Honors Leadership Council
Applications are now open for the Honors Leadership Council
This student body focuses on cultivating community among honors students within the JMHC. The Honors Leadership Council features student representatives for each academic college at Purdue. Each cohort brings students together with their peers, faculty, and staff to promote connectivity. Our goal is to ensure all JMHC students feel a strong sense of belonging and forge meaningful connections throughout their honors experience. Members of the council ideate and bring to life unique events for Honors students, such as field-specific networking nights, crafting, collaborative study spaces, and even off-campus social gatherings.
APPLY TO BE ON THE HONORS LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
The application opens each year on February 1st and the HLC will be accepting applicants for new members until January 19th, 2024. Students will complete a written application and a verbal interview. Students can also earn points on Suitable for applying.
The Honors Leadership Council exists to serve the John Martinson Honors College community in four ways: representing diverse student voices and needs; promoting disciplinary networks; building a welcoming, safe, equitable & inclusive interdisciplinary community; providing opportunities for leadership development.
The Honors Leadership Council is composed of ten college cohort teams, one for each disciplinary college. Each team is composed of one Executive Board Member and one to three College Cohort Co-Chairs. The Honors Leadership Council is advised by the college's Student Community Manager and supported by the Community and Engagement Unit.
College Cohort teams engage and support students across the John Martinson Honors College by initiating and inviting students to events, informing students of resources available to them in their respective academic colleges and across campus, and soliciting feedback and input from John Martinson Honors College students. Members of the Honors Leadership Council also serve on task forces as needed to supplement special projects and events throughout the JMHC.
2023-2024 HLC Executive Board
Charlee Williams
College of Agriculture
will2588@purdue.edu
Andrew Gangstad
College of Engineering
agansta@purdue.edu
Madelin Erdell
College of Health and Human Sciences
merdell@purdue.edu
Benji Oles
Daniels School of Business
oles0@purdue.edu
Maria Vawter
College of Liberal Arts
vawterm@purdue.edu
Kara LaGoy
College of Pharmacy
klagoy@purdue.edu
Owen Hayden
Polytechnic Institute
ohayden@purdue.edu
2023-2024 College Cohort Co-Chairs
Haseung Jun
College of Engineering
jun38@purdue.edu
Andrew Cuello
College of Engineering
acuello@purdue.edu
Niharika Narra
College of Engineering
nnarra@purdue.edu
Anushka Sharma
College of Engineering
sharm544@purdue.edu
Sarah Bhuiya
College of Health and Human Sciences
sbhuiya@purdue.edu
Aiden Greene
Daniels School of Business
green539@purdue.edu
Emily Chan
College of Pharmacy
chan367@purdue.edu
Nicole Lu
College of Pharmacy
lu873@purdue.edu
Emma Rose Reilly
Purdue Polytechnic Institute
eereilly@purdue.edu
Ajay Bestrapalli
College of Science
abestrap@purdue.edu
Allie Anderson
College of Science
ande1387@purdue.edu