Host Institution

W. E. B. DuBois Honors Program at Fisk University

The W. E. B. DuBois Honors Program at Fisk University is delighted to serve as the host institution for this year’s virtual NAAAHP conference. Each year, the conference allows some of the brightest students in our nation a forum to present their research, network, investigate career and graduate schools, and compete for awards. This year is the same! We invite each of you to explore the possibilities of our virtual conference and build lasting relationships that will enrich and sustain you in your academic and professional pursuits.

Fisk Honors students are top scholars whose research and accomplishments in STEM, Humanities, Business, and social justice (in and out of the classroom) are reshaping the landscape of global educational. In fact, last year Fisk celebrated the success of two Rhodes Scholar finalists, among other prestigious commendations. As we head into an exciting and progressive future, Fisk University couldn’t be more thrilled to support our own Acting Provost, Dr. Kenneth Jones, President of NAAAHP.

Benedict College



Claflin University - The Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College

The world needs scientists and thinkers who can prepare us for a future we can only imagine, healers and activists to care for the least amongst us, and artists and poets to enrich our lives and invigorate our souls. The world needs leaders and innovators who can bring the Claflin Confidence to the challenges of today and tomorrow. The world needs visionaries. The world needs you.

“Claflin Honors college graduates are excelling in graduate schools, medical schools, and law schools. They’re attaining positions of leadership in companies, schools, and social organizations all cross the world. Those are my peers and, I think to myself, I’ve got to do something great just like them!” - Saraiya N. Kalu

The Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College is all about preparing visionary leaders. A prestigious college within Claflin University, the Honors College offers a uniquely rigorous and stimulating learning environment designed to develop and embolden the change leaders of tomorrow.

The Honors College confers exclusive recognition upon a small group of exceptional, high-achieving students who- because of their academic excellence, demonstrated leadership, and service to the community- consistently stand out among their peers.

Delaware State University

At Delaware State University, the Honors Program is about academic enrichment. Honors students receive individualized faculty and mentor attention, participate in stimulating honors courses and seminars, and choose from numerous research opportunities. The program is designed to prepare scholars with an education that fosters intellectual growth and academic achievement, while readying them to stand out with employers or be successful in graduate or professional schools after graduation.

Hampton University - The Freddye T. Davy Honors College

Established in 1986, The Freddye T. Davy Honors College’s primary purpose is to encourage and reward performance, not talent. We describe an Honors Scholar as any student who has the:

• willingness to seek success, rather than avoid failure.

• the courage to take intellectual risks.

• and the ability to see the world in a grain of sand.

The Freddye T. Davy Honors College is designed to nurture intellect, emphasize new perspectives, and encourage and support research. We are committed to providing every assistance needed by a scholar to reach his/her full potential, guided by our core values of scholarship, integrity, humility, curiosity, energy, and self-discipline.

Hillsborough Community College - Dr. Lydia R. Daniel Honors Program

Hillsborough Community College’s, Dr. Lydia R. Daniel Honors Program is celebrating its 25th year. Students are selected from applicants who illustrate an aptitude for academic rigor, an interest in leadership development, and the motivation to do their best and serve their community. The program encourages critical thinking, research, and intellectual curiosity through service, travel, and coursework.

Named after its founder, the program boasts nearly 300 students that attend local universities for transfer as well as prestigious schools nationwide. Transfer students from the 2019/2020 academic year were awarded nearly $1M in scholarships and awards.

Jackson State University - Du Bois - Harvey Honors College

Mission - To encourage intellectual curiosity and enhance critical and analytical thinking among selected high achieving students.

Vision - The pinnacle of the undergraduate environment that facilitates leadership development through self, community, and global awareness; involvement in scholarship that fosters uniqueness and decision making maturity; research based inquiry and discovery of solutions to local, national and international dilemmas; and immersion of technology usage.

Lawson State Community College Honors College

Lawson State Community College Honors College aspires to offer an engaging educational experience that cultivates academic excellence to ultimately produce a student who is culturally diverse and civic-minded with a global perspective.  The Honors College is dedicated to providing an atmosphere that promotes critical thought and team-building through a variety of collaborative experiences.  Through these initiatives, the Honors College empowers the student to embrace intellectual challenges, to champion civic responsibilities and to actively participate and positively contribute to a global society

Livingstone College

Welcome to the Livingstone College Honors Program. Our mission is to offer a curriculum of interdisciplinary excellence designed to challenge and prepare academically gifted students to grow, serve and lead. The primary goal is to develop and maintain an elite body that promotes superior performance in academia, high ethical standards, community service, unity and friendship. LCHP aspires to instill in students the value of commitment and the ability to make successful transitions in life. Join us today!

