Lemoyne-Owen学院社区以其W.E.B. Du Bois Scholars Program. 该项目于1988年构想出来. Irving P. 麦克菲尔当时是学院的院长，他找到麦克菲尔博士. 玛丽安·德科斯塔·威利斯请求她成立一个荣誉协会. Dr. DeCosta-Willis proposed W.E.B. 杜波依斯学者项目的名字是为了向一个被称为20世纪最杰出的知识分子的人致敬. It was Dr. DuBois who stated “You, our accomplished students, 能够而且必须成为“十大人才”中的一员. 莱莫恩-欧文学院2021届毕业班中有8人是W.E.B. 杜波依斯学者，其中三个是班级的告别辞代表.
Dr. McPhail stated, in 1988, 莱莫因欧文学院的“十分之一天才”学生将证明，文科教育的目的是传播文化, values, and knowledge of the past; to help men and women realize their human potential; and to affirm the humanity of mankind.”
Dr. 麦克菲尔指出了影响荣誉项目发展的几个具体目标:
We pay tribute to Dr. 麦克菲尔和那七位教授，他们是W大学的首批荣誉导师.E.B. Du Bois Scholars Program; Dr. Stanley Abell, Dr. Rosanne Bell, Dr. Barbara Frankle, Dr. Reuben Green, Dr. Cortez Martin, Dr. James Robinson, and Dr. Miriam De-Costa Willis.
Since 1988, 该计划不断寻求和吸引有志者, talented students, and provide a stimulating educational program; develop a close working relationship between honors students and faculty from all disciplines; provide a curriculum that reaches across all disciplines, thus providing the students a broad perspective outside their major area of study; provide opportunities for honors independent study projects; promote and highlight the mission of the college as a student oriented, high quality academic institution; and to provide opportunities for faculty to challenge their own teaching styles and to improve their instruction in an environment of talented and motivated students.
除了优秀学生在他们的大学生涯中表现出主动性和真正的智力优势这一非常实际的优势之外, 我们的荣誉课程提供了一种新颖的学习方法，这对最有动力和雄心勃勃的学生来说是一种刺激, 而不是简单地增加覆盖材料的体积. 这个过程包括学生向教授申请参加一门特定的课程以获得荣誉学分. 如果申请被批准，则由教授和学生完成并签署一份合同. 学生完成的课程活动必须超越在常规课堂上所做的. 如果学生以“B”或更好的成绩完成活动, 这门课被标记为“获得荣誉学分的课程”.
在荣誉课程中活跃的学生也有提前注册下学期课程的好处, 提高优等生对课程表的控制水平. 我们坚信，这种特权有助于支持荣誉课程，为每个荣誉学生提供机会，以提高和最大限度地提高他们的规划技能, inside of the classroom and out.
The W.E.B. 杜波依斯学者计划是国家大学荣誉委员会的机构成员, Tennessee Collegiate Honors Council, and the Southern Collegiate Honors Council.