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

A patient at Golisano Children’s at UK opens a Valentine’s Day goody bag. Lewis Honors College Singletary Scholars made and distributed the bags Feb. 6 as part of a Lewis Honors College servant leadership course.

Singletary Scholars spread Valentine’s cheer at Golisano Children’s at UK

By Adrienne Clarke

Feb 10, 2026

During the Service Learning for Singletary Scholars course, first-year students wrote Valentine’s cards and assembled nearly 40 goody bags for patients at Golisano Children’s at UK. Scholars delivered the treats to the patients before Valentine’s Day.

More than 35 faculty and staff members from 15 colleges and units connected with colleagues Feb. 2 at the second University of Kentucky Leadership Development Collaborative meeting.

Strengthening leadership at UK: Collaborative meeting sparks new ideas across campus

By Adrienne Clarke

Feb 10, 2026

More than 35 faculty and staff members from 15 colleges and units connected with colleagues Feb. 2 at the second University of Kentucky Leadership Development Collaborative (LDC) meeting.

Be part of the Climate Change Quilt project

By Adrienne Clarke

Feb 3, 2026

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 3, 2026) — To help raise awareness for climate action across the United States, the Lewis Honors College, the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment, and the Student Sustainability Council are sponsoring the Climate Change Quilt project Feb. 17.

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Climate Change Quilt Project

Feb 17, 2:00 pm - Feb 17, 4:00 pm

Lewis Scholars Lounge

420 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY

Resume & LinkedIn Lab

Feb 18, 5:00 pm - Feb 18, 6:00 pm

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Donuts and Fruit with the Dean

Feb 19, 9:00 am - Feb 19, 11:00 am

Lewis Scholars Lounge

420 Hilltop Ave, Lexington, KY

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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

Singletary Scholars spread Valentine’s cheer at Golisano Children’s at UK

Strengthening leadership at UK: Collaborative meeting sparks new ideas across campus

Be part of the Climate Change Quilt project

Climate Change Quilt Project

Resume & LinkedIn Lab

Donuts and Fruit with the Dean

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