Lewis Honors College

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By the Numbers

100% Experiential Education Participation

96% First-Year Retention Rate

90% 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 well-being, leadership, and career readiness.

Savannah King with her Honors Thesis Showcase poster

Honors at Kentucky has a long and proud history, dating back to 1959, and thousands of students have passed through our program, exploring themselves and the boundaries of thought with outstanding faculty.

Jacqueline Coleman, Christian Brady, Laura Bryan, Conner Brumley

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.

The Honors classes I took my freshman year exposed me to ideas that I would not have otherwise thought deeply about. The topics we discussed have allowed me to engage with current events and the social sciences more than I would have been able to otherwise.

Asa O'Neal '25

NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Astronaut Scholar

Maddie Duff waving with other graduating students walking

Why Honors?

Honors Residential Experience

Tamika Tompoulidis with student during EXPO

Center for Personal Development

Internship, Research, Education Abroad, Service-Learning Opportunities

Dr. Kenton Sena with HON 152 students outdoors

Dedicated Honors Faculty

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News and Events

From left: Siena Pilati, Mostafa Mubarak, Carolina Burn and Fatimah Alomar pose with the Bowman Wildcat statue in the Gatton Student Center.

Meet the May 2026 UK Commencement student speakers (three are Honors students)

By Jenny Wells-Hosley and Kayla Coffee

May 6, 2026

Four graduating students have been selected by University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto to represent the Class of 2026 as speakers at UK’s May Commencement Ceremonies Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9. Together, they reflect the breadth of the UK experience — leaders, scholars and innovators whose paths have been shaped by discovery, service and a strong sense of community. The students are Mostafa Mubarak, Carolina Burn, Siena Pilati and Fatimah Alomar.

Trent Schroering, far left, is the first UK recipient of Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Key Into Public Service Scholarship.

UK Lewis Honors College student named 2026 Key into Public Service Scholar

By Adrienne Clarke

May 6, 2026

Trenton Schroering, a junior majoring in political science with minors in law and justice and writing, rhetoric, & digital studies, was one of 20 students selected from a highly competitive nationwide pool of nearly 800 applicants as a 2026 Key into Public Service Scholar by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Schroering is the first UK student to earn the award.

Chellgren Center celebrates grads, names 2026 student fellows and endowed professors

By C. Lynn Hiler and Zoe Stefanic

May 6, 2026

The University of Kentucky’s Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence recognized graduating students, introduced its 2026 student fellows (over half are Honors students) — the program’s 20th class — and announced its 2026-29 endowed professors during an event April 16.

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Lewis Honors College Medal Ceremony

May 07, 4:00 pm - May 07, 6:00 pm

Memorial Coliseum

Ave of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508

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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

Meet the May 2026 UK Commencement student speakers (three are Honors students)

UK Lewis Honors College student named 2026 Key into Public Service Scholar

Chellgren Center celebrates grads, names 2026 student fellows and endowed professors

Lewis Honors College Medal Ceremony

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