UGA Jere W. Morehead Honors College

UGA Jere W. Morehead Honors College The Jere W. Morehead Honors College at UGA provides an Honors education through smaller courses taught by UGA’s best professors.

Morehead Honors College at the University of Georgia enriches undergraduate experiences in and beyond the classroom through research, internship and travel-study opportunities. We also offer a wide range of opportunities for learning and growth that extend far beyond the classroom. These opportunities include a variety of programs that connect great students with great faculty, such as our book di

scussions, held in faculty members’ homes, and our lunchbox lectures, giving students the opportunity to learn about the latest work being done by faculty members. The Morehead Honors College's Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities, better known as CURO, makes it possible for all UGA students to conduct undergraduate research alongside faculty mentors. UGA Honors students regularly go not only beyond the classroom, but also beyond campus and to the far reaches of the state and the world.

Our first HTA Highlight of the semester goes to Spencer Krone! Spencer is a third-year from Zionsville, Indiana, majorin...
09/04/2026

Our first HTA Highlight of the semester goes to Spencer Krone!

Spencer is a third-year from Zionsville, Indiana, majoring in biochemistry & molecular biology with a minor in Chinese language & culture.

When asked how he thinks Honors teaching assistants (HTAs) help new Honors students, Spencer said they act as a “mentor for new students coming in so they can get tapped into the network and see how much community they have.” This semester, he hopes his class "takes away the connections they have with each other like I did.”

Beyond his role as an HTA, Spencer is the morale co-chair for UGA Miracle, president of Zeta Beta Tau – Mu Chapter fraternity, and works with Special Pops Tennis, an adaptive tennis program designed to share the lifetime sport of tennis with children and adults with disabilities.

Spencer’s fun fact: if he was any ice cream topping, he would be Oreo!

If you'd like to learn more about Honors and the HTA program, visit https://honors.uga.edu/academics/first-year-experience/introduction-to-honors/honors-teaching-assistants/.

Our next HISP Highlight goes to Sienna Wong!This summer, Sienna interned in Seoul, South Korea, through the Terry Colleg...
09/01/2026

Our next HISP Highlight goes to Sienna Wong!

This summer, Sienna interned in Seoul, South Korea, through the Terry College of Business's South Korea Internship Abroad program. She worked in quality assurance for Manyfast, an AI startup that helps users turn business ideas into visualized and developed plans. At her internship, Sienna conducted usability testing, improved the platform's English manual, and designed a new user onboarding experience. With her office located in the Start Up Hub in Gongdeok-dong, Sienna was fully immersed in Seoul's fast-paced startup culture, allowing her to observe not only her own company's workflow, but also how other startups collaborate, problem-solve, and iterate on their ideas.

"This experience improved my cross-cultural communication skills and broadened my global perspective, which is especially important in today's interconnected business world," Sienna said. "I now have a clearer understanding of how my major and certificates can be applied in real-world settings, and I feel more prepared to pursue future opportunities in the tech industry."

For more information about HISP, the Honors International Scholars Program, visit https://honors.uga.edu/scholarships/internal-scholarships/honors-international-scholars-program/.

Our first HISP Highlight of the semester is Lauren Smith!This summer, Lauren participated in the Music Therapy in Italy ...
08/19/2026

Our first HISP Highlight of the semester is Lauren Smith!

This summer, Lauren participated in the Music Therapy in Italy study abroad program. She spent time in Pisa and Tirrenia, learning from leading researchers in neonatology and neonatal music therapy. She worked at the Stella Maris Infant Lab for Early Intervention (SMILE Lab), and was immersed in Italian culture through cooking classes, city tours, and local traditions. Lauren also attended the World Congress of Music Therapy in Bologna, an international conference bringing together over 1,400 music therapists from 75 countries.

"This experiential learning made the Music Therapy in Italy study abroad program so impactful in supporting my studies, my personal development, and my goal of becoming a music therapist," Lauren said. "I am so grateful to the UGA Music Therapy professors, to the Honors International Scholars Program, and to all of the donors who have committed to making such incredible experiences possible."

For more information about HISP, visit https://honors.uga.edu/scholarships/internal-scholarships/honors-international-scholars-program/.

Four Honors alumni are represented in this year’s 40 Under 40 class for the University of Georgia! UGA’s 40 Under 40 ce...
07/23/2026

Four Honors alumni are represented in this year’s 40 Under 40 class for the University of Georgia!

UGA’s 40 Under 40 celebrates young alumni leading the pack in their industries and communities. Honors recipients for 2026 are J. Hillyer Jennings (BBA ’09), who is a partner at King & Spalding LLP; Georgia Evert O’Donoghue (BBA ’11), vice president of operations for AMB Sports and Entertainment and COO of the Atlanta World Cup Host Committee; Brittany Cassell Raway (AB ’10), partner at Alston & Bird LLP; and Harina Somasundaram (BSCSE ’20), senior data and AI architect and customer success manager at SAP.

Congratulations to you all!

