Each spring the University holds an Honors Convocation for students who have high academic achievements. The University’s Offices of Academic Affairs and academic units honor students for the following awards and honors:

President’s Aw ard (Gra duating seniors with the fi ve highest grade-point averages)

Junior Award (Five highest academic averages, junior year)

Sophomore A ward ( Five h ighest a cademic averages, sophomore year)

Freshman Award (Highest academic average, 4.0 GPA, freshman year)

College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Studies

The Virginia A. Brooks College of Arts and Sciences Academic/Leadership Award (Outstanding student who has demonstrated leadership ability as a evidenced by activities, honors, and award)

A.W. W right Awa rd (Full-time senior concentrating in social work or s ociology with a GPA that demo nstrates academic succ ess; a lternates be tween social work and sociology)

H.E. Cheaney Endowed Scholarship (Full-time student at KSU, declared major in history or political science; at least a “B” academic average)

Outstanding Psychology St udent (Academically distinguished graduating student majoring in Psychology)

Outstanding Major: Political Science

Outstanding Major: Sociology

Outstanding Major: History

Division of Literature, Languages and Philosophy Helen Holmes Award (Award given to the senior English major who has the highest overall average and who has a minimum of six semesters of full-time attendance at Kentucky State University)

Arsenio Alfar o Award (Award ed to s econd s emeister foreign language student who attains highest score on the competitive examination) Senior Journalism Award (Awarded to the senior Journalism minor who has the highest overall average)

Senior Journalism Award (Awarded to the senior Journalism minor who has the highest overall average)

Anna Margaret Garrison Riggins Award (Presented to African-American concert choir member who exemplifies academic, social and leadership skills)

Florence Gazaway Memorial Scholarship (Concert choir music major who exemplifies musical, cooperation, and good academic standards)

Outstanding Art Education Major (Art Education major who demonstrates academic success and dedication to the teaching profession)

Carl H. S. mith A. ward of Musical Excellence: CCPOE (Music major who best represents and demonstrates the highest possible standards in the area of scholastic achievement and musical excellence)

First Christian Church Fra nkfort Dr. Carl H. Smi th Scholarship for Excellence in Music

(For full-time and outstanding Kentucky State University choral/vocal student with an overall grade point average of 2.5 or better who is active the First Christian Church Frankfort choir)

David Lyons and Joseph Tiggs Award for Outstanding Achievement in Gospel Choral Music (Student who best represents the highest level of achievement in the area of gospel choral music)

Singer Buchanan Award for Theatrical Excellence (Theatre student who best represents and demonstrates the highest standards of theatrical excellence and achievement)

Winona Fl etcher A ward for The spian A achievement (Student who demonstrates the highest level of growth in theatrical performance)

The William L. D ixon Award for Excellence in Jazz Performance (Music major with highest level of achievement in jazz performance)

The Mary E. Gill Endowed Scholarship (Awarded to Woodford County student participant in concert choir; exemplifies musical growth, cooperation, good academic standards)