Alumni
Welcome, Alumni!
We've come a long way together
Honors education at Oklahoma State University began in the late 1950s, but it was
not until the mid-1960s that the Arts and Sciences Honors Program was in a position
to certify a Degree with Honors. The first class of Honors graduates (three students)
earned Bachelor's Degrees with Honors in the 1968-1969 academic year, and the Arts
& Sciences Honors Program formed the basis for the university-wide Honors Program
that was created in 1989. The University Honors Program became the Honors College
in 2000, and while 2,195 Honors Degrees have been awarded to date, 140 students earned
Honors Degrees in the 2018-2019 academic year alone.
Support Our College
Housed in historic Old Central, the Honors College at Oklahoma State University serves
approximately 2,100 students from all of the academic colleges every semester. The
College provides high-achieving undergraduate students with small classes (most limited
to 22 students) that challenge them to develop their oral and written communication
skills, gather and synthesize information, approach problems in new and complex ways,
and enrich their critical thinking ability. Taught by some of the top teaching faculty
on campus, honors courses tend to be highly interactive, discussion-based classes
that engage students in an active and supportive learning environment. Honors College
students enjoy a more personalized academic experience in addition to having access
to the numerous resources of a large land-grant institution.
Honors students often become leaders in their academic fields and in their communities,
so by supporting OSU's top students today, you can help them have a greater impact
tomorrow.