Barrett Honors College
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1988 |
| Dean | Dr. Mark Jacobs |
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Academic staff
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40 |
| Undergraduates | 5,416 |
| Location | Tempe, Arizona |
| Affiliations | Arizona State University |
| Website | http://barretthonors.asu.edu |
Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University is a program that provides over 5,400 students with a residential experience that is similar to that which one might find at a smaller college or university, while still giving access to the resources of a major research institution. The administration offices for the college are located in Sage Hall in the Barrett Honors Complex, on ASU's Tempe campus, but classes are available at all of the ASU campuses in Arizona.
Originally named the Honors College, the institution was created by the Arizona Board of Regents on July 16, 1988. After six years and being one of the few honors colleges in the country, the honors college was named by Money Magazine as one of the top eight honors programs in the United States. In 2000, the then-CEO of Intel, Craig Barrett and his wife Barbara, who is an ASU alumna, gave the college an endowment of $10 million. Because this was one of the largest gifts ASU had received at the time, the college was renamed Barrett, The Honors College.
The new Barrett, The Honors College Residential Complex, containing the Honors College, is on the southeast corner of ASU's Tempe campus and is adjacent to Apache Boulevard to the south and Rural Road to the east. It was designed by the collaboration of the architecture firms IKON 5 Architects and DWL Architects. Major construction was coordinated by the collaboration of general contractors Hardison/Downey & Kitchell from September 2007 to August 2009. Construction costs of the project totaled approximately $110,000,000 for approximately 490,000 g.s.f. of buildings and is being considered for LEED v2.2 Silver Certification. It consists of the residence halls Agave, Cereus, Sage, Cottonwood, Rosewood, Juniper, Willow, and a special Sustainability House at Barrett, or SHAB, all of which have classrooms for the seminars that are held solely for honors students. It provides facilities for 1,700 students.
Campus Gallery
Photo of the north west side of the Agave Hall building at Barrett, The Honors College. Part of the ASU Main Campus in Tempe, Arizona.
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