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Welcome to the Niagara University Honors Program Homepage. We hope that these WebPages will prove to be a valuable resource for you. We extend our best wishes to you and hope that you will return often to these pages to witness the continued dedication and growth of the Niagara University Honors Program.

Our Mission

The Niagara University Honors Program is designed to enrich the academic experiences of students who have excelled in their previous academic endeavors. The program offers students exciting educational opportunities and courses with increased academic rigor. Within the format of Niagara University's liberal arts curriculum, University Honors students pursue specified course work in writing, literature, history, philosophy and religious studies. Unlike many honors programs, the University Honors students are required to take, in addition to the honors courses above, a two-semester Honors Thesis program which combines intensive one-on-one faculty advisement with an independent research project. This capstone experience in the student's potential graduate or professional field gives Niagara University's Honors students a more challenging and unique overall academic experience.

Program Profile

The Niagara University Honors Program was established in the 1980s to expand academic excellence and dedication to service through scholarship. From a core group of some 20 students, the Niagara University Honors Program currently comprises over 280 students from all of the various academic colleges and departments at Niagara. Many of the current-day physicians, lawyers, academicians, and business executives who graduated in the recent past from Niagara were members of the University Honors Program.The current University Honors Coordinator is Daniel Pinti, Ph.D. While serving as University Honors Coordinator, Dr. Pinti  is a full-time Associate Professor in the Department of English.  The University Honors Program also benefits from the hard work and guidance of Ms. Margaret ("Maggie") McGurk, Administrative Assistant to the University Honors Program. Besides her duties and commitment to the Honors Program, Ms.McGurk also serves as secretary to our Department of Computer and Information Sciences and is personal secretary to the University Professor, Dr. John B. Stranges.

Contact Information

If you are a high school student with a strong record of academic achievement or a college transfer student similarly qualified, you may wish to experience the academic rigors and the excellent program that Niagara University has to offer. Students interested in applying for the University Honors Program may contact us at any one of the addresses, e-mail or telephone numbers below. We look forward to hearing from you

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Office of the University Honors Coordinator
Niagara University
P.O. Box 1935
Niagara University, New York 14109