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Welcome from the Interim Dean

Welcome to the Honors College! ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's Honors program is one of the oldest in the country, and today is a thriving and exciting community with students from every college within the university.  

Freshman Honors Colloquium

Designed to be a rigorous course for incoming honors students, Freshman Honors Colloquium is a required two-semester sequence that stresses works, ideas, and values significant in literary and intellectual history, as they shape and are shaped by today's culture.  

Honors Leadership Academy

The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Honors College established the Honors Leadership Academy in 2018, which connects incoming Honors College freshmen to leadership learning and civic engagement in our local community.  Students are selected to apply for this new initiative based on excellent high school leadership experiences.  

Senior Honors Thesis/Project

The Senior Honors Thesis/Project is a 6-credit-hour independent project. It may be a research, creative, or applied project and is completed under the direction of a faculty member.

Peer-to-Peer Support Mentors

The Honors College is dedicated to providing not only the best academic experience the university has to offer, but also an environment which allows students to grow, mature and become confident and independent of mind. 

The Honors College Peer-to-Peer Support Mentor program provides ways for honors students to learn how to handle stress and anxiety, and to develop resilience - the ability to bounce back from set-backs.

This "best practices" program deploys a cohort of trained and mentored Honors undergraduate students as peer supports - students listening to students, and helping them locate the appropriate counseling services. Why "peer" to "peer"? National studies have shown that Honors College students prefer talking with their peers, rather than going to academic advisors or professors. Getting students to the right professional help source for them is the goal of the Peer-to-Peer Support Mentor program.

Whether a student is lonely, homesick, stressed about classes or having difficultly adjusting to life on campus, the Peer-to-Peer Support Mentors can help! Honors College students will be paired with a fellow Honors College student and peer support who can help you connect to resources on campus. 

Ready to learn more? Visit the link below to fill out a brief questionnaire to be connected to our Peer-to-Peer Support Mentor program staff. A member of the Peer-to-Peer Support Mentor program will reach out to learn more and schedule a one-on-one session, based on student needs.   

Frequently Asked Questions:

What training do students receive to become a peer-to-peer support mentor?

Training and mentoring! These students receive training (how to be a good listener, how to know where to direct students) and year-long mentoring from licensed counselors in the College of Education, Health & Human Services.

Are the students in this program counseling other students?

No, their role as Peer-to-Peer Support mentors is to be an accessible, listening peer that can direct students to the appropriate professional help and resources available.

Where are these support mentors deployed?

These Honors College student mentors are on the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ campus within the Honors Residential Experience, and also, on other parts of campus to be available for commuter students.

How can students hear/access information about this program and upcoming events?

Honors College students can read about information and upcoming events in their Honors College eNews (newsletter sent out via email to honors students during the academic year). Flyers are also posted/shared in the Honors Residential Experience residence halls. 

Phi Beta Kappa

Each year faculty members who themselves were chosen for membership in Phi Beta Kappa at their undergraduate institutions meet and discuss exceptional ºìÐÓÊÓƵ State students in the liberal arts.  There are over half a million members, but only about 10 percent of the nation's institutions of higher learning have Phi Beta Kappa chapters and only about 10 percent of the arts and sciences graduates at these institutions are selected for membership.