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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 […]

Second-year honors English student Sukhjot Sal has only experienced Oregon State University in-person for two terms due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but despite the obstacles of remote learning, she has made the most of her time at college so far. “For that time, it was just amazing — it was everything I thought that […]

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 […]

BI 213H is the third course in the three-part Principles of Biology lecture and laboratory series. The Honors College proposed an honors section of the Principles of Biology laboratory to the Department of Integrative Biology in the late 2000s; in 2012, an honors section of the lecture was created to form the complete honors Principles […]

Susan Jackson Rodgers, a professor in the Oregon State University School of Writing, Literature and Film, has been appointed associate dean of the Honors College. Professor Rodgers has served as interim associate dean of the college since January 2020, when she replaced Dr. Tara Williams, who became dean of the University of Alabama Honors College. […]

The sudden shift to remote learning in spring term was challenging for students and faculty alike. Remote learning can feel isolating, and finding an engaging environment can be key to staying connected to other people and to class material. Honors psychology student Shrida Sharma found that supportive and engaging environment in BI 311H Genetics. BI […]

Oregon State University’s switch to remote delivery of courses in spring term 2020 presented unique challenges for students and faculty alike. Some classes, however, had already laid a foundation for remote success. For students, if not for instructors, the Honors College HC 408 thesis courses, which had previously blended in-person and asynchronous content delivery online, […]

Jax Richards is only going into his second year at Oregon State University, but he is already a leading advocate for change on campus. Jax, an economics and public policy major, is the founder of Safeguard Youth, a non-profit that seeks to create a platform for youth and survivors of child abuse to advocate for […]

When Oregon State University announced that spring term 2020 would be fully remote, Honors College staff, faculty and students knew they were facing an unprecedented challenge. The Honors College has offered courses through Ecampus for a number of years, but in-person classes and activities have traditionally been central to the honors experience. With just a […]