"I would not be the student or person I am today without my Honors experience," says senior Ruth Moniz as she reflects on how one Honors College course led her to working on a nationally renowned psychology team.
Nikki Chen, Brittney Hudson-Smith and Desiree Jenkins are the University of South Carolina’s newest Presidential Management Fellows.
While working on her degree in nursing, Honors College student Natalie Trimble also served in Student Government and worked to better the larger Columbia community. For her efforts, Trimble is the recipient of the 2023 Steven N. Swanger Leadership Award.
A passion for helping others has led Honors student Shannon DePratter to participate in several service organizations while also completing her degree in biomedical engineering in just three years. DePratter is one of two winners of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award — the university’s highest student honor.
Kathleen Barnwell and Carlos Sanchez Julia are 2024 recipients of Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters scholarships.
Molly Conway, Shannon DePratter, Parker Huggins, Shruti Jadhav, Vansh Nagpal and Lydia Pless have been awarded scholarships from DAAD, the German Academic Exchange Service. This is the largest cohort of University of South Carolina students ever to earn DAAD funding for summer research and internships in Germany.
Eli Hatcher, Jahleel Johnson and Sophia Rowan have been awarded the 2024 Critical Language Scholarship for intensive language study.
Reese Lycan embodies the spirit of the Truman Scholarship. With an eye on becoming a physician, the Honors College junior also wants to advocate for better health care access, particularly for low-income residents of rural Appalachia.
An Honors College class is excavating the Horseshoe to raise awareness of the enslaved labor force that built the university. This is the first time in 51 years that archaeological research is being done at the heart of campus.
Three University of South Carolina Honors College students were awarded prestigious Goldwater scholarships Friday, March 29.
Between meeting Honors requirements and Carolina Band activities, Honors student Brayden Russell remains busy as he pursues a chemical engineering degree and prepares to perform at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Honors student Alex Alpert, a fourth-year mechanical engineering major, turned his childhood curiosity for how machines function into a passion for building machines to solve real world issues.
Honors student and McNair scholarship recipient Gracie Vess hopes to shape the future by becoming a high school history teacher.
During his internship in Kazakhstan last summer, McLean Brown gained not only a wealth of research experience but also a grandmother figure and friend named Zaya.
For the first time in over 50 years, USC has granted permission to conduct excavations on the Horseshoe for Honors students in the course Digging Through the Past: Exploring the Archaeological Resources of USC.
Since graduating from medical school, former student body president turned OB-GYN Ross Lordo has been making meaningful connections with patients in Greenville.
Honors senior Hana Donnelly is cofounder of USC’s first women’s club hockey team. The inaugural team finished their first season ranked second in the newfound College Hockey South Women’s Division.
Honors students contribute in the classroom by creating a traveling exhibit and conducting oral histories that will tell the story of Williams Furniture Company, the business started by Oliver Lafayette Williams, the “Williams” of today’s Williams-Brice Stadium.
Honors first-gen coordinator Amanda Heinsman is committed to championing for first-generation students’ success as USC invests in supportive infrastructure.
Honors student Meredith Rhodes is now is the final semester as a public major. Not only has she maintained a 4.0 GPA, but she's already been selected as a Carolina Law Research Scholar to attend the Joseph F. Rice School of Law.
One senior and three juniors have won the top awards in the annual South Carolina High School Writing Contest. Presented by the South Carolina Honors College, the contest asks the same question each year: How can we make South Carolina better?
Honors College students Anusha Ghosh and Muskaan Makkar and Capstone Scholar Hima Vadlamani are the 2023 winners of the nationwide Tulane Health Policy Case Competition, which invited undergraduate students to propose solutions to New Orleans’ homelessness crisis.
Dean Steven Lynn shares an update on the state of the South Carolina Honors College and the many exciting things ahead.
Following in his father's footsteps, Roger Barnette attended the University of South Carolina, loved his college experience and learned what he needed to have successful career. Now he's helping the Honors College recruit today's top talent from the Atlanta area and beyond.
Having lived in Amsterdam, Brazil, Paris and Washington, D.C., Coy Gibson is happy to be in his home state of South Carolina. And with good reason: His position as director of finance and operations of the Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina allows him to boost the Palmetto State’s reputation as a forward-moving place to live.