Why we need your support
Our Honors College students benefit from small classes, leadership development and community-building opportunities. Your gifts will be used to help them realize their potential while making a difference in our community, our state and the world. Within the Honors College, there are three offices that also support student achievement.
The Office of Undergraduate Research provides unparalleled opportunities for all students to pursue knowledge under the mentorship of renowned faculty.
The ASPIRE Office provides support for students who want to apply for graduate school, law school and/or nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships such as Rhodes, Fulbright, Goldwater and Truman.
The Pre-Health Professional Development Office allows for rigorous preparation for students who plan to apply to medical, dental or other health professional schools.
How you can help
We encourage you to give to one of the listed priority funds. With the ever-increasing need for scholarship assistance, a gift to any scholarship fund in the Honors College is greatly appreciated.
Greatest Need
University Honors Program Fund – 2V153:
- Provides opportunities for academic exploration and experiential learning activities, including further development through living and learning communities.
- Gives assistance to students to allow them broader access to recruitment, networking and professional preparation opportunities on and off campus.
- Helps students take advantage of shadowing, research and internship opportunities that enhance their applications to health professional schools.
- Supports tools for research, travel expenses and conference fees to support undergraduate presentations, costs associated with research publication and activities to promote undergraduate presentation opportunities.
Other Scholarships
Michelle L. Varga Esposito and Patrick R. Esposito II Honors College Faculty Fellows Fund – 2W1871
Established by former Honors Program student Patrick Esposito II and his wife, Michelle, this fund supports the Honors College Faculty Fellows Program activities focused on the delivery of courses to Honors students in neuroscience, psychology, biology, chemistry, biochemistry, other life sciences, economics, mathematics, physics, or engineering.
William and Karen Collins Experiential Learning Endowment Scholarship – 3V390
Endowed by the former Director of the WVU Honors Program, this scholarship provides funds to support students in experiential learning opportunities in the upper division of the WVU Honors College to include:
- Study abroad assistance
- Research opportunities, including funding for research supplies and travel to conferences
- Internships
Irvin Stewart Memorial Fund – 3S226
Assist students applying for nationally competitive scholarships or fellowships. Supports may include travel costs to scholarship interviews, supplemental funding for study abroad awards, and research project development.
