Richard A. Diem, Ph.D.
Dean, Honors College [Bio]
Welcome to the University of Texas at San Antonio's Honors College. The mission of the Honors College is to recruit and enrich the educational opportunities of academically talented, curious, motivated, and diverse students through an interdisciplinary curriculum that includes opportunities for research, service, and leadership. Our vision is to be a nationally recognized leader in attracting highly talented and motivated students and to provide through excellence in its undergraduate programs and initiatives an avenue for them to affect the state, the nation, and the world. Through our core values of honesty, opportunity, nurturance, originality, respect, and success the Honors College seeks to educate our students through broad interdisciplinary perspectives while demonstrating excellence in their chosen field.
UTSA's Honors College is open to students from all academic disciplines. Offering small classes, special interdisciplinary seminars, community service opportunities, supervised research experiences, and study abroad opportunities, the Honors College is a community of bright scholars, caring advisors and enthusiastic professors. We are building an exciting community and welcome you to join us.