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. 

Spring 2026 Schedule:

Tuesday, January 27: Dirk Mateer - 6pm, Mabry Theatre

UT Austin economics professor Dirk Mateer, author of several books and articles on not just the basics of economics but also the economics of popular culture, will be joining us.

Wednesday, February 11: Honors Film Festival - 6 p.m., Mabry Theatre

Experience the exciting collection of student short films created last semester for Dr. LeBlanc's HNRS 2351 class!

Thursday, March 19: Dionysia - 6pm, UC Ballroom

Come support your fellow honors students as they showcase their various skills at the annual LOGOS talent show!

Friday, April 17: Lyceum - all day (UC 3rd floor)

The annual UT Tyler Honors College Research Symposium! Open to graduate and undergraduate students, this showcase highlights all the fascinating, interesting, and original research our students are undertaking.

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.