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Awarded to new first-year Ohio residents who achieve a perfect ACT or SAT test score.

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University Honors Program Celebrates 40 Years

Chip Tuson | September 18, 2025

Since 1985, The Ohio State University Honors Program has offered high-achieving students the opportunity to pursue an advanced curriculum of study among a network of like-minded peers and faculty. The University Honors Program unified the Honors experience at Ohio State from what began as disparate programs across the university as the modern Honors model grew in popularity in the late 20th centu...
Honors Faculty Feature: Tyler Shepfer

August 25, 2025

Tyler "Ty" Shepfer is the director of the Honors Cohort Program at Ohio State's Fisher College of Business. It's a two year MBA-like experience for the undergraduates during their junior and senior year.
Apply Now: 2026 Stamps Eminence Scholarship at Ohio State

August 6, 2025

The Ohio State University Honors and Scholars Center is pleased to announce that the Stamps Eminence Scholarship Program application for 2026 is now open. The deadline to apply is Monday, November 10, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. EST. The Stamps Eminence Scholarship Program provides a full cost-of-attendance scholarship to exceptional incoming first-year students who demonstrate a strong commitment t...