Program Highlights
- Small, enriched, discussion-oriented classes across disciplines with honors faculty
- Early registration for classes
- No necessary extension in time to graduation
- Scholarships and WUE-rate tuition waivers for selected students
- Honors living groups
- McCoy Hall in Theophilus Tower for first-year students
- Scholars Living Learning Community for upper-division students
- Concert and chamber music tickets
- Honors Student Lounge and Honors Center
- "Food for Thought" lunches with professors
- "Fire Side Chats" with professors
- Alternative Spring Break of service trips
- Honors service committee/diverse volunteer and community engagement projects
- Student leadership retreats and opportunities
- Special film, open mic, ice skating, and other social events
- Group trips to regional cultural events
- Workshops and advising for graduate school, major national scholarships and undergrad research and internships
- Students average higher grades in honors courses than in non-honors courses
- Student membership averages over 400 students (includes 120 first-year students)
- Honors Program director, associate director, and program advisor serve as secondary advisors to program members