EXPLORE. ENGAGE. EMBRACE.

Explore, engage and embrace are more than words. They are the core values that define the Kathwari Honors experience and reflect how we hope every KHP student will learn, participate, and connect throughout their time at WestConn.

EXPLORE: How we think

Lead with intellectual curiosity. Ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions, seek new ideas, and deepen our understanding of the world around us.

ENGAGE: How we participate

Be active participants in our education. Pursue experiential learning and meaningful opportunities that take us from the classroom, across campus, into our local community, and around the world.

EMBRACE: How we connect

Approach new people, perspectives, cultures, experiences, and challenges with openness, empathy, and respect. Build connections that expand our understanding of ourselves and others.

Together, explore, engage and embrace represent what we believe an Honors education should be: not simply achieving academically, but becoming a curious, engaged, and open-minded human prepared to contribute meaningfully to the world.

You’ll see these values woven throughout the Honors experience, from Honors courses and events to service, leadership, community engagement, global experiences, and the opportunities we create together.

MISSION

The Kathwari Honors Program promotes student enrichment built on the fundamental premise that knowledge is an open set of questions and ideas to be explored through highly interactive and interdisciplinary courses, experiential learning, research opportunities, and community engagement.

VALUES STATEMENT

The Kathwari Honors Program centers both personal and public inquiry as drivers of the pursuit of knowledge and the common good. The program seeks to nurture curiosity, compassion, and civic engagement among highly motivated students and to open doors of opportunity and awareness among its members and across the university.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of the Kathwari Honors Program, students will be able to:

• Formulate pressing questions that deserve inquiry (measure: Capstone)

• Conduct inquiries, research, or creative activity that synthesizes knowledge or practice from multiple disciplines (measure: Capstone)

• Present research or creative activity in public presentation, publication, or performance (measure: Capstone)

• Develop ideas in writing or performance (measure: any course)

• Engage in community action or service (measure: Honors Engagements)