In April of 2002, the University of Arkansas received the largest gift in the history of American public higher education — a $300 million commitment from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation. The Honors College received more than one-third of this generous gift as an endowment to fund undergraduate Honors College fellowships and to provide support for study abroad and undergraduate research opportunities. The fellowships and grants help honors students finance their education, travel the globe and participate in ground-breaking research. Today more than 3,000 students and 700 professors from every college and major on campus participate, as a community of learners, in Honors College activities in the classroom, in laboratories and studios, and in sites around the world. #uarkhonors