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BHC Students in Alaska
Environmental Stewardship Global Engagement Leadership
The Batten Honors College of Virginia Wesleyan recruits high-achieving students and equips them to be problem solvers who are environmentally-conscious, strategic-thinking global citizens, ethically-bound to bettering their community and the world.
Why the Batten Honors College?
- Financial Support
- Living/Learning Community
- Interdisciplinary Seminars
- Service Learning
- Advanced Experiential Learning
- Honors Capstone Course
Scholarship Competition
Application Deadlines
November 7-8, 2024
(Application Deadline is October 18, 2024)
February 6-7, 2025
(Application Deadline is January 17, 2025)
March 6-7, 2025
(Application Deadline is February 14, 2025)
![160 scholars from 24 states and 9 countries](/academics/batten-honors-college/img/bhcblocks-1.webp)
![87 percent cohort graduation rate with 93 precent retention rate](/academics/batten-honors-college/img/bhcblocks-2.webp)
![3.7 cumulaticve gpa, 4.3 high school gpa, 1353 SAT](/academics/batten-honors-college/img/bhcblocks-3.webp)
![100 percent placement after graduation and 100 percent of students fo internships, research, service, or study abroad](/academics/batten-honors-college/img/bhcblocks-4a1.webp)
Global Residency
Societies and Resources from Local Practices to Global Impact
This course examines the ways that societies adapt to and transform the natural environment. Journey from the ancient cities of Chichen Itza and Ek-Balam and explore the co-evolutionary process by which man transforms and is transformed by the natural environment.
BHC Student Spotlight
Sophie Gonzales '21
Environmental Studies & Communication
Virginia Beach, VA
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