Student Resources and Opportunities

To make sure you are on track to complete your Honors College program requirements, you should check the Honors College Student Handbook for your catalog year. All Honors College Student Handbooks for current students can be found here.

During their academic career, all students can benefit from the assistance of a trained tutor. 

The testWELL Learning Center provides free tutoring services available to all West Virginia University undergraduate students. All testWELL tutors are certified and members of the National Tutoring Association. Appointments are not required: the testWELL Learning Center is open for walk-in tutoring four nights a week while classes are in session.

The testWELL Learning Center is open to all students every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 7-10 p.m. in Honors Hall.

The testWELL Learning Center is also open to all students every Monday and Wednesday from 7-10 p.m. in Lincoln Hall. Students needing weekly study lab hours for their majors are encouraged to go to the Brook Tower Study Lab M-63C every Monday & Wednesday from 7–10 p.m. 

Learn more about the testWELL Learning Center.

Honors College students have a variety of options open to them for earning Honors credits, from innovative topics courses from our Honors Faculty Fellows to research or study abroad.  Learn more about all of your options for earning Honors credit.

Honors College students should take advantage of the many opportunities available to them for academic enrichment. Some of those opportunities can be found below.

Want to become a tutor? Honors College students should consider applying to the testWELL Learning Center. Accepted students will receive training and gain membership and certification from the National Tutoring Association.

Students accepted into the program near the end of fall semester are required to sign up for HONR 201: Peer Tutoring (spring semester) and HONR 301 Advanced Peer Tutoring (fall semester) and to pass the certification exam. 

Students have the opportunity to mentor incoming Honors College first-time freshmen through the Honors Mentoring Program. 

Learn more about the Honors Mentoring Program here.

• Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP), which allows freshmen, sophomores and juniors with limited university research experience to use federal work-study funds or gain course credit for undergraduate research apprenticeships with WVU research faculty in both STEM and non-STEM fields; and
  
• Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE), an eight-week summer undergraduate research experience for students interested in careers in research or graduate school within their disciplines 

Mountaineer Undergraduate Research Review (MURR)

Presenting Your Research

Assistance Applying to Nationally Competitive Scholarships and Fellowships

Students interested in applying to nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships should schedule an appointment with the ASPIRE Office. 

The ASPIRE Office staff provide individual support for West Virginia University students applying to these scholarships and fellowships, working with students on personal statements, mock interviews, and soliciting letters of reference.  Among the approximately 20 nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships the ASPIRE Office works with are: Boren Scholarships, Critical Language Scholarships, Fulbright, Freeman-ASIA, Gates Cambridge, Gilman, Goldwater, Hertz, NSF Graduate Research Fellowships, Rhodes, Schwarzman, Truman and more.

The Robert F. Munn Library Scholars Award is presented annually to a graduating Honors student for outstanding research contributions in the humanities or social sciences that have culminated in the production of an exceptional thesis or capstone research paper. More information on the Robert F. Munn Library Scholars Award and how to apply is available here . 

One or more students are selected each year as Honors College Outstanding Graduates. The award is granted by a committee of Honors faculty and staff. Nominations can be made by any West Virginia University student, alumni, faculty member or advisor (with the exception of full-time employees of the Honors College). Nominations are due by mid-April each year. More information on the J and C Nath Outstanding Honors Graduate Award and how to apply is available here.

Please note that students must meet all graduation requirements and deadlines from the Registrar's Office, as well as their academic college, in order to graduate. Students apply separately to receive Honors College recognition.

Graduating seniors participate in the Honors Medallion Ceremony. More information on this ceremony can be found on our Events page.

Honors Foundations Scholars

Honors students entering the Honors College and West Virginia University as first-time freshmen starting Fall 2017 are part of the two-year Honors Foundations Program. Most students will complete the requirements of this program in four semesters, at the end of their sophomore year. More information will be available on applying to complete the program in the coming months. Information on program requirements and applying to complete the program will be found on the Honors Foundation Program page.