1. Home

Exploring the Meaning of Peace One Story at a Time: A Transformative Experience

John Noltner standing in front of his exhibit talking with students
John Noltner working with students through photography to create their own contributions.
Student portraits with words are wrapped around columns and across walls in the Honors College East Lounge

This February at the Honors College, I found myself face to face with strangers. And although none could directly speak to me, I was able to learn much from them about compassion, forgiveness, transformation, and peace. These strangers were featured on 60 3’ by 7’upright panels displayed throughout the Honors College in a stunningly intimate exhibit.

Academic Showcase Registration DUE

Register to Present Your Academic Project by April 7th. 

The Honors College Academic Showcase will feature a variety of formats—pitches, TED Talk-like presentations, posters, academic sessions—for selected HC students to present their academic projects.

Don't forget to invite your friends, family, and advisers to hear you present on Friday, April 21 | 6-8PM!

Capstone Proposals DUE

Students who plan to graduate one semester early must submit a Capstone Proposal Form by November 1 in the academic year prior to the year of graduation.

From Prestigious Film Festivals to Hands-On Experiences

Student standing on street in Telluride with film festival banner behind
UnionDocs sign beneath a bridge with the river behind
Three students standing beneath a Cannes sign
For Charles de Agustin ('20, MGSA/SAS/HC), this summer was a series of intensive and inspirational experiences in film, from Cannes and Telluride to the Flaherty Film Seminar and a film programming internship at UnionDocs center for documentary art in Brooklyn. Read about how these experiences impacted his personal and professional growth.

HC First-Years Rise Against Hunger

Students packaging meals and holding a sign that says, "This is Possible" referencing ending hunger by 2030
Three students are filling a meal package with grain.
Students are boxing meals for Rise Against Hunger to be shipped.
An Honors College Tradition introduces first-year students to what it means to be HC in their very first days at Rutgers. With our annual Welcome Days Rise Against Hunger event comes an opportunity to do service, a requirement to become an Honors College Scholar upon graduation and a reflection of our motto: Curiosity. Knowledge. Purpose.

The Honors College Springs to Life on Move-In Day!

Honors College Move In Day 2019
Vice Chancellor Mena with Dean Matsuda during the Move In Day.
Mayor Cahill helped with the Honors College Move In.

At 7:59am, members of the Rutgers student Move-in Team lined the sidewalk in front of the Honors College, pulling along with them red and gray moving bins amidst the gentle silence of early morning. The overcast sky and light breeze lent the atmosphere a somber tone, with an air of anticipation. 

“I Know What I Need to Do Now.”

Honors College Capstone Showcase 2019
Ted-Style Talk Presentation
Research Poster Presentation
As I watched and listened, the students got the feedback they’d been waiting for. After a year or more of hard work, almost fifty soon-to-graduate researchers, investigators, and creators were finishing up presentations of their projects at the annual Honors College Capstone Showcase on April 12, 2019.

Congratulations to the Winners of the Spring 2019 Forum Pitch Competition

Forum Winners - Spring 2019
Fifteen teams were chosen by peers this spring to present at the Forum plenary before a panel of judges from business and academia and approximately 250 peers. Congratulations to all of the teams who presented and to the six teams who placed—three chosen by the judges and a different three chosen by peers!
Subscribe to