UIC Honors College

Happy Pride Month from the UIC Honors College 🏳️‍🌈

REMINDER! The Honors College operations will be remote on Fridays from June 1st - July 31st (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM). 🐶💻 Mondays - Thursdays, the office will be open 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM.

✨ Meet the Student!

✏️ Name: Hamzeh Adi

🎓 Major/Minor: Pharmaceutical Sciences/Biology

💭 What are you looking forward to in this new year?

Pharmacy school and making great connections

Meet the Student! 🎓

✏️ Name: Kaosisochukwu Ogochukwu

🎓 Major/Minor: Biology/Professional Writing

💭 What are you looking forward to in this new year?

I am looking forward to stepping into new opportunities.

We at the Honors College are sad to see our Assistant Dean for Recruitment and Admissions, David Boyd, start a new chapter. From being our resident DJ and horror movie guru to a true champion of the mission of the UIC Honors College, David has made a lasting impact on our community.

And as if the occasion wasn’t special enough, today also happens to be his birthday! 🎂✨

Happy birthday, David, and best of luck on your next adventure 🎉

A HUGE congratulations 🎉✨ to Cristian Baeza, Academic Advisor & Program Specialist, for being named an Outstanding Advisor in the 2026 Undergraduate Advising Awards🏆

The Outstanding Advisor Award recognizes advising professionals in direct advising or administrative roles who demonstrate a command of the core competencies of advising and model UIC's mission in their daily work.

Meet our New Fall 2026 Honors College Ambassadors! 😎 Meet our Honors Ambassadors for Fall 2025!!! They are here to help you with your Honors College questions and welcome you to the community! 🌟🌟🌟

Two Honors students featured in UIC Stories about how UIC unlocks 🔓 powerful opportunities for undergraduate research 🔭🎨. Full story in bio 🔗

First Slide: Honors student and art history major Kathryn Hogue details their research in the museums of Venice, Italy. (Photo courtesy of Kathryn Hogue)

Second Slide: Erin Slaten is a senior College of Nursing and Honors student who was supported by an Honors College Research Grant. Slaten, a first-generation college student, has been compiling the lived experiences of mothers using supplements during pregnancy. (Photo Anthony Jackson)