The Honors College
The Honors College is a community of developing scholars that includes some of the best teaching professors and some of the brightest and most serious students at UAlbany. The students are earlier in their development as scholars, and the faculty are further along, but all are refining and enhancing their abilities to create knowledge.
Are you a student applying to UAlbany, one of our current first-year students, or a UAlbany professor interested in a challenging and intense classroom experience, a collaborative research experience, and a residence experience focused on fun and hard work? Come join us!
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Many Honors Students Receive Presidential Leadership Awards
Congratulations to all these honors students. Good for you!
The Distinguished Scholar-Leader Award recognizes and honors one graduating senior who best exemplifies the scholar-leader-service ideal by demonstrating academic excellence, effective leadership in the University community, and a commitment to serving others.
Jennifer Pollard
The Ada Craig Walker Award is given to a graduating senior woman who “in judgment of the faculty best typifies the ideals of the University.”
Laura Colaneri
The Outstanding Senior Award recognizes seniors who have contributed greatly to the University during the course of their undergraduate careers. This award is among the highest conferred upon undergraduates.
Fatima Aboul-Seoud
Lauren Bailey
Laura Colaneri
Heather Goldstein
Mariela Mihaylova
Meghan Nyman
The Great Dane Award is given to a student who has demonstrated leadership in several co-curricular activities or significant leadership in one such activity.
Marc Cohen
Corine Giroux
Ryan Heller
Brian Junquera
Dana Kamens
Laura Kenneally
Matthew Krush
Ani Levine
Teresa Regis
Jenn Rounds
Courtney Stern
Alex Talamo
Natalie Wallace
Christina Wedderburn
The Academic Leadership Award recognizes student leadership in academic settings such as the classroom, the research laboratories and other research settings, and internship sites.
Kevin Spiletic
The Chapel House Award is given to an individual whose record of accomplishments reflects significant contributions to Chapel House and the University.
Donovan Adams
The Athletes Leadership Award recognizes athletes who participate in Division 1 sports, intramurals, or club sports whose leadership has transcended their sport.
Emily Fiorini
The University Governance Leadership Award recognizes students who have provided important leadership to the campus by taking an active role in student government.
Joseph Bassell
Great Dane Ambassadors Award recognizes students who have demonstrated leadership in their study abroad experiences: succeeding academically, making many new friends, and serving as a good ambassador for UAlbany and the United States.
Andrew Chang
Three Honors Students Receive the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence
Three of the ten students from UAlbany who recently received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence are graduating seniors in The Honors College. Congratulations to: 
Lauren Bailey (Political Science major)
Meghan Nyman (Public Administration major)
Jenn Pollard (Human Biology major)
Congratulations to Our New Honors Students
Thirty-three UAlbany first-year students were recently welcomed to The Honors College at a reception hosted by current first-year honors students. The new honors students are: Roi Ankawa, Brittany Bourne, Michael Brewster, Mare Cohen, Celia D'Agostino, Gennaro Delli Carpini, Alex DePalma, Trista Dockstader, Martin Gorrie, Ashley Gush, Hai Man He, Merel Hermans, Young Sun Kim, Joohyon Lee, Hui Lin, Ashely Milosevic, Jiang Nam, Tyanni Niles, Tyler Paladino, Ge Qu, Hyannah Qualey, Jeffrey Rosenheck, Alexandria Sarenski, Kristen Seaman, Da Zhi Su, Zubair Syed, Patrick Tine, Kidane Tweolde, Ferdinand Valentin, Neil Waffenschmidt, Aisha Abdul Wahab, David Yang, and Peter Zambetti.
Get Involved!
Honors students are involved in clubs, sports, honors societies, and groups across campus.
Honors Events
Honors events for the spring semester are all finished. Fall events will be listed beginning in August. If you are interested, you can see a fuller description of all of this year's events.
