The Honors College - A Tradition of Community
The University of Akron's Honors College supports an enriched education for curious, high-achieving students. This support includes special honors sections of many introductory classes, honors colloquia discussion classes for second-fourth year students, faculty advisors in the student's major, honors merit scholarships for many participants, and the current honors residence with private bathrooms, as well as personal academic/career advisors.
The Honors College provides a special intellectual community within a metropolitan university that offers a wide variety of academic disciplines. An Honors College student completes a major in one of the bachelor's degree-granting colleges, selects a set of Honors Distribution courses in place of the University's General Education Program, participates in a series of Honors Seminars (Colloquia), and creates an Honors Research Project. The successful Honors College student is recognized at graduation with an honors degree and the designation of University Honors Scholar.
Honors Applied Mathematics Professors, Dr. Curtis Clemons, and Dr. Jerry Young work with Honors Applied Mathematics majors on their Honors Research Projects.
The Honors Complex
Over 400 members of The University of Akron's Honors College are housed this fall in the Honors/Orr Complex, located near the heart of campus.
Living and Learning is a reality as the Honors Complex includes a 300-bed residence hall and an academic learning center, plus the attached 120-bed Orr Residence Hall. The Honors Office is located on the first floor of the Complex. Honors students, particularly those who are not residents, are invited to make the Common Room your place to stay on campus while not in class.
The academic wing of the Honors Complex includes a large classroom, three seminar rooms, a computer room, and a two-story Common Room. Pictured is the new Honors Complex as viewed from the corner of Buchtel and College Streets, near the new Arts & Science building. The rooms in the residence wing include doubles and singles. Residents in the new wing each share a bathroom with just one other person. Beginning in Fall 2011, the residence is for first- and second-year students only.
Recent Headlines
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Graduates in the Spotlight: Commencement ceremonies are May 4-6
The University of Akron will confer 2,709 undergraduate and graduate degrees this spring. Among the recipients are two outstanding members of the Spring Class of 2012, Mark Hedegore and Kristina Kehoe, who will address their fellow graduates at the May 6 ceremonies. -
Welcome Reception for Accepted New Honors College Students
Accepted New Honors College Students are invited to attend a welcome reception on the 5th floor of the InfoCision Stadium. The event will be on Wednesday, April 11th from 5:30-7:30p.m. It will be a great chance to meet other new students, and turn in your UA Honors acceptance card!
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Mechanical polymer engineering senior receives DME Co. scholarship
Sunandini Chopra, one of five students worldwide to receive a plastics scholarship from DME Co., has sights set on graduate school. -
UA entrepreneurial students win funding for energy-saving idea
Clean Energy Challenge finalists Courtney Gras and Tom Vo won $10,000 on Feb. 29 in the competition's inaugural Student Challenge. Their company, Design Flux Technologies, produces the Unified Energy Management System. -
UA students near $200,000 in fundraising for young patients at St. Jude
UA is one of more than 350 colleges and universities nationwide to have an Up 'til Dawn student organization raising funds for St. Jude. -
Blind moles use beauty for function, not fancy
UA biology honors alumna Holly Snyder led the research on the breakthrough findings about moles’ flashy exteriors, which explain why a book can’t always be judged by its cover.
Learn what our students have to say about the Honors College
UA Honors Students Talk about Their Experiences in the Honors College.
