The Honors Program at Lakeland College is designed for intellectually curious students who desire to pursue academic activity in the company of other committed undergraduates. It emphasizes original and critical thinking in both its students and its teachers, asking that they participate fully in conversations that cross disciplinary boundaries. By means of small classes, challenging topics, and access to cultural events, it calls on students to take more responsibility for their education, developing and pursuing their own intellectual inquiries both inside and outside the classroom. Emphasizing clarity in oral and written communication and logic in thought, the Honors Program helps its students advance in their capacity to arrive at, have confidence in, and clearly support their own conclusions and views. It cultivates a sense of community, presenting academic work as a group process and a conversation among peers. Finally, it broadens the cultural horizons of its students, providing access to events and materials that may have otherwise been unavailable.

Graduates of the Honors Program will be able to:

• Exhibit creative/original thinking
• Converse across disciplines
• Argue persuasively, fluently, and clearly, in speech and in writing
• Demonstrate mastery of and passion for an area of scholarly inquiry
• Think critically

With these qualities in place, graduates should have the capacity to become innovators, on campus and in their future lives.