Welcome to the
Irvin D. Reid
Honors College!
• The mission of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College to promote informed, engaged
citizenship as the foundation for academic excellence in a diverse global setting.
Honors is city-based and service-oriented; we promote excellence and challenge
our students to engage the world around them as problem-solvers and leaders.
• Honors has also attracted a growing number of National Merit Scholars, with 15
joining Honors in Fall 2009.
• The Irvin D. Reid Honors College welcomes the best and brightest and frames
their educational experience within the Four Pillars of Honors: Community,
Service, Research and Career.
Honors attracts and retains
talented students through such
efforts as Scholars Day, which
showcases the University and
our urban home, and where
every promising young scholar
is guaranteed a scholarship
and a seat in the Community
of Scholars.
Scholars Day 2010 welcomed
almost 1,100 admitted
students and their guests to
our campus.
Scholarships
Wayne State
Scholarship ($8,000)
Presidential
Scholarship ($34,400)
University
Scholarship ($75,000)
Member of the WSU
Community of Scholars
Member of the WSU
Community of Scholars
Member of the WSU
Community of Scholars
Attend special COS
Orientation
Invited into the Irvin D.
Reid Honors College
Invited into the Irvin D.
Reid Honors College
Option to live on Scholars
floors
Full tuition for four years
For National Merit Scholar
Finalists
Learning communities,
study groups, social events
Full tuition for four years
One-year DIA membership
Room & board in WSU
residence hall for 4 years
Graduate with Community
of Scholars distinction
Annual book allowance
Laptop computer
$2,000 a year for tuition
for four years
One-time Study Abroad
funding
Honors Pillar #1: COMMUNITY
• A focus on the community and the urban experience
• First year course: Part 1 – The City / Part II – Citizenship
• The Honors Cultural Passport
• Honors Student Association
Honors Pillar #2: SERVICE
• Putting knowledge to use in the real world through service-learning
• Service-learning requirement; work done by students
• For academic year 2008-09, Honors sponsored service hours
for Honors students totaled more than 12,500 hours.
• Detroit Fellow Tutoring Project – 5,000+ annual tutoring hours in eight DPS schools
• International service-learning opportunities (Belize, China, Mozambique)
• Model United Nations
• Community Engagement@Wayne
• Living Detroit Project
• Motor City Semester (launching in Fall 2010)
Honors Pillar #3: RESEARCH
• Hands-on research prepared students for graduate school and professional life
• Office of Undergraduate Research connects students with faculty mentors and
available funding for nearly 100 undergraduate research and creative projects a year
• OUR has awarded more than $1.3 million for student research
• Annual Wayne State Undergraduate Research Conference each November – the
2009 URC was largest to-date with over 120 students presenting their work
• 23 WSU students attended NCUR in April 2010
Honors Pillar #4: CAREER
• Preparation for a postgraduate and professional career
• Start Programs (MedStart – HealthPro Start – BStart- Engineering Grad Start
• Creating successful Honors alumni
Med Start
HealthPro Start
Bachelor of Science/Medical Degree
Unique program leading to a professional
degree in:
Four-year, full tuition
Presidential Scholarship
(total value: $34,400)
Pharmacy – Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Physical Therapy – Mortuary Science
Occupational Therapy – Pharmaceutical Sciences
Anatomic Pathologists’ Assistant
Physician Assistant Studies
Radiologic Technology
Radiation Therapy Technology
Guaranteed admission to
Wayne State School of Medicine
Guaranteed admission to the
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy
& Health Sciences
Program selects 15 freshmen per year
Program only open to
incoming freshman
Honors Pillar #4: CAREER
B Start
Engineering Grad Start
Innovative five-year program that allows
students to complete Bachelor’s & Master’s
degrees in Business Administration
A unique program in the College of Engineering
for select students interested in pursuing a
doctoral degree in engineering.
Highly competitive, B Start trains future leaders
in business by emphasizing mentoring and
research opportunities with business school
faculty.
You will be exposed to research throughout
your undergraduate program, allowing you to
gain research experience and a head start on
selecting laboratories for your Honors thesis
and dissertation project.
Guaranteed admission to
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
program at Wayne State School of Business
Administration
GradStart participants are guaranteed
admission to the College of
Engineering Graduate Program of their choice,
with financial support from the department for
the first year of graduate study.
Program only open to
incoming freshman
Program only open to
incoming freshman
Honors strives to represent to ourselves, to
the University, and the community, the very
best of a great institution.
We are proud of our students who have been
drawn to the city-based and service-oriented
curriculum we offer. Honors has a special
opportunity to present students the
experience and value of an urban university,
particularly one that is in Detroit – the most
American place in this country.
HOW TO CONTACT US
On the Web: www.honors.wayne.edu
E-mail: honors@wayne.edu
Telephone: (313) 577-3030
Monday-Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm
Mailing address:
Irvin D. Reid Honors College
Wayne State University
2100 Undergraduate Library
Detroit, MI 48202