• Special scholarships for talented high school seniors, upper-division students, and those in the accelerated program.

• Membership in the national honor society for nurses, Sigma Theta Tau International, through the Gamma Kappa chapter, encourages and recognizes superior scholarship and leadership achievement in nursing.

• The Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Scholarship has several scholarships for nursing students in the region.

• Faculty who are expert practitioners of nursing with advanced preparation in their specialties; many have achieved national and/or international recognition and can offer research opportunities for undergraduates.

• Honors Research is a tutorial which provides outstanding undergraduate students in nursing the opportunity to enrich their education and gain personal recognition through participation in the scholarly work of a faculty mentor.