Honors Last Lecture Nominations & Committee Service Opportunity

Initiated in 1976, the Honors Last Lecture has become an important tradition for the Utah State University community. Honors students nominate outstanding professors who have made an educational impact on them, in or outside of the classroom.

Last Lecture Nominations

Nominees should be established professors with an exceptional record of undergraduate teaching, scholarly research, and university service at USU. Each year, a committee of Honors students selects one Honors Outstanding Professor, whom they invite to deliver an imagined "Last Lecture," a talk that shares wisdom and insight with students and community members as if it were the professor's final chance to lecture at USU. The committee is looking for permanent, highly regarded faculty who bring their own research to life in the classroom and inspire students to ask questions and seek answers beyond the classroom.

Nominations may be submitted at any time. The committee will begin reviewing nominations in February of the selection year.

Nomination Form

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*Student's Full Name

*USU EmailInclude your @usu.edu email.

*Name of Professor

*Please explain what makes this professor an exceptional teacher, citing specific examples of their work in and beyond the classroom and the impact of that work on you or other students.

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Last Lecture Committee Service

Are you an Honors student interested in helping select the last lecture? Please apply to become part of the Last Lecture Selection Committee.

The 2026 application is now closed.