Goodrich Leads Honors Program

Robbie Goodrich (History) is the new director of the NMU Honors Program, which is entering its seventh year. His responsibilities will include recruiting students to the program and advising them; teaching at least one core honors course each year and recruiting other faculty to assist in the program; making recommendations to the Honors Board; representing the program to the university administration and at meetings of honors program representatives in the state, region and nation; and coordinating honors courses, activities and scholarship opportunities.

“My academic career, especially at NMU, has placed honors programming at its heart,” said Goodrich. “I have sat on the Honors Board since coming to NMU, have taught honors courses, and am the faculty advisor for Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society. I think my experience in honors programming, my commitment to its success and value for NMU students and my ideas to enhance the program helped to instill the Honors Board with confidence in my ability to follow up on Bill Knox's successful tenure as director.”