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Honor Scholar Program
Honor Scholar Building
311 South Indiana Street
Greencastle, IN 46135

P: 765-658-6575
F: 765-658-6262
E: honorscholar@depauw.edu

Liberal Arts at its best...

Battey National Educator Award

The Battey National Educator Award lets senior Honor Scholars give back to the high school educators who helped them on their road to DePauw.

Honor Scholar Program

Highlights

Honor Scholar Takes DePauw's Top Awards

Liam Byrnes is the recipient of the 2019 Walker Cup, given to the DePauw senior who has done the most for the college during their four years on campus...

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Research by Tyler Bussian '15 Discovers "Zombie Cells" in Brains of Mice Prior to Cognitive Loss

Tyler Bussian, a 2015 graduate of DePauw University and currently a student at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical...

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Chicago Tribune Article on Teen Film Comedies & Sexual Assault Cites Honor Scholar Thesis of Claire Halffield '17

"Sexual violence is everywhere in film and TV," begins a Chicago Tribune article...

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Lessons Learned

Honor Scholar Douglas Hallward-Driemeier '89 says his time at DePauw helped shape the successful argument for same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court.

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The Senior Thesis

Each Honor Scholar senior thesis represents an opportunity to engage with faculty members on a topic of the student’s choosing—an experience usually not encountered until well into graduate school.

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Thesis Statements

DePauw's senior Honor Scholars talk about their final – and biggest – project.

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Liam Byrnes with 2019 Walker Cup and President Mark McCoy
Senescent cells (represented in green)
Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Jonah Hill in "Superbad"
Artist rendition of Supreme Court weighing gay marriage
Student presenting senior thesis
Yuka Kitajima ‘17 showcasing her on-going research project to the DePauw community

The Honor Scholar Program is still available to current and prospective students while DePauw has moved to online instruction in response to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Students can reach Kevin Moore, Director of the Honor Scholar Program at kemoore@depauw.edu and Amy Welch, Associate Director of the Honor Scholar Program at awelch@depauw.edu from 8-4:30 pm, Monday-Friday.  If you would like to connect via telephone, please email the number and time of day (EDT) to reach you.  Be well.

Are you an insatiably curious student? Do you thrive on finding and exploring connections between different fields and have the intellectual courage to explore difficult and unfamiliar topics? If so, the Honor Scholar Program is for you. The program plays a pivotal role in DePauw’s commitment to excellence in a liberal arts education, and it is open to students of all majors.

GRADUATE PROGRAMS ATTENDED BY HONOR SCHOLARS

Logos for graduate programs attended by honor scholars