Honors Scholar Program | Truman State University

Honors Scholar Committee

Dr. David Gillette, Chair
Department of Economics
Baldwin Hall 247
660.785.4334
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Dr. Clifton Kreps
Department of Classical and Modern Languages
McClain Hall 310
660.785.4481
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Dr. Eric Howard
Department of Math and Computer Science
Violette Hall 2164
660.785.4573
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Dr. James McCormick
Department of Chemistry
Magruder Hall 3110
660.785.4315
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Dr. Steve Smith
School of Business
Violette Hall 2458
660.785.4304
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For more information about competitive scholarships
(Rhodes, Mellon, Goldwater, etc.)
contact:

Dr. Maria Di Stefano
McClain Hall 203
660.785.4109
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The Honors Scholar Program recognizes those students who accept a higher challenge and demonstrate greater excellence in the breadth and depth of the liberal arts and sciences.

Honors Scholar courses explore in-depth topics and encourage a more sophisticated viewpoint than the usual introductory-level liberal arts and sciences courses.

ALL Truman students are eligible to participate.

You are invited to join those students who have chosen to distinguish themselves by taking the challenging and exciting courses involved in completing the Honors Scholar Program.

Please let us know of your interest in becoming an
Honors Scholar.

        Virtus & Dignitas

Virtus is that which characterized the ideal Roman and was concerned with moral excellence and courage. Virtus as moral excellence required active expression of a sound intellectual basis. Similarly, the courage of virtus did not represent a one-time act of bravery. Rather, it was seen as the product of the habit of disciplined, honest, and just living.

Dignitas is the worthiness that a person earned and continually had to maintain. It was a public recognition of the quality that set certain people apart from others and was related to an active life of civic service.