Featured Honors Program Student Madison L. Shepherd

Madison L. Shepherd of Adams Center is the featured Jefferson Community College (JCC) Honors Program student for the month of February 2026. She is a liberal arts student concentrating in creative writing at Jefferson. After graduating, she plans to transfer to SUNY Oswego to further her studies. As part of Madison’s honors program options, she created a presentation on the history and mythology she explored during a trip to Greece with the Jefferson European Excursion Club.

“I enjoy diving deeper into select subjects for my honors projects and the opportunities the program has given me,” says Shepherd.  

The Jefferson Community College Honors Program offers students with exceptional academic skills the opportunity to receive enriched instruction within their current program of study. For the Honors Program, students select three courses within their curriculum, and enhance them as Honors Options. The option is based on a project agreed to by the student and a faculty member willing to work closely with the student to provide a unique and rewarding experience. Students also take the Honors Seminar, a unique inter-disciplinary course open only to program participants. The seminar examines a single theme each semester and features guest speakers from a variety of disciplines and often includes some sort of field experience.

Successful program participants earn a prestigious Honors Graduate designation on their academic transcript for each Honors Option course. Students demonstrating excellent academic achievement in high school or who have completed 12 credit hours of college coursework are invited to apply for admission to the Honors Program. 

For more information, contact Honors Program coordinator, Dr. Joshua Canale, at jcanale@sunyjefferson.edu.