Radford University Honors Academy

Message from the Director

The Honors Academy provides academic opportunities for motivated and intellectually mature students and recognizes outstanding student achievement. The Academy includes the honors curriculum and a residential community in Floyd and Peery Residence Halls. The RU Honors Academy exists as an instantiation of as close to an ideal "community of learners" as possible, that fosters collaborative scholarship, both between students as well as between students and faculty. The Honors Academy also promotes intercultural experiences, including study abroad, and leadership opportunities as integral components of an Honors Education at Radford University.

Outcomes of an Honors Education at RU:

As a result of the Honors Experience at Radford University the Highlander Scholar Graduate should:

• Embrace challenging, novel situations that require creativity, critical thinking, and adaptability
• seek out situations that expand one's intellectual and interpersonal boundaries
• display an enthusiasm for learning
• integrate knowledge across disciplines
• seek experiences with persons whose ethnic, religious, or socioeconomic background is different from one's own

• Solve meaningful problems through research and creative activities
• participate in research/creative activities with faculty mentors
• produce their own research/creative works for public or professional review

• Display significant competence in speaking, writing, and interpersonal skills that facilitate both autonomous and collaborative endeavors in professional settings
• communicate effectively in a variety of settings
• demonstrate effective group skills, both as leader and follower

• Demonstrate personal and academic integrity
• exhibit behavior that is characterized by honesty

• Contribute to the community at-large as an informed citizen and volunteer
• act to solve problems facing the academic, local, national or global communities
• serve in a voluntary capacity to improve the welfare of others
• participate in international or intercultural study, work or volunteer experiences

Click here to visit the Honors Academy website.