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How do you build community over Zoom? For the Oregon State University Honors College, community is the foundation for the student experience. All of the academic, research and creative work builds on students finding a home in honors and creating lasting friendships and connections with faculty and staff. And for the past year, almost all […]

The Honors College is pleased to announce that Julia Zavala, a fourth-year biology major on a pre-medical track, was selected as the recipient of the 2021 Joe Hendricks Honors College Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Ashley Francis, Madeleine Seifert and Shrida Sharma were named runners-up for this prestigious award. Each year, the Hendricks Scholarship recognizes outstanding […]

After ranking in the top ten for dollars raised and number of donors two years ago in the first Dam Proud Day, the Oregon State University Day of Giving, the Honors College surpassed previous giving totals in the 2021 Dam Proud Day, with $38,987.50 in contributions*. This was the eighth highest total among the 58 […]

The Honors College Champions are leading an unprecedented fundraising effort in honors by making gifts of $100,000 or more in support of the college. “The Honors College Champions are completely reshaping our future as a college and expanding our sense of what is possible,” says HC Dean Toni Doolen. “Never before have we seen giving […]

Above: Honors College Dean Toni Doolen delivers the 2018 State of the Honors College address. Photo taken before the pandemic. Please practice social distancing and wear face coverings. On February 16, 2021, Honors College Dean Toni Doolen gave the annual State of the Honors College address via Zoom. Nearly 100 people attended the event, more […]

Donor support for scholarships, experiential learning, new programming and curriculum development has never been more important to the success of the Honors College. The economic challenges of the past months have made external funding even more critical for student success and retention, and Honors College supporters have risen to the occasion. Fundraising for honors has […]

Senior Instructor Rob Drummond has been teaching students in the College of Liberal Arts and the Honors College for about a decade — and honors colloquia are among his favorite courses to teach.  “All the colloquia I teach are my favorite. I know that sounds dumb, but I love them all,” Rob says.  And Rob […]

The Oregon State University Honors College has named Dr. Christopher McKnight Nichols and Dr. Nancy Squires as the 2021 Honors College Eminent Professors. Dr. Nichols is an associate professor of history in the School of History, Philosophy and Religion and is the director of the Oregon State University Center for the Humanities. Dr. Squires, who […]

Dr. SreyRam Kuy, the 2020 Honors College Alumni Fellow, can pinpoint the exact moment she knew her calling was to be a doctor. Her mother was hurt, with massive abdominal injuries, and Kuy, just 2 years old, had sustained head trauma, her left ear partially torn off. Only weeks before, the family — Kuy, her […]

A defining feature of the Honors College is its academic diversity. Students in any undergraduate major at Oregon State University can pursue an honors degree, and the course requirements are intentionally broad to allow for tailoring a curricular experience to individual ambitions. All honors students, though, are required to complete a thesis. The thesis is […]