Iowa State University Honors Program
Welcome to Iowa State University's Honors Program! The University Honors Program at Iowa State promotes an enriched academic environment for students of high ability, regardless of major, who are interested in taking advantage of educational and intellectual opportunities and challenges. These include the pursuit of a broad liberal education, the ability to individualize the student's program of study, access to graduate-level courses, and the opportunity to be involved in research projects.
Latest Student Blog Posts
Honors Summer Adventures: Erin at Lakeside Labs
Posted on Wednesday June 19, 2013
Happy summer everybody! My name’s Erin Toohey, and I’m going to tell you about my month at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory up near Okoboji, Iowa. From May 20-June 14 I was up at Lakeside taking Ecology, which is required for both my Biology and Animal Ecology majors. The fire pit and the lake The cabin I […]
Honors Abroad: Elisa + Gelato
Posted on Friday June 14, 2013
Honors student Elisa McAfee is spending the summer in Florence, Italy lurking in gelaterias and taking a class on the history of the Sicilian mafia (seriously). Jealously follow along here: http://anitaliansummer.tumblr.com/ 
“¡Ay Chris!” Part 4
Posted on Wednesday June 12, 2013
Chris Jacobs embarks on a harrowing journey to get to Spain, where he’s studying abroad this summer. Follow along to see if/how he makes it there…see part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here. It is now 9 pm. I purchase my bus ticket from Leon to Oviedo and wait for the […]
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