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The Honors College fosters an atmosphere of cooperative learning, creative engagement, and innovative pedagogy to ensure that students have an environment in which they can excel and achieve their academic goals.

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Welcome to the Honors College!

West Georgia's Honors College attracts the brightest of students regionally and nationally. The College fosters an atmosphere of cooperative learning, creative engagement, and innovative pedagogy to ensure that students have an environment in which they can excel and achieve their academic goals.

Students in the Honors College have the opportunity to engage with faculty and other honors students in small, rigorous classes and are encouraged and supported in undergraduate research, publishing, grant writing, community service activities, and preparation for postgraduate study or career success. 

Georgia Scholars' Institute

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Georgia Scholars' Institute

Georgia Scholars' Institute is a 4 week summer residential program for rising high school juniors and seniors to experience college life on the University of West Georgia's campus during the month of June. Alongside other high-achieving students and a world-class faculty, you will take dual enrollment classes and earn Honors College credit before graduating high school.

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Scholars' Day

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Scholars' Day 2023

Join us on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, from 12:30-5:00PM for the annual UWG's Scholars' Day! 

  • Student Poster Presentations: In the Campus Center
  • Student Oral Presentations: TBA

Honors Convocation, 5:30-7:00PM: In the Townsend Center for Performing Arts

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Study Abroad

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Honors in Ireland

This May (5/29-6/13), the Honors College will be hosting an exciting and educational trip to Ireland! The program is a two-week experiential learning opportunity for Honors College students to explore issues of gender and sexuality and also the relationship between place and identity through a comparative cultural lens. The program will incorporate on-site and post-program reflections and projects to enhance what students have read and discussed in their Maymester courses pre-departure. The program is based in Waterford with many excursions and day trips to surrounding villages, parks, and sites including Dublin.

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(678) 839-6636
honors@westga.edu
Office Hours: 8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday
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