Honors advisors and the Center for Personal Development counselors partner with students in their exploration of purpose to cultivate well-being, leadership, and career readiness.
Honors at Kentucky has a long and proud history, dating back to 1959, and thousands of students have passed through our program, exploring themselves and the boundaries of thought with outstanding faculty.
Providing leadership development opportunities enables students to fulfill their experiential credit while bolstering lifelong skills to apply as a graduate student or employee.
The Honors classes I took my freshman year exposed me to ideas that I would not have otherwise thought deeply about. The topics we discussed have allowed me to engage with current events and the social sciences more than I would have been able to otherwise.
Asa O'Neal '25
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, Astronaut Scholar
The University of Kentucky celebrated more than 2,000 degree candidates during its December 2025 commencement ceremonies last week, including Brysen Honeycutt, a Lewis Honors College student who earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering.
Today, the University of Kentucky will celebrate its newest alumni at the December 2025 UK Commencement Ceremonies. Nearly 1,300 graduates are expected to participate.
For Brysen Honeycutt, graduating from the University of Kentucky Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering and Lewis Honors College is more than a milestone — it’s the launch point of a dream shaped by resilience, creativity and a lifelong fascination with how joy is built.
