Benefits

Many opportunities available to you as a Westover Fellow!

  • Priority in course scheduling.
  • Enhanced academic advising with guidance from two academic advisors: one from the Honors Program and another from your major field.
  • Co-curricular programming that allows you to interact with your faculty mentors.
  • Participation in a wide range of activities such as lectures, films, and off-campus excursions.
  • Individual attention in obtaining national and international scholarships and fellowships.
  • Guidance in résumé building.
  • Advanced preparation for graduate-level study due to the skills you'll gain in research and writing, in oral presentations, and in working collaboratively with other Fellows in individual and group research projects.
  • Alumni support through the network of Westover Fellows.

While there are no scholarships specifically given only to Westover Fellows, honors students traditionally earn a high percentage of the College's renewable scholarships, ranging from $3,000 to $14,000. For more information, visit our financial aid page.

Alumni in Action

Alumna Kate Skaggs ’06, an environmental science major and Westover Fellow, is helping find ways to deal with rising sea levels. Read her story.