Miles College Honors Curriculum

The Honors Curriculum is a four year academic enrichment program for students who are prepared to go the extra mile in their intellectual, service and cultural pursuits. Students are presented with opportunities to engage in more rigorous academic program, to participate in national and international conferences, and to be ready to join the corporate world or pursue graduate studies.

Morehouse College - Howard Thurman Honors Program

The Morehouse College Honors Program is a four-year comprehensive program providing special learning opportunities for students of outstanding intellectual ability, high motivation, and broad interests. The program emphasizes leadership and social outreach systematically in classes and in co-curricular activities from freshman year to graduation. The program has established a record of actively supporting the College’s internationalization focus by introducing its students at the freshman level, in classes and in external meetings – to active interest and participation in global studies and study-abroad commitments to balance the students’ academic pursuits.

Morgan State University, Clara I. Adams Honors College

The mission of the Honors College is to recruit, retain, and graduate students who have demonstrated scholarly accomplishment, high motivation, and a desire to achieve at the highest levels. By developing and facilitating activities that create and maintain a superlative learning environment, the Honors College seeks to fulfill the University's commitment to "Growing the Future, Leading the World."

Norfolk State University - Robert C. Nusbaum Honors College

The Robert C. Nusbaum Honors College provides an exciting academic and social community dedicated to maximizing your college experience. We offer enhanced academic classes, co-curricular activities and special programs for high-ability students in all majors. The Honors College is a true community of scholars where critical thinking, curiosity, imagination and creativity are encouraged. Challenging courses, spirited debate, international study, research projects and special living and learning communities can all be part of the Honors College experience. The preparation you receive here will set you apart and improve your global marketability in the career of your choice.

North Carolina A&T State University - Honors Program

Designed for high-achieving and exceptionally motivated undergraduates, the Honors Program at North Carolina A&T offers student-centered learning experiences that promote intellectual growth, cultural appreciation, professional focus, leadership development and civic participation. As a participant in the program, you will have special opportunities to grow and develop through contact with a community of Honors staff, students, and faculty. Participation in the Honors Program will prepare you to become successful as a professional, as a scholar and as a global citizen.

Prairie View A&M University

The Honors Program at Prairie View A&M University is designed to provide a variety of scholarly activities and advanced courses for outstanding undergraduate students who value and seek rigorous academic challenges. The Honors Program continues to build on its established legacy and profound history of academic excellence, creating a scholarly atmosphere for current and future students. To achieve this goal, each honors course stimulates intellectual exchange through small seminar-style classes. Interaction with faculty and peers offers the ability to refine the skills of clear expression, acute analysis, critical thinking, and imaginative problem-solving. Students selected as participants are provided a framework for global leadership including a foreign language class of Chinese or Spanish.

It is an exciting time to be a part of such a creative and diverse learning environment. This program will persist in promoting innovation and creativity in every student, and we look forward to the continued success of preparing scholars for a global impact.

Tennessee State University Honors College

The University Honors College (UHC) provides an especially rich and challenging set of academic offerings to talented and highly motivated students at Tennessee State University. Through special courses, a vigorous intellectual community, and emphasis on undergraduate research, the Honors college enables students to reach heights of excellence!

Spelman College - The Ethel Waddell Githii Honors Program

The Ethel Waddell Githii Honors Program exists to encourage an intimate, supportive and engaged intellectual environment for young women who prioritize their academic work and connect their scholarship and intellectual curiosity to the African American liberatory tradition of scholars, artists, inventors, healers, scientists, public intellectuals and political actors.

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Take advantage of small seminars customized to challenge students. Learn from UTC’s finest professors.

Access scholarships, research funding, stipends to spend on cultural events and opportunities for low-cost travel and study abroad. Forge lifelong friendships. Ask questions. Seek answers. Don’t just learn, grow. Whether you’re coming to UTC as a first-time freshman (check out Brock Scholars and High Achieving Mocs!) or are a currently enrolled Moc or a transfer student (check out Innovations in Honors and Departmental Honors!), our programs offer opportunities for you to connect and make the most of your time at UTC.

Winston-Salem State University

The Simon Green Atkins Scholars Society is an interdisciplinary, institutional undergraduate program that includes both curricular and co-curricular components, as well as a variety of experiential learning initiatives. Events are tailored to the needs of highly motivated students. The Simon Green Atkins Scholars Society program provides high-achieving WSSU undergraduate students enriched educational experiences that develop their scholarly excellence, foster their intellectual curiosity, enhance their personal growth and promote their engagement in the community. The essence of the S. G. Atkins Scholars Society is personal attention, enlightening seminars, illuminating study-abroad experiences, numerous research opportunities, and career-building internships—all designed to enhance students' educational experience and prepare them for graduate studies or a career.