As an applicant interested in the UD Honors Program, please respond
to one of the following questions with a 250-word minimum/500word maximum response.
Question #1: The University of Delaware Strategic Plan emphasizes
the role of the University in addressing the grand challenges of our
time. Identify one or two grand challenges that you believe are most
significant for your generation. What recommendations do you have
for addressing these challenges and what outcomes do you hope to
see? In what ways will your college experience be relevant?
-ORQuestion #2: Wallace Bacon, an eminent literary scholar, wrote that
the liberal arts and humanities, "are concerned with the question of
what makes life worth living." Tell us what you think makes life worth
living. Include a brief discussion of any particularly meaningful
experiences, works of literature, art, music, etc… that have influenced
your perspective, and tell us how you intend to explore this question
as a UD Honors student.
-ORQuestion #3: What are you optimistic about? Why?