Honors Program at Roosevelt University

Students build their Honors schedule in a multitude of ways. There is no one way to experience our program! Swipe to see our Honors Program Assistants’ various activities throughout a typical day!

On April 23rd, the Honors program held an open house to celebrate our graduating seniors on successfully completing all program requirements. We exchanged stories, delighted in hearing students’ post-college plans, and shared a treat or two! Please join us in congratulating them!

This is our last student spotlight for the 2025-2026 academic year! We are excited to highlight Zoe Hutchinson, a graduating student from California! To learn more about Zoe and her experience in Honors, click the link in bio to read our latest blog post!

Coffee, collaboration, and big ideas ☕️✨ Honors 399 students took their work beyond the classroom by enjoying coffee while making meaningful progress on their senior theses together.

Huge applause to each of our senior Honors students who defended their thesis project this semester! The dedication displayed by each student is nothing short of aspiring! Read our blog post highlighting the Honors Thesis Defense (link in bio and below)!

https://blogs.roosevelt.edu/honors/2026/04/20/honors-senior-thesis-defense-spring-2026/

Graduating seniors: Please join us next Thursday 04/23 during common hour (12:20-1:20) to celebrate completing the Honors Program. We’ll have your Honors graduation cord, special acknowledgements, and some treats. We hope to see you there!

Our latest Honors blog is live 🇺🇸✨ Take a look at our Model Illinois Government experience and what we learned along the way!

Join us this Thursday at 4:00 PM for movie night! We’ll be watching the Wizard of Oz! Food and refreshments will be served. Celebrate the end of an amazing school year with us! 🌈🏡

The honors program includes a research project (or capstone project) for students to participate in their senior year. Senior honor students take two courses to prepare and navigate them through the process. Senior honor students develop their research project throughout the year, which they publicly defend at the end of the semester. Students chose a topic passionate to them and related to their field.

This upcoming Tuesday, Justus Peters will present his honors senior thesis defense on Financial Literacy as an Institutional Design. We applaud Justus for his contributions and dedication to honors! We are so excited for his upcoming presentation!

Nearly one month ago, we hosted the mini-simulation for Model Illinois Government (MIG). This is MIG’s third year at Roosevelt and we are beyond excited to share the organization’s journey and experience this year! To learn more about the organization and to support our student delegates, read our blog post using the following link or by locating the link in our bio: https://blogs.roosevelt.edu/honors/2026/03/09/mig-mini-simulation/.

Stay tuned for more on MIG!

We thank all of the colleges and universities that attended the MIG mini simulation. We also thank the delegates for their dedication and exceptional participation.

During the mini simulation, delegates analyzed and debated four legislative bills ranging in firearm laws, healthcare, criminal law, and school policy. Delegates will convene in Springfield, Illinois for the final MIG simulation in two weeks! Stay tuned for upcoming MIG blog posts!

Congratulations to the delegates in their achievements! We look forward to hearing about their experience in Springfield!