Honors Housing Community

The Honors Housing Community provides a living-learning community for students who are honors eligible and/or have an academic scholarship.  Students, whether living in the McFadden|Lechner Freshman Honors Halls or Clements Honors Hall, will benefit from the attention to academic excellence, a vibrant social life, and the fun traditions that have been inherent in the Honors Housing Community for twenty years. 

Peer Leaders in each hall design programs to enhance each student’s Honors experience and to encourage specific learning outcomes.  Whether eating together at dorm dinner, planning a Pizza and Profs, attending a football game together as a hall, raising funds for a non-profit, decorating for a themed hall dance, gathering in the hallway for discussion, or studying for tests, students are sure to have the support they need for a successful year. 

All Honors Halls are modular-style coed housing, and each have meeting spaces for studying, hosting guest speakers, playing games, and gathering for social events.

Read about the Honor's Housing Community's involvement in "Shack-a-Thon," the campus-wide Habitat for Humanity fund raiser.

Honors Housing Community Learning Objectives

Students who reside in the Honors Housing Community can expect to learn how to do the following:

• Interact with other members of the Honors Housing Community
• Integrate into the Texas A&M University community-at-large
• Utilize Texas A&M campus resources
• Understand that not all student development occurs in the classroom or through organized activities
• Contribute to an environment of mutual respect by recognizing differences in individuals, indentifying shared values, and learning to navigate differences of opinion, practices, beliefs, convictions, and traditions
• Discuss socio-cultural topics and global issues
• Navigate change through exploration, engagement, analysis, and adaptation
• Embrace appropriate risk and celebrate success or learn from failure
• Internalize the Texas A&M University traditions of honesty, integrity, and healthy sense of self in relation to community

McFadden|Lechner Freshman Honors Halls

The McFadden|Lechner Freshman Honors Halls provide first-year students with an environment conducive to making a smooth transition into hall and college life.  McFadden|Lechner students are encouraged to consider continuing their Honors experience by residing in Clements Honors Hall after their first year.  In addition, a select number of students are chosen to return as Sophomore Advisors to facilitate the following year’s educational, social, and mentoring programs.

Clements Honors Hall

Clements Honors Hall provides freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors an environment in which students can flourish academically and to strengthen their campus involvement.  Each year, Peer Advisors are selected to work with Hall Council in planning social and educational events.  Peer Advisors also hold evening office hours in the Clements Study Lounge to be accessible to student inquiring about topics such as registration procedures, informal tutoring, hall events, or who just need to hang out for awhile.

Application Procedures

The Honors Housing Community is available to all students who are Honors Eligible or hold an Honors Programs four-year scholarship. Students who wish to reside in the Honors Housing Community are first placed on a waitlist, which is composed based on each student's Residence Life Residence Hall housing application priority date and the following Honors Programs priority classificiations:

1) National Merit Scholars and National Achievement Scholars who hold a four-year Honors Programs scholarship;

2) Honors Eligible students who hold a four-year Honors Programs scholarship;

3) Honors Eligible students and National Hispanic Scholars (who are not already included in one of the preceding categories);

4) Students who hold a four-year Honors Programs scholarship but who are not Honors Eligible;

To apply for the Honors Housing Community, students must complete the following two applications:

1) A Texas A&M University Residence Life Campus Residence Hall Housing Application (http://reslife.tamu.edu/how).  Freshmen (i.e. first-year students) should list McFadden|Lechner as their first choice and Clements Hall as their second choice.  Upper-division students (sophomore through senior) should list Clements Hall as their first choice.  For general information about on-campus housing, consult the Department of Residence Life website.

2) A separate Honors Housing Community Application.  To obtain an application or for more information about the process, contact Ms. Katie Elrod - (979) 845-1957 or elrod@tamu.edu.