Honors College Launch for Success

All incoming Honors College students will be able to register for the Launch for Success starting on Monday, July 7 with registration closing on the same day as all the other Miami Bound Programs on July 20, 2025.

A pre-semester program designed just for Honors College students. You’ll move in one day early, connect with your fellow Honors College student community, and get a head start on your Miami experience.

Move-in: Thursday, August 21

Programming begins Thursday evening with some fun and community building events sponsored by the Honors Student Advisory and Activities Board (HSAB) and begins again on Friday morning and runs through Friday afternoon with the Honors College Convocation and more.

Absolutely! Many Miami Bound programs end by Friday morning with some in the early afternoon, which means you can attend one and still be able to join us for the Honors College Convocation in the afternoon.

That’s great, too! You’ll be fully engaged from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon with time built in for you to get breakfast and lunch with others!

You’ll meet other Honors students, learn what to expect in your first semester, and make valuable connections that will support you all year long.

We will discuss Launch for Success at all Honors College presentations during orientation and emails to all incoming first-year students with more details will be sent after orientation concludes and leading up to move-in day.

We will welcome you with an invitation to meet your assigned honors advisor in the first week!

You can still participate and are strongly encouraged to do so! Most events will take place in classrooms or outside and are available to all Honors College students. Check your email for more details in July and August.

During move-in, parking will be limited and it might be best to ensure you are ready with your parking pass for the upcoming year ahead of Friday and park in the remote lot closest to the HRC buildings, which would be the Ditmer Field Lot. It takes about 10 minutes to navigate from the Ditmer Field Lot to the HRC via the sidewalk along Route 73/Oxford-Trenton Road. The HRC building area will be accessible as you walk up towards campus. The BCRTA Oxford bus routes will not be running on Thursday, August 22; however, they will be running on Friday, August 23. Utilize the Western Campus/North Loop w/Ditmer bus route to get from the Ditmer lot to the central part of campus. Students, faculty and staff with Miami IDs can ride fare-free on BCRTA routes on campus. 

Yes, all first-year Honors College students will, at a minimum, attend the Friday afternoon Welcome & Convocation events.

Any first-year Honors College student that is not registered for another Miami Bound program and living within the Honors Residential College will participate in all Thursday evening and Friday sessions as their first introduction to resources, opportunities, and support from the Honors College and select campus partners.

Students participating in another Miami Bound program or Miami University-related involvement, such as university athletics or marching band, should plan to attend Launch for Success events on Friday morning as their schedule allows. As students complete their other Miami Bound programs Friday morning, they will join the rest of the first-year Honors College students for the required Friday afternoon Honors College First-Year Welcome and Convocation events.