University of Wyoming Honors College

The mission of the Honors College is 100% about the students — a truly exceptional group of people who make a difference at UW and in the world. Honors scholars are intellectually curious students from all majors who are creative, inspired by diverse ideas, and seek a greater understanding of their place in society.

With an average of 200 students in the first-year class, and over 700 Honors students overall, each enjoys interdisciplinary courses uniquely created and taught within the Honors College, while earning an undergraduate minor degree in Honors.

Combine excellent students with superb faculty in small classes and the result is an invigorating and highly effective learning environment. Honors faculty talk with students, not at them. Honors students thrive in this stimulating environment, develop lasting friendships, and succeed in their academic and professional pursuits.

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Colloquium I: Dreams and Reality

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Honors College Clay Fellows

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Honors Faculty Member named 2022 Sandeen Lecturer

Join the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research on Monday, December 12th, at 4 pm, in Coe Library 506 for The Sandeen Lecture in the Humanities. Dr. Breezy Taggart, Assistant Instructional Professor, Honors College will present "Reclaiming Mental Health Representations through Contemporary Art."

Dr. Taggart will explore the role contemporary art can play in transforming representations of mental health and illness. This lecture will also be live on zoom: https://uwyo.zoom.us/j/94065320752.

The Sandeen Lecture in the Humanities is named for Dr. Eric Sandeen, the founding director, and now director emeritus, of the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research. The lecture is co-sponsored by the humanities research institute and the Wyoming Humanities Council.

Each year, the faculty fellows in the cohort of the institute's Humanities Research Group vote to decide which fellow will deliver the lecture, therefore to be chosen for it is a particular honor, showing the respect of one's peers and showcasing some of the best humanities research by UW faculty.

Check out the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research for more details.