Honors Academic & Scholarship Programs
We invite you to apply to one or more of our honors programs!
Are you looking to create a remarkable story at ETSU--a rich story full of exciting and challenging opportunities? A story that will launch a spectacular career? If so, the Honors Academic and Scholarship programs are for you! Each program is designed with a unique curriculum that includes opportunities for study abroad, internships, and other forms of experiential learning. All programs additionally help build skills like teamwork, communication, and adaptability, competencies you will need to succeed in a 21st-century career.
Bert C. Bach Fine & Performing Arts Scholars
Incoming Freshmen: Are the arts an important part of your life? Are you excited about developing and
improving your talents in a community of people who are enthusiastic about telling
their own stories artistically? The Bert C. Bach Fine & Performing Arts Scholars is
a specially-designed honors program for incoming freshmen who show promise in any
of the arts at ETSU: theatre, dance, music, digital media, game design, storytelling,
interior architecture, creative writing, studio art, art history, film studies, broadcasting
and film. Applicable for major and minor concentrations.
Changemaker Scholars
Incoming Freshmen: Are you interested in understanding the root causes of social problems and working
with others on creative solutions that make a lasting impact? The Changemaker Scholars
program helps students acquire the knowledge, skills, resources, and mindset to become
creative problem-solvers, engaged citizens, and active agents for positive change
in their communities.
Global Citizen Scholars
Incoming Freshmen: Do you want to be challenged to grow in understanding the most important challenges facing humanity, exploring your ethical role in the world, and enacting changes to make a positive difference? Do you want to grow in your ability to engage meaningfully and positively with diverse people, places, events, opportunities, and challenges? The Global Citizen Scholars program is a cohort honors program with an exciting curriculum that will challenge you in these areas and that includes a fully-funded, faculty-led study abroad experience!
Honors-in-Discipline Scholars
Incoming freshmen, transfer students, and current ETSU students: 24 Departments across ETSU offer opportunities for students to engage in honors instruction in discipline-specific curricula that culminate in a hands-on, mentor-guided, senior honors thesis project. As a HID student you will be a part of the larger Honors community and have opportunities to network with your Honors peers, study abroad, participate in internships, engage in additional research, or travel to present your research at conferences.
Midway Scholars
Transfer Students: Are you an incoming transfer student looking for challenging opportunities and structured support as you complete your undergraduate degree? Then the Midway Honors Scholars program is for you. With an honors curriculum that focuses on purposeful work, life design, and undergraduate research and creative activity, this cohort honors program is designed for transfer students who have excelled at their previous institutions and want to continue to distinguish their undergraduate careers.