Department and University Awards
Nominations will be sought mid-December to mid-January from our faculty for the Graduate Dean's List (with the top-ranked student receiving the Gilbert J. Padilla Memorial Award). Students who are nominated will be informed via letter; those nominated but not selected by the College for the Graduate Dean's List receive the Outstanding Master's Graduate Award for the Department of Psychology. To be eligible for consideration for the Graduate Dean's list, a graduate student must have/will graduate the fall, winter, or spring of that academic year, or the following summer.
At the time of final orals, the student's thesis committee may recommend a thesis for Best Thesis Award. Just prior to the award's deadline, these rankings are reviewed by the Graduate Advisor and the high-ranked theses are selected. The Graduate Committee reviews them and selects one thesis to represent the Psychology Department, which is forwarded to the College for consideration of Best Thesis Award (one is awarded per each College of Liberal Arts commencement ceremony). To be eligible for consideration for the Best Thesis award, a graduate student must have graduated the previous summer; have/will graduate the fall, winter, or spring of that academic year, or the following summer.
Students chosen for either award are required to attend the corresponding academic year's Commencement ceremony in late May. The Psychology department's ceremonies have been scheduled on Thursdays, 1 - 3pm. For additional information on Commencement: click here.
The Department Awardees for the Spring 2007 Commencement ceremony were:
Graduate Dean's List
Marshall Dion
Farnaz Kaighobadi
Best Thesis
Rivka Weed
Distinguished Graduate Students
Ayesha Boyce, Psychology
Tara Collins, Psychology
Gilbert J. Padilla Memorial Award
Marshall Dion
Updated 5/23/07