Lewis Honors College

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By the Numbers

100% Experiential Education Participation

91.7% Employment or Graduate/Professional School

78.7% In-State Residency

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

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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News and Events

This year’s class of summer interns, photographed with James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits Director Seth DeBolt and Associate Director Ilka Balk.

Beam Institute welcomes 1st class of interns (including one LHC student)

By Grace Sowards Jul 29, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 29, 2024) — The James B. Beam Institute for Kentucky Spirits at the University of Kentucky welcomes its first class of interns this summer. The group is a mix of students from different programs and majors at UK. Head Distiller Glenna Joyce-Welsko has been leading the students through production training and encouraging their research outside of the distillery.

Markey’s ACTION program expands its reach with latest student cohorts

By Elizabeth Chapin Jul 24, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 24, 2024) — The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center’s Appalachian Career Training in ONcology (ACTION) has expanded its impact – this year including students from five previously unrepresented Appalachian counties. Nine students are part of the Lewis Honors College.

Aperture is edited and produced by an undergraduate student editorial board of peer editors.

Students launch UK’s 1st edition of undergraduate research journal

By Jesi Jones-Bowman Jun 21, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 21, 2024) — Undergraduate students at the University of Kentucky who participate in research under the guidance of faculty mentors now have the opportunity to publish and broadly share the outcomes of their work and collaborative experiences. The inaugural edition of Aperture Journal of Undergraduate Research (AJUR) launched June 1, highlighting seven student-professor partnerships.

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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

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

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News and Events

Beam Institute welcomes 1st class of interns (including one LHC student)

Markey’s ACTION program expands its reach with latest student cohorts

Students launch UK’s 1st edition of undergraduate research journal

Lewis Launch

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UK Homecoming

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