Dec 06, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Honors, Awards, and Scholarships - College of Liberal Arts


  • Academic Merit Scholarship. Awarded to graduating sociology student holding the highest GPA.
  • Audre Lorde Award for the Outstanding Student in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Established to honor a graduating Gender and Sexuality Studies major who has demonstrated outstanding scholarship, service, and activism within the field of Gender and Sexuality Studies.
  • Award for Excellence in Philosophy. Given to a junior or senior majoring or minoring in philosophy, based on a paper submitted in an annual competition.
  • C. Wright Mills Student Award. Awarded to an outstanding graduating senior in sociology.
  • John S. Wright Award. Given for best graduating history major.
  • Joseph A. (Andy) Fry Award. History award given for the best senior capstone paper.
  • Maura Kaufman Award. Presented to an outstanding student majoring in English.
  • Ralph Roske Award. Given for best beginning history major.
  • Outstanding Student in Psychology. Presented to the outstanding senior in psychology.
  • Psi Chi Distinguished Service Award. Presented to a graduating senior for outstanding service contributions.
  • Sidney Green Award. Awarded to an outstanding junior in sociology.
  • Undergraduate Research Award. Presented to seniors in psychology for outstanding achievements in research.
  • VISTA Award. Awarded to an outstanding graduating senior in the College of Liberal Arts.
  • C. Wright Mills Student Award. Awarded to an outstanding graduating senior in sociology.