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.

Lewis Honors College faculty fellow, Marcelo Guzman

NSF grant propels UK chemist’s research on air pollution

By Lindsay Travis Oct 10, 2024

Marcelo Guzman, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, a Lewis Honors College faculty fellow and lead chemist in the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, is the principal investigator of the nearly $571,000 grant.

Donations for Citations is back with some friendly competition

By Lisa S. Cleveland Oct 9, 2024

Maddie Duff, Lewis Honors College senior and president of UK’s Student Government Association, suggested a friendly contest between the University of Tennessee to see which school can gather the most donations to support their respective food pantries during the Donations for Citations program to be held from October 14-31. Excess donations will be shared with Take a Tampon, an organization founded by Lewis Honors College alumna Kotomi Yokokura '24 to ensure that all students have access to free and high-quality menstrual products.

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Unconscious Bias Workshop 1.0

Oct 15, 5:00 pm - Oct 15, 6:00 pm

Lewis Hall Room U136

420 Hilltop Ave

Unconscious Bias Workshop 2.0