HONORS HALL
Building ID: 1150Honors Hall is home to the Honors College, the Rural Scholars Program, Rural Health, and Biological Sciences Microbiology labs and offices. The Honors College administrative offices are housed on the second floor of Honors Hall. This includes the Dean's office, Honors College reception and recruiting offices, Honors Student Services, Randall Research Scholars Program and University Fellows Experience. Honors seminar rooms and the Honors College Assembly office are also located on the second floor of Honors Hall. Honors College faculty offices, University Fellows Experience conference room and student lounge, Mosaic magazine office and the Honors AV computer lab are located on the third floor. The first floor houses the Honors College student lounge, classroom and the Randall Research Scholars research lab. The Rural Scholars Program and Rural Health can be found on the third floor along with their offices and computer lab. Biological Sciences faculty offices are located on the third floor. Microbiology teaching labs are housed on the second floor annex. Honors Hall was built in 1922 as the University's medical school building. In 1945, the school moved to Birmingham and the Department of Biology took over the building. However, in 1971 the new biology building was created and Honors Hall underwent extensive remodeling to open in 1975 as the home of the Departments of Behavioral Science, Microbiology, Community Medicine, and Internal Medicine. It also once housed the College of Community Health Sciences Dean's Office. In 2005, the Honors College program offices were consolidated and moved to the second floor of Honors Hall.