply to the Leeward CC Honors Program. Apply early!
If there have been changes to the information you provided in your Honors application--particularly to your date of graduation--immediately inform one of the Honors coordinators in writing.
Accurate application information is necessary to ensure that you graduate with honors. Remember, honors cannot be conferred after you have already graduated. Don’t let all your hard work go to waste!
Contact the Honors Program coordinator, Michael Oishi, at mtoishi@hawaii.edu, if your application information changes. Stay in touch with us!