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The Honors Program
Enrich Your Education
Ferris State University provides an excellent, career-focused education. The Honors
Program enriches it.
Honors is about getting more out of your college experience by putting more of yourself
in. We look for students who perform more brilliantly, seek more challenges, who are
more committed, more independent and want to take advantage of more opportunities.
You'll get a college experience made even better by special opportunities to volunteer,
study abroad, work with faculty on research projects and attend cultural events, all
with new friends who are as intellectually spirited and inquisitive as you are. However
you choose to engage, doing so will foster curiosity, dialogue and intellectual rigor.
The Honors Program costs nothing to join, and you won't have to take courses you don't
need.
Apply to Honors Now
(This form is used for both new students and transfer students)
Advantages of Being an Honors Student
The Honors Program enriches students' education both inside and outside the classroom.
Honors students work more closely with their professors, delve more deeply into course
material, gain leadership experience, and engage with their communities through cultural
events and service.
Honors students benefit from many other advantages as well, including:
Priority registration
Smaller classes
Special honors study abroad opportunity for incoming freshmen
Travel scholarships for study abroad and conference presentations
The opportunity to live in a single room and make friends in an Honors residence hall
An Honors advisor and an Honors peer mentor providing extra support
Honors-sponsored events, service projects, and free tickets to Ferris State Theatre
plays
Special honors admission program in the
Michigan College of Optometry
Co-sponsored events with the College of Pharmacy to learn about research opportunities
and admissions.
Eligibility for the Maude Bigford Scholarship and the Edwin Harris Memorial Honors
Scholarship, worth at least $600, after the first year; each is awarded annually to
one honors student through an application available in MyScholarships.
Completion of an honors certificate indicated at commencement, in the transcript,
and on the diploma
Honors Admission
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202 South Street
Big Rapids, MI 49307
(231) 591-2216
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