The Paul McGhee Division

HONORS AND AWARDS

Honors

DEAN'S HONORS LIST
At the end of each fall and spring semester, a Dean’s Honors List is compiled to recognize superior academic achievement. Students are eligible for Dean’s Honors if during a given semester they have completed at least 8 credits, obtained a grade point average of at least 3.7 and have no incomplete grades for that semester. If you become eligible for Dean’s List by virtue of a grade change or completion of an incomplete grade, you may request an amendment to your record before the end of the next semester. Contact the Advising Office to request the change.

DEPARTMENTAL HONORS
Departmental honors are awarded to students in the B.A. and B.S. degrees who demonstrate an outstanding Senior Project. Each semester, a faculty committee evaluates research papers that are nominated by Senior Project professors. The evaluation is based on a set of criteria that includes conceptualization and significance of the topic, creativity and originality, quality of research, precision of documentation, general organization, disciplinary competence, scope of knowledge, and adherence to proper writing conventions.

Departmental honors recipients become automatically eligible to be considered for the Elizabeth Burridge Award. This award honors the single outstanding research paper of the year and is given during the SCPS graduation convocation celebration.

LATIN HONORS
Latin honors are awarded to B.A. and B.S. graduates. The grade point average (GPA) cutoffs for each category are determined by the combined GPA distribution from the preceding academic year, all graduating classes included.

• Summa cum laude: a GPA included within the top 5 percent of the previous year's graduating class
• Magna cum laude: a GPA included within the next 10 percent of the previous year's graduating class
• Cum laude: a GPA included within the next 15 percent of the previous year's graduating class

Visit the website of the NYU Office of the University Registrar for the complete policy and GPA cutoffs.

Graduation Awards

The Alpha Sigma Lambda Award is given to the graduating student who best demonstrates scholarly growth, culminating in academic excellence.
2011 recipient:
Mira Prinz, B.A. in Humanities

Alpha Sigma Lambda is a national honor society for adult baccalaureate students, devoted to the advancement of scholarship through the recognition of academically outstanding adult students in continuing higher education. Criteria for membership include a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.7 and the completion of a minimum of 70 credits, 30 of which have been earned at NYU. Eligible students are invited by letter to join Alpha Sigma Lambda and are inducted into the Delta Upsilon Chapter at an annual spring ceremony.

The Elizabeth Burridge Memorial Award is given for the outstanding Senior Project by a graduating student.
2011 recipient: Geoffrey Bock, B.S. in Digital Communications and Media

The Harvey J. Stedman Award is presented to the graduating student who best exemplifies the life and achievements of the adult student.
2011 recipient: Gregory Dussaq, B.A. in Social Sciences

The Herbert Jaffa Alumni Award is given to a graduating student in recognition of academic achievement, participation in extracurricular activities, and service to the School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
2011 recipient: Nicholas Reilly, B.A. in Social Sciences

The Wallace Gobetz Memorial Award serves to recognize academic scholarship and is awarded to the graduating student with the highest academic average in each of the degree programs of the McGhee Division.
2011 recipients:
Susan Anastasakos, A.A.S. in Health Administration
Richard Baez, A.A.S. in Business
Angela Borth, B.S. in Information Systems Management
Claire Elizabeth Falkner, B.A. in Social Sciences
Owen Godshall, B.A. in Social Sciences
Kimiko Altamirano-Hardy, A.A. in Liberal Arts
Tricia Smith, B. S. in Real Estate

The Founders’ Day Award is an NYU-wide award given to baccalaureate graduates who have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher based on a minimum of 30 credits in courses taken at NYU. For more information, visit the website of the Office of the University Registrar.