Ways to get involved
How will you get involved?
Building Our Community Through Involvement: The Honors College Experience
The Honors College offers a wide range of enrichment activities, including guest speakers, service learning programs, Honors faculty discussions, reading groups, cultural events and trips, and a variety of other opportunities. In addition to attending these events, student leadership positions are available to Honors students in a variety of areas. For more information regarding the opportunities listed below, email the Honors College at honors@bgsu.edu or call us at 419-372-8504.
Explore student opportunities below.
Honors Fellows
Honors Fellows are a community of HLC students committed to furthering the mission of the HLC through cultivating relationships, developing intellectual and social programming, and serving as liaisons among HLC residents, Honors staff, and Founders Hall staff.
Intro to Honors Leaders
These returning students help facilitate the Intro to Honors orientation program. Introduction to Honors is a comprehensive program designed to welcome, orient, and prepare students as they join the Honors College. Interested in joining? Please email honors@bgsu.edu.
Honors College Ambassador
Ambassadors serve as positive student representatives for the Honors College at various recruitment events for prospective BGSU Honors students. They speak with these prospective students both one-on-one and in groups. They may also provide tours within Honors Housing.
Student Advisory Board (SAB)
Student Advisory Board (SAB) members provide advice regarding the evolution of the Honors College. In particular, SAB members offer input related to program requirements, course offerings, faculty and staff expectations, student involvement, and learning community expectations.
Honors Student of Color Group
BGSU Honors Students of Color seeks to equip our multicultural students with the confidence and tools to successfully navigate their experience not only in the Honors College but at BGSU. We hope to foster a healthy and safe space for our students of color to develop the skills to become the best versions of themselves.
National Honors Societies
Receiving an invitation to join a National Honor Society is a great recognition. It can help you enhance your professional development and leadership skills, gain access to scholarships, and meet long-term goals. However, it is important to know that the societies you choose to join will actually provide you with these opportunities, and that they don't exist just to make a profit. BGSU endorses a number of prestigious Honor Societies, including Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD), Mortar Board (Fayetta M. Paulson Chapter), Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. You do not need to be a member of the Honors College to join. Keep in mind there are other Honor Societies on campus, as well as a plethora of other student organizations to join. You can see a full list on the BGSU Presence portal.
ALD is the Honors Society for First-Year Academic Success. ALD recognizes those students, from any major, who have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or higher after their first semester. BGSU has an active, student-led ALD chapter on campus that utilizes ALD's five pillars of academics, scholarships, career and leadership development, service and belonging to guide their programming.
Mortar Board is the Honor Society recognizing rising college juniors and seniors, from any major, for superior achievement in scholarship, leadership, and service. BGSU has an active, student-led Mortar Board chapter on campus. Membership provides many opportunities including professional and leadership development, graduate fellowship opportunities, well-being and mental health resources, and more.
Phi Beta Kappa is the Honor Society recognizing excellence in the arts and sciences, with BGSU's top 10% of liberal arts and sciences rising juniors and seniors being invited to join. This Honor Society is uniquely equipped to advocate for the value and benefits of liberal arts and sciences education. Membership provides opportunities for awards, fellowships and scholarships, lifelong learning, and professional development.
Phi Kappa Phi is the Honor Society recognizing BGSU's top 10% of rising seniors and graduate students and top 7.5% of rising juniors. The mission is to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others. Membership provides opportunities for many grants, awards, and graduate fellowship opportunities.
Updated: 07/10/2026 02:27PM