Honors Program Events

Remember, all Honors Students need to attend at least four (4) extracurricular intellectual campus events per regular academic year (Fall and Spring semesters). And every Honors Students must participate in at least one (1) Honors Book Discussion (though you are welcome to join as many discussions as you like each year).

Copies of the readings for Honors Book Discussions will be available to borrow from the Director’s Office in Honors House by the start of each semester.

Upcoming Events:

Fall 2025 Honors Speaker Series

• Date & Time: Thursday, October 16, 11 am – Noon (tentative)
• Location: TBD
• Speaker: TBD
• Topic: TBD

Fall 2025 Honors Book Discussion #1

• Date & Time: Thursday, October 2, 11am-Noon
• Location: Miller, Room 104
• Discussion Leader: Dr. Conswellor Ogden, TITLE
• Book: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me

Fall 2025 Honors Book Discussion #2

• Date & Time: Thursday, November 15, 11am-Noon
• Location: Pettigrew, Room 110
• Discussion Leader: Dr. Hamidah Sharif-Amanyi, TITLE
• Book: Leah Penniman, Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land

Spring 2026 Honors Book Discussion #1  

• Date & Time: Tuesday, January 17, 11am-Noon
• Location: Pettigrew, Room 110
• Discussion Leader: Dr. Harvey Beasley, TITLE
• Book: Jarvis Jay Masters, That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row

Spring 2026 Honors Book Discussion #2  

• Date & Time: Tuesday, April 7, 11am-Noon
• Location: Miller, Room 104
• Discussion Leader: Dr. Asha Warren, TITLE
• Book: W. E. B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk

Spring 2026 Honors Speaker Series

• Date & Time: TBD
• Location: TBD
• Speaker: TBD
• Topic: TBD