Why Honors

Buffalo State's Muriel A. Howard Honors Program offers academically challenging opportunities for high-achieving and intellectually committed undergraduate students.

Honors students engage in special seminars and receive individual attention from dedicated, highly qualified faculty members.

Our student scholars enjoy an exhilarating academic journey of shared intellectual and creative pursuits, scholarship, and service learning, both in and outside of the classroom.

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Annual Honors BBQ

Group photo at the Annual Honors Program BBQ

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Honors class visits the Burchfield Penney Art Center

Honors program students sitting in the Burchfield Penney Art Center

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Honors Homcoming Parade Float

Honors student celebrating during the homecoming parade

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Honors class visit the Burchfield Penney Art Center

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Honors class trip to the Darwin Martin House National Historic Landmark

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Dr. Blessing's Dean's Honors Philosophy class at The Christians

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Honors class photo in the Tifft National Preserve

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Honors program visits Just Buffalo Babel series with Jesmyn Ward (Please credit Nancy J Parisi if this photo finds its way onto social media)

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First Annual Honoring Honors Event

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Director McMillan and honors students enjoying thier night at the Honoring Honors event.

Honors Activities

Honors regularly sponsors activities on and off campus exclusively for our honors students. In the 2019 -2020 school year our Honors students participated in:

3rd Annual Welcome Back BBQ - Wednesday, Aug. 28 from 4-6 pm in the Student Union Quad. Great food, games, give-aways and fun!

Babel Literary Series - Honors Program students visited Kleinhans Music Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 16 for a talk by N. Scott Momaday, author of House Made of Dawn and on Thursday, Nov. 14 for a talk by Valeria Luiselli, author of Lost Children Archives. The books were required reading in several of the Honors classes.

7 Habits of Highly Effective College Students - students participated in a two-day workshop providing 7-habits skills in November.

FourSight and Thinking Styles - students had an opportunity to "escape" our meeting and explore their thinking styles in February.

Benefits of the Honors Program

Honors lounge and study rooms
Activities such as trips, visits with lecturers or public figures, and social gatherings with faculty members
Housing in our newly renovated residence hall, Bishop Hall
Free printing and computer access
Additional scholarship opportunities
Programmed honors activities
Early registration for classes
First year academic advisement specific to Honors