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 foster a shared enthusiasm for academic inquiry and support students’ holistic development, promoting 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
May 28, 2025
Dear Honors Students,
I hope you are all having a rejuvenating summer break so far!
I want to congratulate the class of 2025 graduates. You have all worked so hard. Give yourself a pat on the back; you did it!
At our Honors College graduation ceremony on May 8, 2025, it was gratifying to see graduating students walk across the stage, receive their metals, and reflect on their time in the Honors College and App State. Graduates, whatever you plan to do in the future, remember that the Honors College isn’t just here for your undergraduate career; it is here for your entire life. The community you built, and the leadership and collaboration skills you learned will serve you for a lifetime in any field you pursue. You can offer guidance and mentorship to future undergraduate students similar to what you received in your undergraduate career. We hope that by using these skills in any part of your life you will continue to grow into the best version of yourself!
Stay connected with the Honors College on our LinkedIn(link is external) and Instagram(link is external) page!
Best wishes,
Kaylie Morales,
Editor, 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 Associate Vice Provost
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.