{"id":860,"date":"2025-02-17T17:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/school-of-climate-environment-and-society\/?page_id=860"},"modified":"2025-04-03T13:50:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:50:31","slug":"honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/academics\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Climate, Environment, and Society, BA<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigation 2\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"menu-title\">Navigation<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\" id=\"modal-1\" data-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\" data-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\" data-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\" id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"\/climate-environment-society\/academics\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"\/climate-environment-society\/academics\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/curriculum\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"\/climate-environment-society\/academics\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/honors\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Honors<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"\/climate-environment-society\/academics\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/careers\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Careers<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<p>If you qualify, you can apply to join&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/geography\/about-geography\/student-societies-awards\/\">Gamma Theta Upsilon<\/a>, the international geography honor society, which also serves&nbsp;Climate, Environment, and Society&nbsp;majors. Each year, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/geography\/\">Graduate School of Geography<\/a>, of which the global environmental studies major is a part, recognizes three seniors and one junior with paid awards: the Ellen Churchill Semple Award, the IDRISI GIS Excellence Award, the NCGE Excellence in Scholarship Award, and the Strabo Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in the honor society work closely with a professor to create a thesis on a topic of their choice. Examples of recent honors thesis topics include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reconciliation: Changing Pressures on Sustainable Urban Agriculture in Cuba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Characterizing the Role of the Built Environment in Determining Juvenile-Tree Survivorship in Worcester, Massachusetts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Characterizing Mangrove Distribution and Change in Antsohihy, Madagascar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Multi-Scale Assessment of Urban Forest Biodiversity: Tree Replanting as a Driver of Street Tree Composition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Risks and Reasons of Lawn Chemicals: The Role of the Individual in Lawn Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Honors-Program-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Honors Program Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-yellow-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic achievement awards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Linda Roth Memorial Activist Scholar Award<\/strong><br>Linda Roth was a graduate of the geography Ph.D. program at Clark University and was an accomplished, award-winning forest ecology scientist and a life-long social justice and environmental activist. This award is given to&nbsp;an outstanding global environmental studies major who embodies the principles of scholarship and activism that Linda Roth&nbsp;demonstrated during her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Global Environmental Studies Outstanding Student Award<\/strong><br>The Global Environmental Studies Outstanding Student Award is given to an outstanding graduating senior who is recognized for academic excellence within the global environmental studies program.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-white-color has-dark-warm-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b2a124f4f4db7abddbdc211c18b449a9 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c385debf wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Honors Experience<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to departmental honors, Clark offers an Honors Experience co-designed by students and faculty that includes unique multi-disciplinary courses and student-led projects that take place outside the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate-curriculum\/honors-experience\/\">Explore Honors at Clark<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honors If you qualify, you can apply to join&nbsp;Gamma Theta Upsilon, the international geography honor society, which also serves&nbsp;Climate, Environment, and Society&nbsp;majors. 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