Hillcrest Honors Community

The Hillcrest Honors Community is one of two residence halls associated with University Honors at Virginia Tech. We are a small community of a little over one hundred Honors students. Please see the About Us page to learn more.

Recent Updates

May 4, 2008
The Reading List for the upcoming 2008-2009 year has been posted. Note to incoming freshmen: your reading list may be different, so please contact University Honors if you want to know what it will be before you arrive.

January 31, 2008
There is now an Alumni page that will serve as an information hub for the coordination of our alumni.

November 28, 2007
The community has voted to adopt the Hillcrest Colloquium Magnum Course Policy and the Topical Colloquium Proposal Form. These documents will go into effect for the Spring 2008 semester. Please familiarize yourself with the changes in the requirements for colloquium.

Please be aware that the topical colloquium proposal form must be approved before the start of the spring semester, although there may be some leniency since this is the first semester of implementation. However, a Colloquium Fair may be scheduled the evening before the first day of classes. The Colloquium Fair will allow community members to announce topical colloquia and to find common times to meet for both types of colloquia.

Hillcrest Colloquium Magnum Course Policy [PDF 35KB]
Topical Colloquium Proposal Form [PDF 16KB]
Topical Colloquium Proposal Form [DOC 31KB]
The Word Document version of the Topical Colloquium Proposal form is provided to allow community members to type the course title, description, and other information, although the document will still need to be printed and signed.

November 14, 2007
The Hillcrest Steering Committee has updated the proposed Hillcrest Colloquium Magnum Course Policy and Topical Colloquium Proposal Form based on feedback received from the community over the course of the last month. The updated versions are available for download below.
Hillcrest Colloquium Magnum Course Policy [PDF 35KB]
Topical Colloquium Proposal Form [PDF 16KB]

The survey results and comments upon which most of the changes were based are also available below.
Interpreted Data with Graphs [PDF 142KB]
Raw Data [XLS 57KB]

October 10, 2007
The Hillcrest Steering Committee has proposed the following Hillcrest Colloquium Magnum Course Policy to be implemented starting next semester. The Topical Colloquium Proposal Form is proposed to go along with the course policy. Please download both documents here and read them before the dinner discussion.
Hillcrest Colloquium Magnum Course Policy (old version) [PDF 36KB]
Topical Colloquium Proposal Form (old version) [PDF 16KB]

August 17, 2007
The contacts link in the site menu has been updated to point to the questionably-named Hillcrest Individual Voluntary Academic Interpersonal Development System spreadsheet, which is a list of students in Hillcrest who can tutor others in specific classes or subjects. If you'd like to add your information or get the spreadsheet in a different format, contact Kevin Finelli.

August 14, 2007
The Reading List for the upcoming 2007-2008 year has been posted. Note to incoming freshmen: your reading list may be different, so please contact University Honors if you want to know what it will be before you arrive.

May 12, 2007
The Final Report of the Hillcrest Senior Colloquium Spring 2007 has been posted. This report deals with many issues that the Hillcrest Community has been recently facing, and is intended for viewing by all Hillcrest students, faculty, and alumni.

June 25, 2006
The Reading List for the upcoming 2006-2007 year has been posted. You may want to get started reading this summer to have time for all these good books! Note to incoming freshmen: your reading list may be different, so please contact University Honors if you want to get a head start on that.

April 29, 2006
Browse the links at the left to find new content, including information on the mosaic given to Honors by the Class of 2005 as their senior gift, and the final proposals from President Steger's $10,000 Challenge during the Spring 2006 semester.