The Honors Program enhances the exceptional student`s opportunities for professional nursing, research, and the development of advanced practice skills and scholarship in nursing. The overall goal of the program is the development of the individual student`s critical and analytical abilities.

The Honors Program is open to students who have demonstrated excellence in their studies. The associate dean for academic affairs and the adviser for the Honors Program are invited to nominate students whose academic achievement and motivation qualify them as candidates. A cumulative grade-point average of 3.8 (or top 10 percent of class) must be maintained.

Merit scholars automatically enter the Honors Program in their first year at the college. Transfer students with excellent records at other colleges are invited to participate in the Honors Program, which is sufficiently flexible to permit well-motivated students to complete the requirements.