Irvin D. Reid Honors College
The mission of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College is to promote informed, engaged citizenship as the foundation for academic excellence in a diverse global setting. Honors accomplishes its mission by attracting and retaining talented students and cultivating within those students not only a different way of thinking, but a desire to make a difference in the world.
The Honors College experience is built on four pillars: community, service, research and career. The focus of the Honors first year is community and the urban experience; during year one, students concentrate on urban issues and history. Year two involves service learning, which takes the skills cultivated in the classroom and puts them to use in real-world situations. In year three, students are encouraged to work with faculty mentors to develop individual, funded research projects. And in year four, students complete a senior thesis, which represents the culmination of their undergraduate work and the first step toward a postgraduate career.
Honors offers four “Start” programs that prepare students for graduate and professional work and guarantee them a spot in Wayne State’s School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Heath Sciences, School of Business Administration and College of Engineering. These programs attract students from across the United States and Canada.
The Honors College is home to the Urban Scholars/Leaders program, CommunityEngagement@Wayne, and Scholars Day.
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2010-11 Honors College enrolled freshman cohort |
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2011 Scholars Day participants
(Fall 2011 prospective students)
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GPA and ACT for Honors eligible students |
National Merit Finalists |
Presidential Scholars |
Wayne State Scholars |
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Mean GPA |
3.894 | 3.903 | 3.707 |
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Mean ACT |
33.75 |
29.47 |
22.71 |
The University Scholarship for National Merit Finalists (valued at $75,000) covers tuition, housing, a meal plan, laptop computer and other educational expenses. 2010 Presidential Scholars receive packages valued at $34,400 ($8,600 annually for four years). Wayne State Scholars receive packages valued at $8,000 ($2,000 annually for four years)
Note: The data for the Irvin D. Reid Honors College is different than what is reported by the other schools and colleges because of the Honor College's unique structure.
