UAA Honors College

  • University Honors College

    Apply to the UAA's University Honors College, where you will have the opportunity to design your own pathway uniquely fitted to your personal and academic interests and goals. Next Admission Review Deadline: July 15 (regular fall deadline) and August 15 (extended fall deadline).

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UHC News and Events

Honors Courses

About the Honors College

Major Scholarships

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Kareena's UAA Honors College Story

This video, created by recent UAA grad and Honors College Leadership track member Kareena Bathija, shows her story through UAA as part of the Honors College.

 

Choose your Pathway

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Students will demonstrate the skills, disposition, and knowledge necessary to engage with community issues through an informed, participatory lens.

Community Engagement
Model UN students

Students will reflect and act upon the global interdependencies between self, others, and community.

Global & Multicultural Studies
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Students will demonstrate the ability to develop and execute a vision that involves others to work collaboratively towards a shared goal.

Leadership
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Students will demonstrate the ability to work through a research or a creative process.

Research & Creative Activity

 

Announcements:

Honors College Happenings!

 
Dog Walks with the Dean
Mondays from 11-11:30am during the month of June. Walks will take place rain or shine and start from the entry/exit of the CPISB parking garage. Unfortunately, JD doesn’t get along well with other dogs, so please Honors hoomans only on these jaunts. 
 
Honors College Silent Book Club
Thursdays from 6-7pm in June and July
Location: In-person in the Learning Commons or virtual via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 720 8228 8639
Passcode: Timetoread

Need to read your textbooks for class? Want to read more novels or non-fiction? All are welcome to a supportive, silent book club hosted by Honors College Peer Ambassador Heather Stefanec.

Honors Housing Scholarship Available!

UAA is pleased to offer students in the University Honors College a $1,500 per year housing scholarship. The Academic Honors Housing Scholarship is open to students in the University Honors College and recipients of the UA Scholars award. The Academic Honors Housing Scholarship is applied each fall and spring semester as a $750 discount off the cost of housing and food. The scholarship will be automatically applied; no additional application is needed!

For additional details, visit our UHC News and Events page at the top.

Applications Open for the McNair Scholars Program

The McNair Scholars Program has opened applications and is holding information sessions! The program is geared towards upper-division students, but lower-division students are also encouraged to take a look at the program's offerings if they are interested. All majors can apply.

Visit the McNair Scholars Program webpage for more information, or reach out to Sunny Mall (sunny@alaska.edu) with your questions or to make an appointment.

Honors College Advising

Mattie Squire
Honors Advisor for College of Engineering, College of Health, Community & Technical College, and Associate of Applied Science degrees
Phone: 907.786.4710
Email: mksquire@alaska.edu
Schedule an appointment
Leslie Olberding
Honors Advisor for College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business and Public Policy, School of Education, and Associate of Arts degrees
Phone: 907.786.1357
Email: lkolberding@alaska.edu
Schedule an appointment

 

Contact the Honors College

Honors College Administration:

  • Joseph Bruner, M.A. - Director of Student Success Initiatives, Strategy & Assessment
    Phone: 907.786.1473
    Email: jcbruner@alaska.edu
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