University of Washington Honors Program
photo of Honors volunteer Peer Mentors from 2023
In 2022, your gifts helped Honors Peer Mentors take new students for 1-1 coffee dates! IRL

Now celebrating more than 60 years of tremendous experiences, discoveries, conversations and friendships, the UW Honors Program blends the benefits of interdisciplinary thinking and self-discovery for a small cohort of highly engaged scholars at our flagship public university. 

Your investment today in these amazing students, who show the inclination and potential to be the next generation of leaders, is a contribution to our world of tomorrow. Your gifts help students bring their full and authentic selves into all areas of their academic and professional life. 

Here are a few examples of where to give depending on your desired impact: 

  • Sponsor student meals and community connections at an Honors social event (or help us host graduates and families in style at our annual graduation ceremony) with a $200 gift to the Friends of Honors fund. 
  • Honor the legacy of Ran Hennes and enhance the life of a community-minded scholar with gifts to the Hennes Scholarship fund
  • Support faculty and community partners with costs of presenting leading-edge curriculum through gifts to the Honors Program fund. For example: Vicky Lawson’s “Abolishing Poverty” students (like Courtney Hooks) made meaningful contributions to public discourse on housing in our region by co-producing extraordinary events and exhibits with partners like Facing Homelessness and Real Change. Supplies, rentals, speakers’ fees, printed portraits, etc. came from donor gifts! 

Your gifts will help students realize their highest educational aspirations through scholarships, community-building, and innovative experiential learning opportunities. 

Please email uwhonors@uw.edu if you’d like to chat with someone about your options and intentions. You can see a full list of donor-supported Honors Funds, below. 

Prefer to give by check? Checks can be made payable to the UW Honors Program with your preferred fund (or intended use) written in the notes and mailed to: UW Honors Gift Funds, Mary Gates Hall 211, Box 352800, Seattle, WA 98195.  

Whatever you choose, we are honored by and grateful for your support.