Q: How do I join the Honors Program?

A: Incoming freshmen with ACT scores of 28+ and 3.5 GPA’s automatically qualify as honor students.  If they do not wish to participate in the program, they simply notify the director by e-mail, who is Dr. Barbara Pemberton, pembertonb@obu.edu.

Q: Are there honors scholarships?

A: There are scholarships for travel and research for which you can apply in February of each year. There are not honors scholarships for general tuition.

Q: What is Scholars’ Day?

A: Scholar’s Day is one afternoon a year in April for OBU students & student-teams to present their best research, papers, performances, and presentations to the whole campus. Often, theseposter presentations and papers have been presented at national conference off-campus, so Scholars’ Day enables the whole academic community to experience the award-winning work of its students. Parents and friends from off campus are most welcome!