You get out of the University Honors Program what you put into it. If you are doing it just to check boxes, it is likely not worth it. But if you take advantage of the Seminars, various events, Forum activities, Honors Contracts, and so on, it can be an incredibly enriching experience. Therefore, strategically immerse yourself!”
Caden Funk
Class of 2026
Successful completion of the University Honors Program is indicated on a student’s official University transcript and represented in the University’s printed commencement program on graduation day.
Completers receive a printed certificate and a medal to wear with their graduation regalia, gifted to them during the UHP’s traditional senior recognition ceremony.
The University Honors medal is our coveted contribution to an Honors student’s graduation regalia
Participation in the University Honors Program provides students with a platform to achieve great things both on and off-campus. Some of the benefits include:
Access to challenging and innovative coursework specially designed for Honors students that includes HON seminars and Honors sections of certain courses;
Admission to various events on- and off-campus through the Honors Forum course;
Exclusive opportunities for travel and experiential learning through our Cultural Explorations, Outdoor Adventures, and Career Connections trips, as well as summer study abroad opportunities in Florence, Italy, Oxford, England and Seoul, Korea.
Students on a UHP-exclusive spring break trip to Vancouver, Canada.
These opportunities to travel both near and far, to hear the latest cutting edge news from the newsmakers themselves and to gain exposure to the ideas percolating throughout our society provide our students with the very real and necessary benefit of becoming further connected to the world around them and becoming well-rounded and involved citizens as well as the knowledge creators we know they will be.
