Academic Honors & Awards
The College of Mount St. Joseph offers a number of prestigious awards and honors to students to recognize outstanding achievement in academics, leadership, athletics, and service to the College, community and church. Student award recipients are recognized at the annual honors convocation and at the commencement ceremony.
Dean’s List: Any undergraduate student carrying 6 hours or more of course work for a letter grade (excluding "P/F" courses) and whose grade point average for a semester is 3.50 or above is placed on the Dean’s List. Recognition is based on completion of all courses by the end of a given semester. An incomplete (I) or satisfactory progress (SP) grade preclude such recognition. Dean’s List is noted on the student’s academic record after first and second semesters. There is not a Dean’s List for summer sessions.
Graduation Honors
For information regarding graduation honors, see http://www.msj.edu/view/academics/catalogs--class-schedules/undergraduate-catalog/academic-policies/graduation.aspx
Honor Societies
Membership in Kappa Gamma Pi, the National Honor Society of Catholic Colleges, is awarded annually to a maximum of 10 percent of the baccalaureate graduating class. Students eligible for the award must have graduation honors (based on the grade point average and residency requirement for honors), must have been outstanding in service and leadership and must have met current qualifications as specified by Kappa Gamma Pi.
Alpha Chi, the national college honor scholarship society, admits college juniors and seniors of superior scholastic standing who rank in the upper 10 percent of their classes. Members represent all academic disciplines. The society’s purpose is to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among students and to honor those achieving such distinction.
Kappa Gamma Pi and Alpha Chi honors are noted in the commencement program.
Refer to the individual academic departments for discipline specific honor societies.