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Faculty Advisory Committee

Faculty Advising Committee

The Honors and Scholars Faculty Advisory Committee (HSFAC), composed of faculty representation from across campus, provides faculty governance and oversight of all things Honors and Scholars at the university with the majority of activity centered on the approval of all Honors courses and college programs.

Honors and Scholars Center Staff

Ola Ahlqvist

Executive Director Honors & Scholars

ahlqvist.1@osu.edu

Honors

Haley Quinlan

Academic Success & Enrichment Specialist, Honors

quinlan.72@osu.edu

Scholars

Melissa Basford

Biological Sciences

basford.18@osu.edu

Ben Fortman

Humanities

fortman.24@osu.edu

Shalonda Makupson-Tilford

Engineering

makupson-tilford.1@osu.edu

Zac Patterson

STEM Exploration and Engagement

patterson.957@osu.edu

Gabby Kinnamon

Dunn Sports and Wellness

kinnamon.21@osu.edu

Office of Academic Enrichment

The University Honors and Scholars Center is a part of the Office of Academic Enrichment. Housed under Student Academic Excellence at The Ohio State University, the Office of Academic Enrichment promotes academic success and community engagement by collaborating with university partners to provide access to high-impact experiential learning opportunities for all Ohio State students.

Ola Ahlqvist

Executive Director Honors & Scholars

ahlqvist.1@osu.edu

Ty Wright

Communications Specialist, Academic Enrichment

wright.2717@osu.edu

Kuhn House

Kuhn Honors and Scholars House is home to the University Honors and Scholars Center. It is named for Professor of English, Provost, and University Honors Director Emeritus Albert J. Kuhn, who retired from the University in 1988.

In 1972, shortly before President Fawcett’s retirement, the University Residence was moved off campus. The house was then used by a variety of university offices, including the National Center of Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped and the College of Administrative Science (now the Fisher College of Business). In 1987, the University Honors and Scholars Center staff moved in.

Kuhn Honors and Scholars House is now a first-class facility for classes, studying, meetings, special events, and administration of the university's Honors and Scholars Program. It is your house, and we invite you to use it.

PRIMARY SPACES

Kuhn 100 (Living Room)

Living room space on first floor with various round tables, furniture, and fireplace. Room is best suited for small group activities, circle discussions, and fireside chats.

Kuhn 102 (Conference/Dining Room)

The old dining room now functions as a conference room with one long table able to seat up to 16 people.

ADDITIONAL SPACES (SUBJECT TO RESERVATION BASED ON ADDITIONAL CRITERIA)

Kuhn Kitchen

Kuhn House is equipped with a kitchen space. The Kitchen is reservable as an additional auxiliary space for event food with the reservation of a primary space.

Follow the steps below to reserve space in Kuhn house for a meeting or an event.

Please note:

Executive Director's Message

Thank you for visiting the website of the University Honors and Scholars Center at The Ohio State University.

It is easy to fall in love with the place that all Buckeyes call home. As a native of Sweden, I have done just that for more than 18 years as a faculty member in Ohio State’s Department of Geography. That love for our campus has only grown over the past several years in my role as the Executive Director of the University Honors and Scholars Center.

This role gives me the distinct honor of witnessing the hard work and dedication of our exceptional undergraduate students. Their goals, achievements, drive, and passions inspire our Center’s mission: Helping high-ability students focus their ambitions and curiosity to transform themselves and their world.

We serve our students through two core initiatives: the Ohio State Scholars Program and the University Honors Program, which houses the Stamps Eminence Scholarship Program. As a center, we oversee curricular experiences in all colleges and on all campuses through our Honors Standards and offer experiential programming to connect with our students.

Reflection is core to our students’ learning, and each student can reflect on their personal milestones and past experiences through a personalized ePortfolio. We are excited to offer this online tool for students to make sense of how all the different parts of a college experience fit together. Students can use this online space to create, collect, curate, and if they choose, tell their story to their peers, to faculty, and even to prospective employers.

Upon graduation, our students join an alumni family over 600,000 strong, over 48,000 of which were also Honors and Scholars Buckeyes. No matter where our alumni go, they can always count on connecting to someone with the same Buckeye love for the place we all call home. I enjoy seeing former Honors roommates come back to campus as life-long friends or classes of our Scholars alumni coming back to mentor students who are now in the same Scholars program they participated in.

All of this work with our students is supported by a phenomenal team of staff with diverse backgrounds. They collaborate with partners around campus and my fellow faculty members to aid our students with a seamless and exceptional Buckeye experience.

From our students to alumni, from staff to faculty, the University Honors and Scholars Center is a dynamic community. I encourage you to explore our website and learn more about the different programs and experiences that help facilitate a transformative learning environment, as well as who we are and what we do.

And, as always, Go Bucks!

Ola Ahlqvist, PhD
Associate Vice Provost of Academic Enrichment
Executive Director of the University Honors and Scholars Center
Professor of Geography

Our Mission

Helping high-ability students focus their ambitions and curiosity to transform themselves and their world.

Scholars Programs | Honors and Scholars Center

Global Engagement

Honors and Scholars students engage with a diverse, interconnected, and globally conscious world.

Original Inquiry

Honors and Scholars students engage in introspective thought and inquisitive questioning in the pursuit of creative and original ideas for the betterment of oneself and world. Whether a student participates in one of Ohio State’s premier research labs, learns a new form of creative expression, or improves their overall wellness, as an Honors or Scholars student, one always pursues inquiry as a way to grow.

Academic Enrichment

Honors and Scholars students enrich their Buckeye experience through academic opportunities both in and out of the classroom. Beyond rigorous and engaging curriculum, our students connect their academic interests with different facets of campus life. Your goal may be to…

Leadership Development

Honors and Scholars students develop leadership skills that can be demonstrated in the classroom, their local community, and in their future roles in society. Utilizing their interpersonal and intrapersonal skills and talents, students gain knowledge and real-world experience to grow as a leader. Your goal may be to…

Service Immersion

Honors and Scholars students commit to service starting with volunteerism and leading to a greater understanding of actions that can address social issues. Guided by principles of community engaged learning, students will partner with local communities to help out, solve problems, and co-create meaningful change. Your goal may be to…

Our Outcomes:

Every program, event, experience, or course offered by the University Honors Program and the Ohio State Scholars Program are intentionally designed to ensure that students: