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NEARLY 200 HONORS PROGRAM STUDENTS AND GUESTS ATTEND FOURTH ANNUAL HONORS PROGRAM RECEPTION AT CHANCELLOR'S RESIDENCE

About 200 Honors Program students and guests attended the annual Honors Reception hosted by Chancellor and Mrs. Gerald Bepko, an event that pays tribute to the importance of a program that was established to increase student learning.

The Honors program has 198 "Honors Scholars" and about 50 students who do not have a specific Honors Scholarship. Students remain active in the Honors Program by taking an Honors course each semester or by participating in extra research opportunities within their regular courses. Each semester IUPUI offers between 15 and 21 Honors courses, including Independent Research opportunities.

At the reception, students are honored for their hard work and dedication to a more rigorous course of study through the opportunities in the Honors Program.

According to Dean E. Theodore Mullen, Jr., both the Honors Program's mission and its vision are to increase student learning across the IUPUI campus and within the Indianapolis community, the state, and beyond. "The Program is a campus-wide unit that offers an academic challenge to students who wish to strengthen and enrich their university education. The goal of the Honors Program is to raise student academic achievement and to increase the intellectual vitality on a campus-wide level."

Because of this, Mullen said, the Honors Program attracts highly qualified students to the campus and enhances the performance of all students at IUPUI, offering Honors opportunities for students at all levels of their university studies. All qualified undergraduates, including entering freshmen, may take courses offered through the Honors Program.

The Program supports a number of initiatives that contribute to the mission of IUPUI and emphasize academic excellence at every level. By focusing on raising the intellectual vitality of the campus at large, the IUPUI Honors Program builds upon the most comprehensive range of academic programs of any campus in Indiana, Mullen noted. The IUPUI Honors Program offers a model for other urban universities dedicated to improving the educational aspirations and achievements of the citizens of their communities. For additional information, see http://www.universitycollege.iupui.edu/honors.

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