We’re making history and leading the nation! For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Georgia has been recogniz...
07/02/2026

We’re making history and leading the nation! For the sixth consecutive year, the University of Georgia has been recognized as a top-performing institution for the prestigious Boren Awards. This week, we were officially ranked No. 1 with a record 18 Boren Scholar recipients!

Through the Boren program, UGA undergraduates will receive up to $25,000 in funding to study critical languages in countries like Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Brazil. In exchange, they commit to at least one year of federal service after graduation.

This remarkable achievement is a testament to the strength of UGA's outstanding Portuguese and Russian Language Flagship programs, the commitment of our students, and the dedication of our faculty and staff.

Congratulations to our 2026 Boren Scholars! Read more at https://news.uga.edu/uga-leads-nation-with-18-boren-scholars-in-2026/.

04/16/2026

Are you planning to attend the 2026 CURO Symposium on April 20-21? Hear from Wade Webb, an Honors undergraduate researcher at the Alabady Lab, about his research presentation and why he's excited to attend this year's symposium.

Learn more about the CURO Symposium here: https://curo.uga.edu/event/2026-curo-symposium/

🎥 Marlie Scoggins

On Thursday, April 9, Honors students visited the School of Social Work housed in the historic mill site on the North Oc...
04/15/2026

On Thursday, April 9, Honors students visited the School of Social Work housed in the historic mill site on the North Oconee River, learning about the school's mission over free burritos. Dean Philip Hong introduced students to the school's focus of policy, advocacy, community-based organizations, and human-centered practice in promoting change.

Then, students were led on a guided tour by Dr. Jane McPherson (pictured), an associate professor of social work and director of the Complex Cloth project, to see pieces of the brand-new, award-winning installation detailing the history of the former cotton mill.

Learn more about the Complex Cloth project on their website: https://complexcloth.org/

Congratulations to UGA juniors Vaughn Frost and Annie Mehta for being among 454 undergraduates across the country select...
04/08/2026

Congratulations to UGA juniors Vaughn Frost and Annie Mehta for being among 454 undergraduates across the country selected as this spring’s Barry Goldwater Scholars. The scholarship is the highest undergraduate award of its type for the fields of mathematics, engineering, and natural sciences and provides funding for students studying within these fields.

Vaughn is a Foundation Fellow, Stamps Scholar, and Honors mechanical engineering major, and Annie is a physics and astronomy major. They both started conducting research with their current labs in the spring of their freshman years, and both have worked with the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities, housed within the Honors College.

Vaughn’s primary research involves looking at the impeller blades in a rocket engine and how they vibrate as they increase the flow and pressure of a fluid. He’s searching for ways to avoid catastrophic failure, also known as resonance, in rocket engines to help make launches safer and to bring down construction costs.

Annie is working on a project to classify protoplanetary disks, which are the birthplaces of solar systems. Using high-performance computing to work with a high volume of observational datasets, she hopes to generate new information about key planetary formation conditions.

In the future, Vaughn plans to pursue a doctorate in mechanical engineering, specializing in acoustics, vibrations, and fluid-structure interactions. Annie plans to earn her doctorate in computational astrophysics.

UGA’s major scholarships office, housed in the Morehead Honors College, provides students across campus with assistance as they apply for national, high-level scholarships.

We had so much fun celebrating all our fall, spring, and summer Honors graduates at the annual Honors Banquet last Tuesd...
04/07/2026

We had so much fun celebrating all our fall, spring, and summer Honors graduates at the annual Honors Banquet last Tuesday! Alongside our graduates, we honored five outstanding faculty members and 12 students selected by the faculty and staff of their colleges for their achievement in academics and extracurriculars. We also presented our highest honor, the Morehead Award, to Joel Wooten for his commitment to the Honors College.

The faculty honored were Susan Rosenbaum, Fausto O. Sarmiento, Rubén Maíllo-Pozo, Maryann Gallagher, and Gulcan Saglam. The students honored were Sara Anis Ali, Bridget Goodman, Zahin Hoque, Nikita Jha, Audrey Knoper, Meagan McColloch, Keirsten Nizen, Widener Norris, Dominic Roselli, Gabriela Sanchez, Matthew Schmitt, and Erin Suh.

Congratulations to all of our 2025 and 2026 Honors graduates and our award recipients!

Are you interested in history, public and international affairs, journalism, sociology, psychology, African American stu...
04/06/2026

Are you interested in history, public and international affairs, journalism, sociology, psychology, African American studies, public health, nonprofit management, or social work? If so, please join us for an Honors Lunch & Learn field trip on Thursday, April 9, from noon–1:30 p.m. at the UGA School of Social Work (room 221). FREE Barberitos will be provided!

Explore how a historic mill building overlooking the North Oconee River connects to modern efforts in social change, policy, and advocacy. The event includes a welcome from Dean Philip Hong, a conversation with Student Ambassador Lilly Kirk from the nonprofit management and leadership program, and a guided tour led by Dr. Jane McPherson, featuring insights from her complex cloth project.

To attend, please register at network.honors.uga.edu.

Direct questions to [email protected].

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