Graduation With Honors Honors are awarded to those students with an average of at least 3.500 to 3.699 on a 4.000 scale. Graduates who achieve Cum Laude have earned blue institutional honor cords.
Graduation With High Honors High honors are awarded to those students with an average of at least 3.700 to 3.899 on a 4.000 scale. Graduates who achieve Magna Cum Laude have earned gold institutional honor cords.
Graduation With Highest Honors Highest honors are awarded to those students with an average of at least 3.900 on a 4.000 scale. The asterisk (*) indicates those students who have maintained a 4.000 grade point average. Graduates who achieve Summa Cum Laude have earned blue and gold institutional honor cords.
Candidates for associate degrees who demonstrate high levels of scholarship through their coursework will graduate With Distinction. The designation With Distinction is awarded when students achieve a minimum 3.500 GPA for all undergraduate coursework at ӰƵ. Graduates who achieve With Distinction have earned white Institutional honor cords.
Students in the Honors College, having completed a senior honors project or thesis in their major field, and having evidenced exceptional academic performance, have fulfilled requirements for graduation with University, General or Departmental Honors.
Thesis Title: “The Degree of Effectiveness of Communication Strategies on Older Adults With Hearing Loss and How Age-Related Cognitive Decline Affects the Usage of Communication Strategies”
Advisor: Mark Krumm
Maris Diane Walter
Fashion Merchandising
Thesis Title: “Bringing My Family's Story Back to Life Through Investigating The Slovakian Holocaust: A Self-Study”
Advisor: Lauren Vogel
Leo Thomas Wible
Geology
Thesis Title: “Two Worlds, One Sun: What Hydrothermal Vents Can Teach Us ӰƵ Life on Earth and Mars”
Advisors: Joseph Ortiz and Jeffery Balcerski
Departmental Honors
Tais Alessandra Santos von Sinner
Art History
Thesis Title: “Now You See Me: A Reassessment of Self-Portraiture, and Asserting the Public Image of the Woman Artist in Renaissance and Baroque Italy”
Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious honor society, was founded in 1776 by students at the College of William & Mary who recognized the importance of a liberal education as the foundation of participation in a democratic society. Phi Beta Kappa recognizes students who have achieved excellence in all aspects of their education, and who have a strong background in the liberal arts and sciences, mathematics and a foreign language. Fewer than 1% of students across the nation are elected to Phi Beta Kappa annually. The ӰƵ chapter was established in 1976, and each year the Phi Beta Kappa faculty members elect juniors and seniors who have met the high standards of excellence of the society.
