U. of MD Honors College

09/03/2026

📣 Honors Ambassador applications are open! Are you interested in representing the Honors College at open houses, Q&A panels, and other recruitment events? Check out this great opportunity to support the Honors College and join a great community of fellow ambassadors. The first info session is today, in-person, at 6-7 p.m. in Anne Arundel Hall. There will be two more virtual info sessions over the next couple of weeks! Applications are due on September 20.

Learn more and apply at go.umd.edu/ha26 (link in bio).

09/01/2026

Join us for our Honors College Ice Cream Social on Friday, October 2, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Anne Arundel Hall! We will have pre-scooped flavors from the Maryland Dairy (including dairy-free and kosher options). Take a break to enjoy some ice cream with friends.

05/20/2026

Congratulations to all who received awards at our Honors Awards Celebration on May 6! It was a wonderful event, with awards presented by the Honors College and our living-learning programs to outstanding students, faculty, and staff. Also, check out that beautiful cake!

We are so proud of all the awardees and grateful for their participation in our Honors community. The full list of awardees can be found at the link in our bio.

📸 Amina Lampkin

12/03/2025

Congratulations to the students who received awards at our Fall 2025 Honors College Citation Ceremony last month! The awards fell into four main categories that recognize academic excellence, research, service, and leadership.

Family Endowed Scholarships
Konikoff-Rudman Family Scholarship: Jayden Clugston (IBH)
Labonski Family Scholarship: Nia Jolivet (HGLO)
Morinigo Family Scholarship: Madison Harris (ACES)
O’Rourke Family Scholarship: Ethan Tran (UH) and Nelson Zheng (UH)

Honors College Research Grant
Kenna Costello (GEMS / Biology Honors Program)
Alex Emmert (Linguistics Honors Program)
William Finch (Biology Honors Program)
Xiang Luo (Neuroscience Honors Program)
Bhavya Nileshkumar Patel (Aerospace Honors Program)
Savannah Robbins (Psychology Honors Program)
Bhargav Srinivasan (GEMS / Entomology Honors Program)
Akemi Takeuchi (Aerospace Honors Program)
Akash Raghu (IBH / Biology Honors Program)

David Goff Scholarship
This scholarship honors an Integrated Life Sciences student who demonstrates exceptional achievement, service in life-science-related areas, and a clear commitment to a medical career. This year’s awardee is Amrutha Alibilli, a neuroscience double major with minors in Spanish and data science.

Portz Outstanding Honors Student Awards
Madeline Anson (ACES), Beatriz Moreira Leite (DCC), Tami Mumuney (GEMS), Carmela DeLlano Hernandez (HGLO), Noora Ghahremani (HH), Urszula Cieslak (IBH), James Szot (ILS), Laila Wilson (UH)

Read the full story at go.umd.edu/hcaward25 or at the link in our bio.

📸 Akash Raghu

09/10/2025

Check out these highlights from our Convocation Ceremony a couple of weeks ago, welcoming our first-year students to the Honors College! Highlights included Testudo, inspirational student speakers, an incredible Indian classical dance performance, and the traditional ringing of the Honors bell.

Here’s to new friends and new beginnings! ✨



📸 Amina Lampkin

09/09/2025

Our next Honors ice cream social is coming up on Tuesday, September 30! Stop by Anne Arundel for free Maryland Dairy scoops and create a vision board for the new year! ✨ 🍨

05/27/2023

📣 Heads up! The Honors College Anne Arundel Hall location will be closed from June 1 until at least August 4 for building renovations. We hope to reopen Monday, August 7. Staff will be working remotely during this time. Contact [email protected] for general inquiries or [email protected] for admissions-related matters. We apologize for any inconvenience.

05/22/2023

Congratulations to all of the Honors students who received a 2023 Do Good Medallion! Each awardee is recognized for their dedicated commitment to social impact and innovation and their efforts to bolster the University of Maryland's impact as the nation's first Do Good Campus. Recipients include students who were Do Good Accelerator Fellows, Do Good Ambassadors, Impact Interns, Do Good student workers, or finalists or semi-finalists in the Do Good Challenge.

This year, the Honors College had students from University Honors - University of Maryland, Design Cultures & Creativity, University of Maryland, Gemstone Program, Honors Humanities at the University of Maryland and Integrated Life Sciences UMD among the Do Good medallion awardees.

https://dogood.umd.edu/news/60-students-receive-2023-do-good-medallion

Do Good Institute

The Class of 2023 is full of bold thinkers, chance takers and difference makers who are passionate about doing good on campus, in their communities and throughout their careers. The Do Good Institute is happy to award 60 of these driven Terps who make up the Class of 2023 with a Do Good Medallion.

05/18/2023

Congratulations to all of the (many!) Honors students named senior marshals for this year's commencement ceremony! The senior marshals, who carry the banners for schools, colleges and departments, are Spring, Winter and Summer graduates who have stood out during their time at the University of Maryland for academic excellence, service to the university community, noteworthy extracurriculars and good character.

https://today.umd.edu/nearly-80-terps-honored-as-senior-marshals

Program Recognizes Students for Academic, Extracurricular and Personal Accomplishments

05/17/2023

Congratulations to Gemstone student Isha Yardi '23 on being named this year's university medalist! Sriya Potluri '23 (ILS), Tesia Shi '23 (Gemstone) and Jerry Yang '23 (Gemstone) were also among the highly selective list of finalists.

The highest honor bestowed on a graduating senior, the university medal commends academic achievement, service to the community and exceptional character. Finalists earned at least a 3.96 GPA and 60 or more credits during their undergraduate career at UMD.

https://today.umd.edu/one-medalist-four-finalists-embody-terp-spirit

Gemstone Program Integrated Life Sciences UMD

Seniors Make a Lasting Mark Through Service, Achievement