{"id":63915,"date":"2022-03-08T09:05:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=63915"},"modified":"2022-03-08T10:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T16:48:06","slug":"fhhs-more-than-just-academics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=63915","title":{"rendered":"FHHS: More than just academics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By JESSALYN KIRCHHOFF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fort Hays Honor\nSociety is a student-led organization of high-achieving students and while\nthere is a GPA requirement for admission, grades aren\u2019t the only thing the club\nfocuses on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carson\nPierce, current president of the honor society, said the group is about growing\nstudents in multiple facets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe goal of the honor society is to provide support,\nopportunity and recognition for accomplished students,\u201d he said. \u201cWe not only\nwork toward enhancing our students\u2019 under-graduate and graduate experience, but\nwe also seek to facilitate active change on-campus and in the community through\nevents, projects and meetings.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luz Gomez, vice president\nof the group, said the society isn\u2019t just about its students\u2019 academic\nendeavors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFort Hays Honors Society is more than just academics,\u201d\nGomez said. \u201cWhile that is always at the forefront, there is so much more to an\nacademic achieving student and that is the service that they can provide to not\njust the university, but also the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur club relies heavily on supporting each other through\nnetworking and leadership opportunities. We also have a strong focal point on\nwhat we can do for others. A couple of the events that center around\nindividuals outside of the society are the Fischli\u2019s Excellence in Higher Education Banquet\nor FEHEB and Disability\nAwareness Week or DAW.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fischli\u2019s Excellence\nin Higher Education Banquet is an event FHHS hosts in which members of the club\ninvite a professor or advisor who has made an impact on their time at Fort Hays\nState University. The banquet is used to recognize professors that go above and\nbeyond for their students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shane Schartz, previous FEHEB nominee and current FHHS\nfaculty advisor, said the event is a prestigious honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cQuite the honor,\u201d he said. \u201cAn award given to you by one\nof your past students just means more. It hints at the assumption that you\u2019re doing\nsomething right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each year, FHHS puts on\nDisability Awareness Week the last week of March. DAW is a week-long series of\ndifferent daily events aimed at helping end the stigma around disabilities. The week has\ncentrally focused days on physical, mental and developmental disabilities. This\nyear, DAW will be March 28 through April 1. There will be more details and a\nschedule of events in a future TMN article. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though FHHS includes\neveryone when extending its helping hands, there are certain requirements a\nstudent must meet in order to be a member. Pierce described the initiation\nprocess as well as what new members can expect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe require a 3.8 GPA to be invited to join the honor\nsociety,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cYou are contacted through email if you meet this\nrequirement. After you join the organization, you have to maintain a 3.6 GPA.\nWe also require a certain amount of engagement from our members which can be\nfulfilled by attending meetings and our events. We also have a one-time payment\nfor new members of $20 which goes toward an FHHS shirt, a membership pin and a\ngraduation cord when you graduate. Our last requirement is joining a committee.\nWe have four different committees that each work toward separate objectives for\nour organization: Academic, Community Service, Fiscal and Outreach, each play\nan important role.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pierce said there are\ndifferences between the Fort Hays Honor Society and the Fort Hays State\nUniversity Honors College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am involved in both Honor Society and the Honors\nCollege,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cThe main difference for me is that the honor college\nfocuses on supporting students with upper-level classes and pushing an academic\nthreshold while the honor society works toward supporting members and also\nfacilitating change with its events and projects we have, academic speakers,\nbanquets and other community service projects. FHHS is also a student-led\norganization which means that our executive team and members run the entire\nshow with the help from our faculty advisor, Dr. Shane Schartz.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, contact\nFHHS at fhhs.fhsu@gmail.com<\/a> or\nfind them on TigerLink at https:\/\/tigerlink.fhsu.edu\/organization\/fhhs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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