Collin College: Honors Institute

Collin College Honors Institute students have the opportunity to meet and to be taught by renowned academicians who serve as the Honors Institute's Visiting Scholars each year.

These great teachers, researchers and writers exemplify ideals of academic excellence and service. Honors Institute Visiting Scholars have included Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug, the Fulbright Foundation's Harriet Fulbright, former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, historian and social critic Leon Botstein, public intellectual Marvin Olasky, Bancroft Prize-winning political scientist John Stoessinger, the celebrated Stanford University mathematician Keith Devlin, leading primatologist in genetic research of the Madagascar lemur Mireya Mayor, and ambassador Anthonio Lulli.

Check back for the annoucement of the 2008-09 visiting scholar.



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Visiting Scholar Collin College Honors Institute students have the opportunity to meet and to be taught by renowned academicians who serve as the Honors Institute's Visiting Scholars each year. These great teachers, researchers and writers exemplify ideals of academic excellence and service. Honors Institute Visiting Scholars have included Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug, the Fulbright Foundation's Harriet Fulbright, former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, historian and social critic Leon Botstein, public intellectual Marvin Olasky, Bancroft Prize-winning political scientist John Stoessinger, the celebrated Stanford University mathematician Keith Devlin, leading primatologist in genetic research of the Madagascar lemur Mireya Mayor, and ambassador Anthonio Lulli. Check back for the annoucement of the 2008-09 visiting scholar.