Honors and Awards Sub-Committee
The PAS Honors and Awards Sub-Committee, selected annually from the faculty, staff and students by the Chairperson of the Curriculum Committee, shall consist of a Chair and two or three other members. It shall be the responsibility of this Committee to compile during Spring Semester a list of eligible candidates to receive any of the four department awards based on established criteria: GPA, class standing, performance in PAS courses and significance of contribution in the respective award categories. Induction into Alpha Kappa Mu, a National Scholastic Honor Society, is based on criteria established by the National Office and the selection process is determined by the advisor and the chapter president. Awards include
- Alpha Kappa Mu National Scholastic Honor Society
- The Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Scholarship
- The Fela Sowande Award for Creativity
- The W. E. B. DuBois Award for Service
- The Hulda Smith-Graham Freshman Award
The Sub-Committee supervises the preparation of the appropriate documents as well as the award certificates to be presented.
The DPAS Honors and Awards Sub-Committee completes the arrangements necessary for presenting awards to recipients of the Hulda Smith-Graham Freshman Award and the initiates in Alpha Kappa Mu. Each year a special Alpha Kappa Mu initiation ceremony and Hulda Smith-Graham Award presentation is held in cooperation with Black United Students’ Ebony Achievement Awards Ceremony. (See also Section VII, L, 1.)