Honors Colloquia

[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 2026 Schedule:

Saturday, August 22: Convocation - Soules College of Business

Join us for our annual fall kick-off event where we celebrate the upcoming academic year with lunch, a short business meeting, and a fun team-building activity!

Freshman Breakfast: 9am-10:30am

Convocation: 11am-2pm

Tentative Tuesday, September 22: TBA

Speaker to be announced soon!

Friday, October 23: Global Quiz Night - 6pm, Historic Mayfair Building (415 Fair Park Drive)

Build your team and create your costumes for a night of team trivia, giveaways, and a costume contest. It may just be the best night of your life!

 

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 attachment (not a link) 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 April 27, 2026. 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.