Honors College

This semester, the Honors College is again pleased to host Zoom-based Legends of Honors sessions for alumni, friends and students of the Honors College. On Nov. 20 at 6 p.m., Honors alumnus Dr. David Snow will deliver a Legends of Honors Zoom presentation titled "A Long & Winding Road: Opportunity (and Adventure) in Public Service." To register, please click on the embedded link, or the QR code in the flier, and the Honors staff will send you the Zoom information and a timely reminder...

Over the recent fall break, from Oct. 12 to Oct. 15, the Honors College took more than 40 students to New Orleans, where they visited the World War II Museum and the Whitney Plantation and toured the French Quarter. Highlights of the trip are featured in this slideshow, which student assistant Allison Decker created from photos taken by participants, of which Allison was one. As you can see, the students—including those in Dr. Newsome’s World War II class—found the experience deeply...

Honors Convocation, at which new Honors students are inducted into the Eta Sigma Alpha Honors Student Association, will be held on Sunday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. in the College of Arts & Sciences Auditorium. Faculty are invited to attend and to process in their regalia at the start of the ceremony and at its conclusion. Please register by Sept. 19 via the embedded link or the QR code in the flier.Honors Convocation is positioned during Family Weekend so that parents/guardians may attend...

The 2024-2025 Legends of Honors Series—our Zoom-based programs for students, alumni and friends of the Honors College—kicks off with a presentation by Dr. Sunita Manian on Wed., Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. Dr. Manian has taught Honors courses for many years and has served a term on the Honors Faculty Council. The title of her presentation—“'I thought I was the only boy who liked boys': Experiences of Queer Youth in India”—relates to a comment made by a young man, Sagun, speaking about his...

The 2024 edition of Honorable Mentions, the annual newsletter of the John E. Sallstrom Honors College, is now conveniently available in electronic format. To view it, please click on the embedded link.A few editorial changes have been made since the initial release. Apologies are extended for crafting a second edition, but Honors would like to ensure that the campus community has the best copy and the most recent information about our students.Special thanks are extended to student...