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.
Scholars' Day 2022
April 5, 12:30pm - 5pm
Student Poster Display: In the Campus Center
5:30pm - 7pm
In the Townsend Center for Performing Arts
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.
More InformationHonors in the News
UWG Honors College Student Named Fulbright Alternate
Spring 2021 Honors College graduate Tinaye Gibbons is heading to Dublin, Ireland, this fall for graduate school as an Alternate for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Read MoreUWG Takes Over ‘The Academic Minute’: Honors Dean Talks on the Dynamism of Monuments
In her most timely research, University of West Georgia’s Dr. Janet Donohoe delves into the complexity of our experience with monuments and the role they play in our world.
Read MoreHonors Convocation Awardees Recognized
Scholars’ Day looked a bit different this year. The Honors College made adjustments so that students’ research would still be shared and award recipients could still be honored.
See AwardeesDr. Jeff Zamostny Named New Director of OUR
Dr. Jeff Zamostny was recently named as the new director of the University of West Georgia’s Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), assuming his new responsibilities in January.
Read MoreGold Star: Rogers Named UWG’s 2022 Academic Recognition Day Scholar
University of West Georgia Honors College alumna Sarah Grace Rogers ’21 has been named the university’s Academic Recognition Day Scholar for 2022.
Read MoreThe Interpreter: UWG grad translates military experience to academic success
A former U.S. Marine and recent University of West Georgia graduate with degrees in anthropology and Spanish , Keith knows she can’t do that on her own, but that doesn’t stop her from trying.
“I want to do my part and make sure I leave my footprint on the world,” said Keith, who served five years in the military, including a seven-month deployment in Afghanistan.
Read MoreThe Chemistry of Serving: Alumna Heads to Medical School to Continue Passion
Hitt said her decision to follow her passion for medicine involved much self-reflection
and prayer. To make her journey of discovery easier, UWG awarded her the Zell Miller
Scholarship to cover tuition and the Presidential Scholarship to cover other expenses
for all four years of undergraduate studies.
Healthy Constitution: UWG Student Named Alternate for Madison Fellowship
A local high school history teacher and graduate student at the University of West Georgia has been named the state’s alternate for a prestigious national fellowship whose mission is to encourage the study of the U.S. Constitution.
Read MoreShoring up Science: Students Use New Technology in Coastal Preservation
Three-dimensional mapping is an integral part of surveying methods used in coastal maintenance, and a professor at the University of West Georgia tasks student researchers to use mobile devices to digitally map regional coastlines.
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