Academic coaches provide tutoring and mentoring to fellow Honors students in a variety of subject-specific courses. Students in the course are responsible for hosting weekly coaching sessions (3 hours per week) and should be prepared to help students in their given subjects by reviewing the course material, preparing additional study materials, and serving as a mentor for Honors students attending sessions.
Interested students should apply with the link below. Please direct any questions to Yvette Stone (ymj0001@auburn.edu).
Celebrate the season with Honors! We'll have: fun fall festival games with prizes, pumpkin painting, a fortune teller, face painting, fried pies, Auntie Anne's Pretzels and Bites, apple cider, Auburn popcorn and more! Honors Serves will be hosting a can food drive during Fall Frenzy. Bring canned goods to donate and you will receive extra tickets! Stop by the upper Quad on October 19th from 4-6 pm.
Honors Tailgate
Join the Honors College and Honors Congress for a tailgate on the upper quad lawn prior to the Auburn vs. Ole Miss game. No RSVP required.
A Spooky Cater Talk
Join us on Halloween for a special Cater Talk with Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris. Dr. Fitzharris is a New York Times Bestselling author with a Ph.D. in History of Science and Medicine from the University of Oxford, and is the writer and host of the Smithsonian Channel TV Series, “The Curious Life and Death of…” In 2017, she published The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine, a biography of surgical pioneer Joseph Lister. Her second book, The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I, about plastic surgery pioneer Harold Gillies, was released last year. She’s also written for The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Scientific American, and New Scientist.
Time for another Cup at Cater!
Honors students, be sure to stop by Cater Hall on November 1 for your free caffeine fix of the day! We'll have a variety of coffee and breakfast snacks available for you to get the day started. Watch out, it might be a little spooky.
Student Organization Updates
Congress has a number of events happening over the next two weeks - check them out!
Come out to Samford to de-stress with crafts and sports.
Join us for a spooky movie in light of this October season.
Diversity in Honors also has a number of events coming up - be sure to stop by and support this awesome org!
Honors Serves will be hosting a group volunteering event at Kreher Preserve & Nature Center.
News You Should Know
Thinking of traveling to the Florida Keys or Vietnam? There is still time to sign-up!
Immerse yourself in the flora and fauna for the Florida Keys and Everglades during this amazing spring break trip. Focusing on ecosystem management and restoration, this course contains a mixture of lectures and discussions along with several local field trips that provide the background for the longer field-based trip to the south of Florida. Learn more and sign-up through the button below.
Vietnam is one of the five fastest growing economies in the world and is a high growth destination for international business and foreign investment. From 2020 to 2021 US exports to Vietnam increased more than 20% and is considered the alternative manufacturing destination to China for US businesses.This unique cultural experience will give students a chance to explore a culture much different from their own while they eat Pho, drink some egg coffee, and enjoy life from a different perspective. Learn more and sign-up through the button below.
The Honors College is thrilled introduce Peer Advising - with Taylor! Do you have an advising question and need a quick answer? Ask Taylor! Don't have an appointment, but need to find out about a course? Taylor has the answers. No appointments needs and walk-ins are welcome. Peer Advising is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30- 11:30 am here at Cater Hall.
