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.

Singletary Scholar speaking at the Leadership Conference

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

Honors students wearing Honors medallions at the Honors Medal Ceremony

Why Honors?

Honors Residential Experience

Tamika Tompoulidis with student during EXPO

Center for Personal Development

Internship, Research, Education Abroad, Service-Learning Opportunities

Dr. Ryan Voogt with Honors students in HON 310

Dedicated Honors Faculty

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News and Events

Lewis Honors College celebrates nearly 400 graduates at Medal Ceremony

May 8, 2026

The University of Kentucky Lewis Honors College celebrated 386 seniors during its annual Medal Ceremony held on Thursday, May 7, at the Historic Memorial Coliseum. UK Provost Robert DiPaola, M.D., Interim Dean Laura Bryan, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Pearl James, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Student Engagement Sally Foster, and Nomenclator Carl Nathe served as the platform party.

New dean of UK Lewis Honors College announced

By Johnson Lam

Jun 5, 2026

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 5, 2026) — After a comprehensive national search, James Buss, Ph.D., has been selected as the next dean of the University of Kentucky’s Lewis Honors College.

Honors faculty member wins teaching award; receives appointment by Gov. Beshear

By Adrienne Clarke

Jun 1, 2026

LEXINGTON, KY (June 1, 2026) — Multiple award-winning Senior Lewis Lecturer Zada Komara, Ph.D., received recognition at the national and state levels this academic year, through the Travis Stimeling Early Career Award for Excellence in Teaching Appalachian Studies and appointment to the Kentucky Oral History Commission.

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Lewis Honors College

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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 celebrates nearly 400 graduates at Medal Ceremony

New dean of UK Lewis Honors College announced

Honors faculty member wins teaching award; receives appointment by Gov. Beshear

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