Marquette’s University Honors Program is designed for intellectually curious, academically engaged students who want to learn in a close-knit community of their peers at the heart of a vibrant research university. Its broadly based, interdisciplinary curriculum addresses our most pressing contemporary challenges with cutting-edge knowledge and research and the wisdom of centuries of Jesuit values and pedagogy. Our Honors values and learning outcomes emphasize curiosity and open-mindedness, active listening and dialogue, breadth of learning and experience, and a commitment to equity, justice, and human rights.
The UHP offers two ways to participate in Honors: Core Honors, in which students follow an Honors version of the Marquette Core Curriculum throughout their undergraduate career; and Disciplinary Honors, in which students do Honors work in their majors. Students may participate in either program or both. Core Honors is open to incoming first-year students, who apply after being accepted to Marquette; students apply to Disciplinary Honors programs in their sophomore year. For more information on both programs, view our values and learning outcomes, browse our website, or contact us!
Fall 2025 Honors Undergraduate
Research Fair
Join us on Wednesday Nov. 12, 4-5:30 pm, in the Sensenbrenner atriums. The Annual Research Fair includes a browsing session with posters and light refreshments will be served. Here's a full listing of this year's recipients including their research titles and project mentors.
New Course Offering in Spring 2026
Are you looking to broaden your college experience or get more involved? Want to make the most of being an Honors student at a Jesuit university? Then register for a new class HOPR 1964H More Than Your Major, open to all honors students and taught by Lindsay Daigle on Mondays 1-1:50pm. It's a one-credit course which will count as one honors elective credit. For more information: HOPR 1964H "More Than Your Major”
Honors Student Highlights
Ryan Smith was featured in Marquette Today for receiving the Fulbright Summer fellowship to study film and cinema at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom for a three-week film program. Read the full article here.
Natalia Beans received the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship to aid in furthering her STEM endeavors. Read the full story here.
Madelyn Filer was featured in Marquette Today for winning the 2025 Student Employee of the Year award for her position as an undergraduate research assistant with the Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering Center Outreach Lab. Read the full story here.
Sophia Halick was accepted to the Wistar Institute on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus this past summer. She worked in the Wistar labs doing genetics research with a focus on cancer research.
Sidor Clare, a first-year Biological Sciences major participated in a summer program in data analytics at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics at Brown University.
What's happening this Fall?
Honors Leadership Council
In September, the University Honors Program welcomed nine alumni to campus with the goal of furthering the mission of the program and to support positive alumni relations. Check out the Honors Alumni Leadership Council.
Tuesday Talks
There’s a new series in Honors that we’re calling Tuesday Talks, designed to share news about interesting opportunities in Honors and Marquette! Tuesday Talks is every other Tuesday, 3:30-4:30 pm, in the Honors Suite. Upcoming talks:
Nov. 4 – Honors Drop-In Advising
Nov. 18 – Hear details about a brand new Spring ’26 1-cr Honors Course
Dec. 2 – Mindfulness
Grading System Perceptions
Honors Director Amelia Zurcher and Honors junior Loriann Chávez are exploring students’ and professors’ perceptions and experiences with the traditional grading systems of both high school and Marquette. This fall, students and faculty will be invited to dialogue about their findings and their personal perspectives.
Goal Cards Available
Stop by the Honors Suite and fill out a Goal Card, then pin it to the goal wall. This is an opportunity to create goals for the semester and share them with other students. Fast forward to the end of the semester: return to the goal board to update your progress.
Behind the Doors of the Honors Living Learning Community
Check out this video to see a day in the life of an Honors LLC! Riley Condon is an Honors student with a minor in Digital Media. She created this video to give prospective students a snapshot into the day in the life of an Honors student at Marquette.
Honors Digest
Check out what's happening in Honors by logging into the Honors Digest, published every other week.
University Honors Program
Marquette University
Sensenbrenner Hall 002
P.O. Box 1881
1103 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 288-7516
Amelia Zurcher, PhD
Director
(414) 288-3475
Lindsay Daigle, PhD
Assistant Director
(414) 288-3344
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