Lewis Honors College

Prospective Students: Schedule Your Visit! HS Seniors: Honors admissions decisions will be released 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

Lewis Honors College Hosts Inaugural Golf Scramble

By Adrienne Clarke Aug 19, 2024

The Lewis Honors College (LHC) attracts students driven “to better the Commonwealth of Kentucky.” LHC senior Ethan Morgan took the mission to heart when he initiated the inaugural LHC Golf Scramble to benefit the Lewis Unforeseen Circumstances and Kindness (LUCK) Fund — an emergency collection for unexpected student needs — to be held on Friday, April 18 at 1:30 PM at the University Club of Kentucky Wildcat Course.

Asa O’Neal spent his summer interning at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, helping develop cryogenic CO2 scrubber technologies for human spaceflight. He got to see the inner workings of NASA, including Mission Control.

UK senior and Astronaut Scholar revels in ‘most impactful award’ he’s ever received

By Tom Musgrave Oct 2, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 2, 2024) — Asa O’Neal, a University of Kentucky senior mechanical engineering and physics major, was named to the 2024 Astronaut Scholars class by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). The West Liberty, Kentucky, native is one of 71 Astronaut Scholars and was recently honored at the ASF Innovators Symposium and Gala in Houston, Texas.

From UK Beam Institute student to Jim Beam engineer

By Grace Sowards Sep 30, 2024

CLERMONT, Ky. (Sept. 30, 2024) — Alex Mayes was born and raised in Central Kentucky, so bourbon culture is no secret to him. That is exactly what inspired him to get involved at the University of Kentucky James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits (JBBI) at its earliest stages.

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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

Lewis Honors College Hosts Inaugural Golf Scramble

UK senior and Astronaut Scholar revels in ‘most impactful award’ he’s ever received

From UK Beam Institute student to Jim Beam engineer

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