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Kevin Winchell, a Senior political science and philosophy major in the university's Honors Program and a recent graduate of Honors 6, plans to put his Honors Bike Program into action by the end of the fall semester. Part of the Honors 6 curriculum, the Honors Bike Program is a community service project designed by Kevin which will allow students to have access to unlocked, unchained bicycles to be ridden around anywhere on campus. The objective of Honors 6, a service-learning course, "is to combine the theoretical aspects of service, such as reading books on different forms of service and learning service others have done, as well as getting a hint of the philosophy of human nature and feelings, with the practical aspects of service, actually going out and applying these theoretical models," said Kevin. Kevin came across the idea for his project while working on an SGA bill to make the campus more eco-friendly and he decided that it would be smart to implement a program that would help relieve traffic congestion and parking problems at the university while also preventing environmental pollution. Other Honors 6 students chose various subjects for their service projects. "Some volunteered in Spanish communities, others planned a health education week here at Stetson, another even helped out a Girl Scout troop," said Kevin. Most honors students found that the hardest part of the project was the "red tape," getting around the obstacles presented to them. Kevin received help from Dean Espinosa, Honors 6 professor Dr. Paul Croce, and other Honors students in getting his project off the ground. "Every year Public Safety confiscates bikes from students on campus and puts them under Sage Hall. I asked Dr. Beasley if we could have them, and he said yes." Students should start seeing the bikes slowly appearing around campus by the end of the fall semester and the project should be in full swing when everyone returns in January from the winter holiday. Kevin's advice for future Honors 6 students is to "align your service project with your core values. Find something you are interested in." With this in mind, the Honors Program can launch more successful service projects in the upcoming years.

(feature by Emily Sawyer
from Issue 1, Volume 2, of Mosaic, the Honors Newsletter)

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