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
October 2, 2024
Hello Honors family,
I hope you’re all safe and managing as best as you can. In light of the recent disaster, we are pausing our regular Memo to focus on ways you can give and receive help. Many of you are still trying to reach loved ones and dealing with issues like power and water outages. As I check in with our Honors faculty, I’m moved by their outpouring of care for you and for each other, even while facing difficulties of their own. Please know that App State is working hard to assist our campus and region, and we are incredibly grateful to all the emergency responders, volunteers, and utility workers for their amazing efforts. Our community is strong; I’m so proud of all of you for coming together during this challenging time. If we can do anything in the Honors College to help you, please reach out to me directly.
Best wishes,
Vicky, Interim Dean
Dear Honors,
I am wishing all the best for you as we are navigating through this difficult tragedy. Like many of you, witnessing the place you have called home for so long be decimated by a storm is heartbreaking. However, seeing our community members unite to help assist with hurricane relief is very moving. These efforts truly define what it means to “give your all to Appalachian State.” I wish nothing but the best for you all as we navigate the coming days and weeks. While it may be difficult, I have no doubt that we will overcome this together.
All the best,
Kistler, Honors Wednesday Memo Editor
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.