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The Honors College is pleased to announce Lindsay Beaman as the 2023 recipient of the Joe Hendricks Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Shaurya Gaur, Bridget Price, Matthew Raffel, Anda Gherghe and Clare Jayawickrama have been named runners up. The award was established by alumni and friends in honor of Joe Hendricks, the founding dean of the […]

A recent graduate is a star example of why it’s important to make honors degrees available to online learners — and how Oregon State is leading the way This post was originally published on Oregon State Ecampus News By Elena Moffit In the winter of 2023, Jose Torres became the first Oregon State University student […]

Oregon State University honors program graduate – and the Honors College’s 2023 OSU Alumni Association Alumni Fellow – Judge Mary Deits Rousseau, ’71, has lived a life committed to public service. She is a trailblazer for women in law and a dedicated advocate for equality in the judicial system. Rousseau credits her time at Oregon […]

“The greatest scientists are always artists as well.” -Albert Einstein The view that the arts and the sciences are two completely separate, even opposing, spheres is as old as is it is inaccurate. The Oregon State University Art-Science Fellowship was created to push back against this misconception and help students discover and explore the distinctive […]

Membership in many student organizations at Oregon State University declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, when it was difficult or impossible to meet in person or hold events. But, driven by the commitment of students, groups are beginning to bounce back. One club trying to rebuild is Oregon State’s mock trial team, led by two Honors […]

Oregon State University’s nationally ranked online undergraduate programs are about to add a new distinction. Starting in spring term 2023, the Oregon State Honors College will become one of the first honors programs in the world to be fully accessible to online students. “The expansion of the Honors College opportunity to all undergraduates at Oregon […]

It isn’t only students who find unique opportunities in the Honors College. When prospective students express interest in joining the college, parents, guardians and family members are included throughout the admissions and orientation process. And they are welcomed into the honors community along with their students when their honors experience begins. Since 2015, the Honors […]

In Fall 2021, Dean Toni Doolen worked with a group of Honors College students, who were members of the HC Leadership Circle and charged the group with finding ways to increase student engagement with the Honors College. Over the course of the academic year, the students developed a variety of approaches and ideas, and at […]

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Paddlers who want to leave their boat on the riverbank in Independence and explore the historic town won’t have to worry about their watercraft not being there when they return, thanks to the Oregon State University College of Engineering’s Prototype Development Lab. Jonathan Cordisco, an OSU Honors College student who works in […]

If DNA could make music, what song would it sing? If you are Oregon State University Honors College alum Lili Adams, your guess might be something along the lines of the Mario Brothers theme song — that is, of course, if the DNA you’re listening to comes from the North American Lionepha beetle. Born in […]