Lewis Honors College

Prospective Students: Schedule Your Visit! HS Applicants: LHC decisions will be available mid-February

By the Numbers

100% Experiential Education Participation

98% First-Year Retention Rate

91% Employment or Graduate/Professional School

Mission in Action

Explore Your Purpose

Honors advisors and the Center for Personal Development counselors partner with students in their exploration of purpose to cultivate self-awareness, well-being, and career readiness.

Honors at Kentucky has a long and proud history, dating back to 1958, and thousands of students have passed through our program, exploring themselves and the boundaries of thought with outstanding faculty.

Lead With Integrity

Providing leadership development opportunities enables students to fulfill their experiential credit while bolstering lifelong skills to apply as a graduate student or employee.

Participating in Honors throughout my undergraduate career has helped me maintain a holistic education. I am interested in science and medicine in my career and having Honors classes that address the role of the humanities in these fields has really broadened my perspective.

Kayli Bolton '23

Gates Cambridge Scholar

Why Honors?

Honors Residential Experience

Center for Personal Development

Internship, Research, Education Abroad, Service-Learning Opportunities

Dedicated Honors Faculty

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News and Events

Several students in the School of Art and Visual Studies earned awards at the annual Carey Ellis Juried Student Show.

SA/VS honors students at Carey Ellis Juried Student Show

By Jennifer Sciantarelli Dec 18, 2024

Lydia Newton, an art studio and arts administration senior and Lewis Honors College student from Bardstown, Kentucky, won first place at this year’s Carey Ellis Juried Exhibition for “They’re Just Hands."

Sara Dickens Receives Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer Award

By Adrienne Clarke and Angelica Prekopa Dec 11, 2024

During the 33rd annual Lyman T. Johnson Awards Luncheon hosted by the University of Kentucky Alumni Association, the Lewis Honors College proudly selected senior Sara Dickens as its 2024 Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer Award winner for her academic excellence and impact on others. “Winning this award means everything to me. To join a lineage of inspiring individuals was just the right motivation during one of the most challenging points of my life. I appreciate this honor and will hold it dear to my heart after graduation,” Sara said.

Ryan Brennan and Sarisha Lohano (from left) selected as Physiology Scholars

Physiology Scholars Program welcomes new cohort focused on biomedical research

By Lindsay Travis Nov 27, 2024

Lewis Honors College students, Ryan Brennan and Sarisha Lohano, have been selected to be part of the new cohort of the University of Kentucky’s Department of Physiology Scholars Program.

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Lewis Honors College

By the Numbers

Mission in Action

Explore Your Purpose

Develop Intellectually

Lead With Integrity

Why Honors?

Honors Residential Experience

Center for Personal Development

Internship, Research, Education Abroad, Service-Learning Opportunities

Dedicated Honors Faculty

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News and Events

SA/VS honors students at Carey Ellis Juried Student Show

Sara Dickens Receives Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer Award

Physiology Scholars Program welcomes new cohort focused on biomedical research

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