At the Oregon State University Honors College, outstanding students from each of the university’s academic undergraduate colleges at all Oregon State campuses participate in enhanced curricular and co-curricular opportunities designed to help them explore their major areas of interest, work collaboratively across differences and evolve into creative problem solvers with world-class abilities and global perspectives. The Honors College experience equips students with both the ability to engage in pursuits that produce new knowledge and the capacity to engage in meaningful dialogue with other disciplines.
We are:
The Oregon State University (OSU) Honors College (HC), Design for Social Impact academic program (DSI) and the Office of National and Global Scholarship Advising (NGSA)
Mission:
We create transformative, individualized learning experiences for students, leveraging Oregon State University's ecosystem of research and creative programs, community engagement opportunities, and global network.
Vision:
We will be a hub for innovation and for new educational approaches and ideas, creating opportunities, resources and communities that support everyone in realizing their full potential and exploring pathways to a better future.
Values
- We respect, celebrate and value the diverse lived experiences, strengths and perspectives of all people.
- We drive innovation in ways of understanding, learning and knowing.
- We are curious and open, building connections across boundaries that inspire growth and reflection.
- We support all community members in realizing their full potential at Oregon State University and beyond.
- We learn from failure and experience to courageously grow, adapt and improve.
- We advance the development of new research, scholarship and creative inquiry.
- We acknowledge and embrace challenge and complexity as we work toward a better future for all.