Oct 10 Image Family Weekend Ice Cream Social 2 – 4 p.m., Today Time to show your school spirit and space to your family! Bring your family and join us as W.A. Franke Honors College staff and faculty mix and mingle! Hang out in the courtyard, dance to the music, and play some lawn games. Let's celebrate your first two months of school and have fun with friends and family! Oct 28 Image Franke Honors Meet & Treat 4 – 5:30 p.m., Oct. 28, 2025 It's the Halloween season so come join staff and faculty for treats! Trick or treat through the Honors offices and stop to talk with staff and faculty! We'll have a hot chocolate bar as well. Come and load up on some fall cheer and sugar to power through. Oct 29 Image Dia De Los Muertos Event 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Oct. 29, 2025 Drop in to the first floor of the Campus Store between 10 am and 5 pm and make your own clay piece for our Dia de los Muertos altar. Staff from the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) will be on-site with clay and tools for any students that would like to come by and make a piece to place on the altar for the Day of the Dead event that will take place on October 30th between 5 pm and 7 pm. Oct 30 Image Dia De Los Muertos Event 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Oct. 30, 2025 Drop in to the first floor of the Campus Store between 10 am and 5 pm and make your own clay piece for our Dia de los Muertos altar. Staff from the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) will be on-site with clay and tools for any students that would like to come by and make a piece to place on the altar for the Day of the Dead event that will take place on October 30th between 5 pm and 7 pm. Oct 30 Image Dia De Los Muertos Event 5 – 7 p.m., Oct. 30, 2025 “Siempre Nos Queremos” Beloved Forever Join us at the Campus Store for our fifth annual Dia de los Muertos celebration! The event will include dance, music performances, viewing of the altar, and a mercado. Nov 08 Image Homecoming Tailgate! All Day, Nov. 8, 2025 The W.A. Franke Honors College will be on the UA Mall in the College Village. Swing by and say hi! Dec 11 Image Franke Honors Wildcat Wind Down 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., Dec. 11, 2025 De-stress before finals! The day will include a variety of exercises to move your body, refresh your spirit, and get creative. Dec 18 Image W.A. Franke Honors College Convocation 2 – 4 p.m., Dec. 18, 2025 You (or someone you care about) made it! They completed their U of A studies and earned their degree! Come celebrate them and their accomplishments at the W.A. Franke Winter Convocation. Mingle with faculty and staff after the ceremony. Hope to see you and your graduate there! Apr 22 Image Franke Honors Pinnacle 1 – 3 p.m., April 22, 2026 Join us for Franke Honors Pinnacle, a signature event hosted by the W.A. Franke Honors College celebrating the outstanding research of our undergraduate students. This showcase features the Honors Thesis projects of graduating seniors, Quest research presentations, and creative video representations of other research projects. Outstanding work will be recognized with financial awards in multiple categories, including Quest projects, senior thesis research, and creative video presentations. Whether you’re presenting, attending, or serving as a judge, this is an opportunity to engage with the incredible scholarship happening within the Franke Honors community.
Oct 10 Image Family Weekend Ice Cream Social 2 – 4 p.m., Today Time to show your school spirit and space to your family! Bring your family and join us as W.A. Franke Honors College staff and faculty mix and mingle! Hang out in the courtyard, dance to the music, and play some lawn games. Let's celebrate your first two months of school and have fun with friends and family!
Oct 28 Image Franke Honors Meet & Treat 4 – 5:30 p.m., Oct. 28, 2025 It's the Halloween season so come join staff and faculty for treats! Trick or treat through the Honors offices and stop to talk with staff and faculty! We'll have a hot chocolate bar as well. Come and load up on some fall cheer and sugar to power through.
Oct 29 Image Dia De Los Muertos Event 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Oct. 29, 2025 Drop in to the first floor of the Campus Store between 10 am and 5 pm and make your own clay piece for our Dia de los Muertos altar. Staff from the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) will be on-site with clay and tools for any students that would like to come by and make a piece to place on the altar for the Day of the Dead event that will take place on October 30th between 5 pm and 7 pm.
Oct 30 Image Dia De Los Muertos Event 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Oct. 30, 2025 Drop in to the first floor of the Campus Store between 10 am and 5 pm and make your own clay piece for our Dia de los Muertos altar. Staff from the College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) will be on-site with clay and tools for any students that would like to come by and make a piece to place on the altar for the Day of the Dead event that will take place on October 30th between 5 pm and 7 pm.
Oct 30 Image Dia De Los Muertos Event 5 – 7 p.m., Oct. 30, 2025 “Siempre Nos Queremos” Beloved Forever Join us at the Campus Store for our fifth annual Dia de los Muertos celebration! The event will include dance, music performances, viewing of the altar, and a mercado.
Nov 08 Image Homecoming Tailgate! All Day, Nov. 8, 2025 The W.A. Franke Honors College will be on the UA Mall in the College Village. Swing by and say hi!
Dec 11 Image Franke Honors Wildcat Wind Down 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., Dec. 11, 2025 De-stress before finals! The day will include a variety of exercises to move your body, refresh your spirit, and get creative.
Dec 18 Image W.A. Franke Honors College Convocation 2 – 4 p.m., Dec. 18, 2025 You (or someone you care about) made it! They completed their U of A studies and earned their degree! Come celebrate them and their accomplishments at the W.A. Franke Winter Convocation. Mingle with faculty and staff after the ceremony. Hope to see you and your graduate there!
Apr 22 Image Franke Honors Pinnacle 1 – 3 p.m., April 22, 2026 Join us for Franke Honors Pinnacle, a signature event hosted by the W.A. Franke Honors College celebrating the outstanding research of our undergraduate students. This showcase features the Honors Thesis projects of graduating seniors, Quest research presentations, and creative video representations of other research projects. Outstanding work will be recognized with financial awards in multiple categories, including Quest projects, senior thesis research, and creative video presentations. Whether you’re presenting, attending, or serving as a judge, this is an opportunity to engage with the incredible scholarship happening within the Franke Honors community.
