University Honors Program

Get ready to meet Dr. Leslie Picca, our new Executive Director! With a wealth of experience in leadership and teaching, she's a powerhouse of knowledge and inspiration. We're thrilled to have her lead us into exciting new directions. Curious why we're so excited? Dive into the blog to find out!

After an incredible 40 years of service to the University Honors Program (UHP), Jill Talley will be retiring from the University of Dayton at the end of June.

This year, the University of Dayton Honors Program has begun to invest in recruiting and retaining honors students. To do our best to support our fabulous honors students and make people aware of some of the incredible programs we have to offer we instilled some help from the students themselves. Read about our two new student workers Ikeyaira Metcalf and Lonnie Fleming, and learn exactly what they do and how thrilled we are in the Honors Program to have some new stellar student workers to help aid in the future of the UHP.

Every semester the University of Dayton sends students abroad to Madrid, Spain. This semester one of those incredible students is Junior Ariana Callaghan! Come read about some of the important stories and lessons she has learned since she started her journey of living in Madrid.

Are you starting to consider how to spend your summer? The Berry Summer Thesis Institute is an incredible opportunity that you should consider. Every summer the University of Dayton hosts driven honors students from any major to conduct research before the start of their junior year. If there is a  topic  you are exceptionally interested in, the program provides a $2,000 fellowship, funding for research, and housing here on campus in the summer to dive into the research alongside others  who are likewise focused on furthering their research.

A unique offering in the University Honors Program is the Hull Fellowship. This fellowship is offered twice a year to Honors students considering studying abroad. Read below to hear the experience of a Hull Fellowship recipient, Tara McLoughlin.

Read about the incredible success that this year's Honors Student Welcome was and the people behind it!