Lewis Honors College

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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

Winners, from left: Erin Stratton, Molly Lobel, Madi Wilson and Connor Stuart. Photo by Triple Threat Media.

4 students named Excellent Undergraduate Research Ambassadors (2 are Honors)

By Haven L. Patrick

May 14, 2025

Every year, the University of Kentucky’s Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) selects a new cohort of Undergraduate Research Ambassadors — a group of outstanding students who serve as advocates for undergraduate research and creative scholarship at UK.

Ethan Morgan, a graduate from the UK College of Arts and Sciences and Lewis Honors College, delivers the student address at the 2 p.m. Friday, May 10 ceremony. UK Photo

Celebrating UK graduates: Highlights from May 2025 Commencement

By Amy Jones-Timoney and Eli Capilouto

May 12, 2025

The University of Kentucky community celebrated a transformational milestone this weekend at the May 2025 Commencement ceremonies. To view Friday’s ceremonies, visit: https://youtube.com/live/YsmiII45gvo?feature=share. To view Saturday’s ceremony, visit: https://youtube.com/live/ZPyWV2ndfAY?feature=share.