App State’s Honors College is a small college within our larger university located at the center of campus. Our community supports approximately 550 students from all majors. The hallmarks of App State’s Honors College include:
- Small, discussion-based, interdisciplinary courses;
- Personalized and holistic mentoring and advising;
- The Honors College residential learning community;
- Study abroad or other international education opportunities;
- A closely mentored research or creative project (Honors thesis).
Our Mission
In the Honors college at Appalachian State University students, faculty, and staff from across campus explore, discover, create, innovate, learn and grow together. We support students’ individual holistic development and engagement beyond themselves, across disciplinary boundaries, and in collaboration with others.
Our Values and Vision
The Appalachian State Honors college values and embraces difference. We make it our shared responsibility to build a community and a world where everyone feels safe, heard, welcomed, and supported. We empower students to collaborate across differences, lead with humility, and collectively and creatively address complex challenges.
Weekly Message
April 17, 2024
Greetings, Honors students!
Can you believe that the last day of classes is just two weeks away? Time has flown by this year, and I’m exceptionally grateful for everyone’s support during my year as interim dean of the Honors College. I’m always telling prospective students about our focus on community in Honors, and you all have made that real to me this year with your encouragement and eagerness to help. Thank you! I’m writing today to remind you about something that Sydney McDonald, our Honors Wednesday Memo assistant editor, told me during my first week in the Honors office: the Honors College is about cooperation, not competition; we build each other up. That is so true! Don’t forget to build each other up and to lean on the support of others during these busy last weeks of the semester. As the semester comes to a close, I’m excited to celebrate as many students as I can at their thesis defenses. I’m also very excited to celebrate Phoebe Atkins’ and Mac Wiggs’ performances in Carrie: The Musical, which I’ll get to experience next Friday evening. I hope that during this busy time, you will continue to find many ways to celebrate each other.
Best wishes,
Vicky
Click here for the full version of the latest Honors Wednesday Memo.
Strengthening connections
The Ask a Mountaineer Honors College Circle offers expert guidance and insights for App State Honors alumni and students. To get professional support, feedback, and advice from Mountaineer alumni near and far, simply submit your question and receive a response in your email inbox.
Meet the Interim Dean
Welcome to our Honors College webpages. Please explore to learn more about how our college nurtures community through collaborative classrooms, integrated advising and mentoring, and an embrace of experiential learning. In the Honors community, students, faculty, and staff learn from and grow with each other. App State’s Honors College and departmental Honors Programs across campus connect great students to great opportunities. You can learn about many of those connections here and, when you are ready, I invite you to get to know us better by chatting with our current students during an on-campus Honors College tour or scheduling a conversation with me.