The Western Regional Honors Council (WRHC) is a professional organization of faculty, administrators, and students dedicated to the promotion and advancement of undergraduate honors education. The WRHC represents honors programs in universities and colleges across the Western Region through an annual conference, through regular newsletters and email communication, and through two business meetings, one held in the spring at the annual conference and one held at the NCHC annual conference.

Through sharing information about honors programs and best honors practices region-wide, the WRHC hopes to create an intellectual, programmatic, and administrative network of resources aimed at helping the region's honors programs grow and thrive.

To become a member, please contact the current Executive Secretary/Treasurer (see the Officers link in the sidebar). The annual dues are $50 per institution.

Current News:

OUR CONFERENCE Call for Proposals
Click to download the 2010 conference Presentation Proposal Form

The WRHC is currently soliciting feedback from members about changes to the WRHC constitution. Proposed changes to the constitution have been emailed to WRHC members for feedback and will be voted on at the next WRHC business meeting.. If you wish to have the proposed changes to the constitution sent to you again, please contact the Executive Secretary/Treasurer.

The WRHC has also created an advisory group called the President's Council consisting of WRHC Officers and 2 former WRHC presidents. This advisory group has been formed to help resolve issues raised at the most recent business meeting and to help the conference coordinator plan for a successful conference. The President's Council will also help form the agenda for the next business meeting.

Please check out this revised website! Our new webmaster has given the website a new and clean look, has added drop-down menus under each State listed above, has revised and clarified each of the side-bar items, and has added a link to archived conference programs. We hope to add, as well, a slide show keyed to our various programs' events and our bright students in action. Stay tuned for a "call for images" that the organization will be sending you soon.