Celebrating First Gen Honors Students at Mizzou

National First-Generation College Celebration is November 8th. This day honors first-generation college students and celebrates their accomplishments. At Mizzou, there is a thriving cohort of first-generation students. Eli Rojas, junior philosophy and interdisciplinary studies major, is one of those students. Rojas came to Mizzou in 2019 following a gap year after high school. During the…

A Family Tradition

In June of 1993, just before his junior year of high school, my dad, Chad Ennis, participated in Missouri Scholars Academy at the University of Missouri. That experience represented his first introduction to higher education. It was there that he met Dr. Ted Tarkow, who coincidentally enough, would also become one of my professors at…

Meet the Director

This year the Honors College welcomes a new director, Dr. Catherine Rymph! Click the link below to meet Dr. Rymph and hear her introduce herself and talk about her new role in the Honors College! Welcome, Dr. Rymph!

2021 Stamps Day of Service

Stamps Scholars volunteer at the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri and Cleanup Columbia

A Passion for Learning

Learning Center tutor August Hemmerla is one of nine Cherng Summer Scholarship recipients from the MU Honors College.

Headed for the Big Leagues

Sister, researcher and sports enthusiast wins the Outstanding Discovery Fellow award as a freshman.

New to Honors, Ace at Science

Big brother, scientist, and musician collects W. Alton Jones Award

Putting Down Roots of Change

Mizzou '39 honoree and passionate educator wants to create change from the ground up.

Finding Her Way

Resilient senior credits the Honors College with her academic success.

Honors College Students Among Hesburgh Winners

Scholarship rewards high-achieving students who best articulate their meaningful academic experiences at Mizzou.