Honors Colloquium

[From Latin: com+loqui: "To talk together."]

"Colloquium" is Latin for dialogue or conversation. The Honors Colloquium series brings the members of our college together four times per semester to celebrate the life of the mind. Honors Colloquia provide us the chance to meet scholars, artists, and leaders from our region and nation. Past Honors Colloquium guests include best-selling author Tara Westover (Educated: A Memoir), marine biologist John Ryan (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute), and traditional Irish folk music group The Brock McGuire Band. Each year the Honors College hosts two traditional events that are open to the entire campus: our team-trivia contest, Global Quiz Night, and our student research showcase, The Lyceum. 

Fall 2025 Schedule:

Saturday, August 23: Convocation - 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., White Lobby (Cowan Center)

Annual meeting to kick off the academic year, welcome the freshmen cohort and team build.

Tuesday, September 23: Ethics Day - 6 p.m., Mabry Theatre (University Center)

In collaboration with the Center for Ethics, Dr. Joel MacClellan, Asst. Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University, will present a talk on environmental and animal ethics.

Thursday, October 30: Global Quiz Night - 6 p.m., Holiday Inn (5701 S Broadway Ave)

Join us for a festive night of team-trivia and costume contests!

Friday, November 14: Honors Film Festival - 7 p.m., Liberty Hall (Downtown Tyler)

Sponsored by the Tyler Film Festival, experience an exciting collection of Honors student short films on the big screen at the historic Liberty Hall on the Downtown Tyler square!

If you have to miss an Honors Colloquium:

All Honors College students must attend all four Honors Colloquia each semester. Invariably, things come up that prevent students from attending. If you must miss an Honors Colloquium, you can attend another campus event from the list of approved events featured in the weekly Honors Dispatch email. After attending the make-up event, email K'Lin Noble a 100-word essay detailing your experience in a Microsoft Word document titled as your first and last name. In your email, be sure to include which colloquium you missed. Make-up events will not be counted if you fail to submit the required 100-word essay before the deadline or submit the essay in a format other than the one detailed above. All colloquium make-ups must be turned in by December 8, 2025. Plan ahead and do make-ups earlier rather than later.

Students who do not attend the requisite four colloquia per semester risk losing their membership in the Honors College and their Honors scholarship.