Renee Crown Honors Program

Ninth annual showcase highlights student songwriters
By Gigi Antonelle
December 4, 2016 - 9:23pm
The showcase featured 12 unique musicians, some accompanied by guitarists or vocalists, and each artist performed two songs.

On a recent blustery December night, Panasci Lounge was more reminiscent of a downtown coffee shop than part of the Schine Student Center.

Verbal Blend empowers students through spoken word at Take the Mic poetry slam
By Madysan Foltz
December 7, 2015 - 6:09pm
Eleven students compete to be top poet in skill, presence and content at Verbal Blend's 6th annual poetry competition.

One mic: one voice.

SU students explore martial arts in the community
By Hani Taha
February 20, 2013 - 8:07pm
A group of Honors students check out Aikido of Central New York for an evening of education and empowerment.

Samurai warriors in kimonos, high kicks soaring through the air, swooshing limbs: all stereotypical images that flash when one thinks of Japanese martial arts. Aim for the kill and -- KA-POW!

A group of Syracuse University students swapped stereotypes for reality though when they visited Aikido of CNY this week and got a crash course in the martial arts.

Seniors and SU students get savvy on social media
By Lauren Levy
February 15, 2013 - 1:34pm
Local senior citizens and Renee Crown Honors students participated, side by side, in a social media class that used both Twitter and Facebook as a supplement to in-class teaching.

This fall Syracuse University students and local senior citizens enrolled in "HNR 360: Election and New Media" to learn about the impact of social media on political campaigns.