Denison undergraduates share learning experiences with their professors at a level typically reserved for graduate students. Mentors provide general advice and specific information about courses, research opportunities, extracurricular and social options. Each first-year student has a volunteer upperclass mentor who is assigned during the summer prior to enrollment at the college. The college will also consider any off-campus program on an individual basis if it meets the established criteria. Many of these programs offer a rich variety of courses, while some specialize in the sciences or the humanities.
Language study is part of the curriculum in all non-English speaking countries.
In 1995-96, a Denison Honors student matriculated at Corpus Christi Collge, Oxford. In the last seven years, Denison students have received eleven Fulbright Scholarships, three Fulbright alternate designations, two National Science Foundation Fellowships, and four recognitions by the USA Today Academic All American Selection Committee. Recently, three Denison seniors were Rhodes Scholar state finalists. In three of the last five years, Denison juniors have been selected as Truman Scholarship finalists, with one student being named a Truman Scholar for 1998. In 1999, Denison students received a Goldwater Fellowship in the Sciences and a Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities.