Press Release:
The following students are enrolled in the University at Buffalo Honors College for the 2023-24 academic year:
- Aaron Bacon of Basom
- Richard Denson of Bergen
- Lydia Evans of Batavia
- Katarina Luker of Alexander
- Erik Maier of Oakfield
- Ella Mattice of Le Roy
- Morgan Reimer of Batavia
- Elli Schelemanow of Byron
- Auburn Schwartzmeyer of Bergen
- Alexandria Tarbell of Corfu
University at Buffalo is New York State's flagship and the largest and most comprehensive institution in the State University of New York system.
The University at Buffalo Honors College supports and challenges academically gifted students to strengthen their studies and explore their interests across the disciplines.
Currently, 1,661 of UB's 19,118 undergraduate students are enrolled in the Honors College. The college welcomed 587 first-year students for fall 2023 - the largest and most diverse Honors class yet.
"The Honors College's enriching and individualized curriculum spans a student's undergraduate career and offers a small college experience within a large research university," Honors College Academic Director Patrick McDevitt says. "We foster leadership, independence, creativity, undergraduate research, global perspectives and civic engagement."
Honors scholars enjoy many benefits designed to foster academic and personal success - including personalized advisement, faculty mentorship, priority registration, access to unique funding opportunities, specialized living communities and a network of global honors alumni.
Honors scholars must maintain a 3.300 undergraduate Grade Point Average (GPA) during the first year and at least a 3.500 undergraduate GPA in each successive year to graduate with an overall GPA of 3.500.
