Spring and Fall 2021: UVU Honors courses, including Legacies and Colloquium, are currently being taught face-to-face, via live stream, or online. Please regularly log on to each of your courses via Canvas for additional information, through myUVU. Please contact your professors with any questions or if you have barriers to participating in your classes online or through these other means of delivery.
The UVU Honors Program enhances the collegiate experience of highly motivated students
through specialized academic
and enrichment opportunities that cultivate personal, professional, and civic engagement.
Applications for Fall '21 Are Open Until July 1 on a space available basis
Current COVID-19 Impacts
Now that the Spring semester has begun, the UVU Honors Director and staff are all working both remotely and on campus. The LC 204 Honors Office Suite has reopened for your computer access, printing, and lounging needs. We ask that students please continue to adhere to the university's safety and physical distancing guidelines Masks are to be worn while in the Honors Lounge. The Return to Campus website at www.uvu.edu/returntocampus has additional information. Please call 801-863-6262 to reach any of our staff. You may also arrange for individual appointments using the contact information found at the bottom of this page or message staff under the About Us tab of this website.
Welcome to the Utah Valley University Honors Program! By choosing to join the Honors Program, you have demonstrated a genuine investment in the quality and depth of your undergraduate education. The entire Honors Program staff is here to advise you in your search for excellence. Many students, when asking about participating in Honors, wonder if it's harder; I always answer, "It's not always more work, but it is better work." In a series of small classes with other highly motivated students, you will find true peers willing to be guided by faculty invested in their students' intellectual potential. You will discover in yourself the ability to grapple with texts and ideas that have fascinated the world's great thinkers, writers, artists, and scientists, as well as the courage to try out new and challenging ideas, places and experiences. We look forward to sharing the journey with you.
Kate McPherson. Ph.D.
Professor of English
Honors Program Director
“In my years at UVU, I've come to understand the importance of being a well rounded student
of life. Although I am studying
to be a programmer, I appreciate the arts, humanities, and sciences that surround
me, which together give meaning to life.
Had I not been accepted into the honors program, I would not have had these experiences
that helped
me see the importance of a well rounded education.”
--Jonathan Adamic, Honors Student
"I wanted to thank you for my experience in the Honors Program. It was a strong motivation
for me to keep my G.P.A. up,
which undoubtedly helped me get into law school. It also was an opportunity for me
to write a very fun thesis,
which was as long as it actually needed to be. Incredibly, my time in the program
proved to be more often a stress relief,
as well as a chance to get to know many wonderful people."
--Nathaniel Johnson, Honors Student
Find information about the Honors Program's mission, objectives, eligibility, and frequently asked questions.
The Honors Program offers Tuition and housing scholarships to program applicants and continuing honors students alike.
Learn moreHere we have compiled a number of of the Honors Program's various student adventures, locales, and events.
Coming SoonHere we have compiled a number of frequently asked questions students often ask about UVU's Honors Program.
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Kate McPherson, PhD
Office: LC 204a
Telephone: (801) 863-8055
Email: kmcpherson@uvu.edu
Tiffany Nez
Office: LC 204c
Telephone: (801) 863-6223
Email: tiffany.nez@uvu.edu
Utah Valley University
Honors Program MS 274
800 W. University Parkway
Orem, Utah 84058-5999
Telephone: (801) 863-6262
