The Thoma Scholars Program seeks students from select counties in Northwest Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and Eastern New Mexico. The program provides opportunities for students to develop strong leadership skills while completing their degree programs.

Honors College students enjoy a number of fringe benefits for their participation, including priority enrollment, small class sizes, the option to live in honors housing, additional scholarship opportunities and more.

The Honors College Degree is the highest institutional academic achievement that an undergraduate student can be awarded.

Hear from some of our very own Honors students about how their experiences have helped shape them.

Angelique was awarded a 2025 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship in natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering in the nation. She is investigating cardiac muscle regeneration as a Niblack Research Scholar.

Bias was awarded a 2022 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship in natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering in the nation. She conducted research in multiple chemistry, physics, and egineering labs as a Niblack Research Scholar.

Dunn received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2021-2022 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. She will teach English in La Rioja, Spain, the same nation where she completed a study abroad program.

Blakey received a Truman Scholarship, the premier U.S. graduate fellowship for those pursuing careers as public service leaders. She has used her research in combination with communication skills to serve as an advocate for agricultural research.

Anadu won a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the preeminent undergraduate award for outstanding students who seek research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. Anadu worked in multiple science labs at OSU and participated in a National Science Foundation project at the University of Texas. 

Bartlett also received a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. He has been both a CEAT Scholar and a Freshman Research Scholar, and he won a Wentz Research Scholarship for his work in OSU’s Systems Biomedicine and Pharmaceutics Lab.

Gin, a Goldwater Scholarship winner, has worked in a biomedical research lab at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation as a member of the Fleming Scholars Program. She also participated in the 2019 Cambridge Scholars Program, studying health care systems of the United States and United Kingdom at the University of Cambridge.

Thornton, who received a Goldwater Scholarship, engaged in extensive research projects on OSU’s autonomous golf cart and unmanned aerial systems in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He was also a CEAT Scholar, a Freshman Research Scholar and a Wentz Research Scholar.

Vance, a 2021 Goldwater Scholar, was the first OSU student to combine chemical, mechanical and aerospace engineering programs at the undergraduate level. She has supplemented her coursework with an extensive history of research projects.