As Senior Assistant Director, Ms. Seabury is an advisor and oversees both advising and alumni relations.
From a young age I loved playing school, and being a bit of a Type-A person, I usually insisted on being the teacher. After majoring in English and minoring in economics as an Honors Scholar at UB, I attended the University of Michigan, where I received my MA in English Literature. Although I considered becoming an English professor, somewhere along the way my focus changed, and I ended up back in UB’s Honors College.
I consider myself outgoing, nurturing, and maybe a little talkative, so I truly enjoy working with and advising our multi-talented and dynamic honors students. In addition to recruiting and advising Honors Scholars, I serve as the liaison to our alumni, which means that when you graduate as an Honors Scholar I will plan our get togethers. Also, I work with upper-class students admitted to Honors after their first year.
I am a Western New York native and proud Buffalo booster—in addition to being a docent with Explore Buffalo I am a long-suffering but eternally optimistic Sabres and Bills fan. My sons are in college/graduate school and they grudgingly (and only occasionally) clue me on the current phrases college kids use so I can try to seem cool to my students. Some of my favorite Buffalo spots include the Elmwood Village, Hertel Avenue and the Delaware Park area; I am a recovering runner so I more often stroll through these areas nowadays but I have completed one full and eight half-marathons. Still an English major at heart, I love to read and write and pretend I am a photographer on Instagram. I feel lucky to be a part of the bustle and energy of daily life at this university. As my mom says, “I always knew you would end up at a school.”
Jessica L. Seabury
Senior Assistant Director
University Honors College
Phone: 716-645-3020
Email: jseabury@buffalo.edu
For research or internship projects, if you are not earning academic credit on your transcript for the experience, you can petition to have the experience count as in-house “credits” (we keep track of them in Honors, but they do not go on your transcript) by following the directions for petitioning on the Honors Experiences page.
If you are not earning academic credit on your transcript for the research, you can also petition to have the research experience count as in-house “credits,” as explained above.
If you are not earning academic credit on your transcript for the internship, you can also petition to have the experience count as in-house “credits,” as explained above.
The credit that you earn for TAing CSE 115 is CSE 495, and any 495 course automatically counts as Honors experience credit on your Academic Advising Report.
If you are only earning one credit of CSE 495 on your transcript, you can petition the experience for additional credits as long as the experience is at least 90 hours of work. In the petition process every 45 hours or TAing/internship/research is equal to one in house "credit" (we keep track of them here in Honors but they do not go on your transcript). So, if you spend more than 45 hours TAing (which you likely would), you can petition for the additional hours by following the directions for petitioning on the Honors Experiences page.
For a graduate class to count toward your Honors Experiences, you must be enrolled in the graduate version of the course. To be enrolled in a graduate course, you must complete the Force Registration Request form to enroll in a graduate-level course for undergraduate credit. This includes gaining permission from the instructor to take the course.
Whether you take the course for graduate or for undergraduate credit, it will fall under your Honors Experiences on your Academic Advising Report.
Honor societies are not affiliated with the Honors College. However, if they are a national organization with a chapter at UB, then they are legitimate.
The following sources have information that may be helpful:
The Honors College policy discourages the staff from writing letters for students for things like REUs, Nationally Competitive awards, and graduate school applications (except if a staff letter is explicitly requested).
If you want to chat about other faculty member options, we are happy to brainstorm with you.
If you have not yet selected your Pathway courses in the Pathfinder Tool, we suggest that you do that ASAP. (You can Watch a Path Finder video tutorial beforehand if you are unclear on how to select and save your pathways.)
You can also see which Pathway courses are open for the semester by going to this SEAS Pathways website (you do not have to be an engineer to use the site) scrolling down to “SEAS Pathway Resources” and clicking on the “By Term” tab.
Students have to keep certain academic standards to maintain funding and aid. Please review the Financial Aid website for more information.
In addition to meeting all other petition eligibility requirements, e-board positions must be from a UB-approved student organization, have a UB faculty/staff advisor who can verify your involvement and hours, and involve leadership beyond simply operating club meetings.
When you submit a petition for an e-board position, you will be required to also include a detailed breakdown of how you spent your time in your role, including activities and hours worked.
Yes! Paraprofessional roles (such as Resident Assistants) earn Honors Experience Credit automatically through enrollment in ELP 496 (3 credits). We recognize that the role also includes valuable training, leadership skills, and more that make it eligible as an Honors Experience. Therefore, RAs (and other paraprofessional positions that take ELP 496), may petition additional hours not encompassed in ELP 496 credit for up to 3 more Honors Experience credits. This would mean that students would ultimately be able to earn up to 6 credits total (3 from ELP 496 + up to 3 from petition).
For all summer orientation sessions, welcome weekend activities, and training, OLs may earn up to 4 Honors Experience credits.
In order to be eligible for an Honors petition, a job/employment position (and any primary duties of said position) must directly correlate with the student's professional or career interests/goals. This is determined by assessment of the petitioned job as it relates to the student's major, minor, reported career interests, and/or any other relevant information available to the Honors College staff upon review. A job may only be petitioned for Honors Experience credit once, for up to a maximum of 6 credits, regardless of the length of time a student holds the position.
Yes! Provided that you meet all other petition eligibility criteria, including working at least 45 hours (1 credits' worth) in the same role/site, volunteering can be petitioned for Honors Experience credit, even if it does not directly correlate with your major/career interests.
All week-long ASB trips are eligible to be petitioned for a flat rate of 1 Honors Experience credit per trip.
While we love to see our students engaging in diverse experiences throughout their undergraduate experience, we also applaud those who excel in an internship so much that they are invited to return for a second experience. In addition to the standard petition policy for the first internship (maximum 6 credits), we allow students who return to the same company/site/role for a second internship to petition the second experience for up to 3 additional Honors Experience credits.