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1. FE101OLA First Year Experience
Lesson 1
Module 4
Academic Honors

2. At Manor College, academic
honors are bestowed as
recognition of outstanding
academic achievement and as a
means to further encourage sound
scholarship.
In other words, your hard work
and good grades won’t go
unnoticed. The Dean, your
program director and instructors,
and the advisors for both of the
college’s Honor Societies review
students' final grades each
semester to determine eligibility
for academic honors and awards.

3. Dean’s List
• Dean’s List is an honor given to students when
they have accumulated a certain number of
credits and earned a certain GPA:
– Full-time students must earn a minimum of 12
credits and have a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher.
– Part-time students will be eligible for inclusion on
the Dean’s List each semester after they have
accumulated 12 Manor credits and have a GPA of
3.5 or higher.

4. There are many benefits that
come with being on the Dean’s
List:
• A sense of personal
achievement and pride.
• Increasing your eligibility for
scholarships.
• A noteworthy
accomplishment to put on
your transfer applications.
• Future employers will
recognize it as a sign of your
abilities and dependability.
• An achievement that can be
noted by a mentor on a letter
of recommendation.

5. Manor College has three academic divisions, Allied Health Science &
Math, Business and Legal Studies, and Liberal Arts. Each Spring,
each division honors its students in a special ceremony to award
special academic honors and recognize many different forms of
student involvement, such as community service.

6. Allied Health and Science
Pinning Ceremony
• An award ceremony is
held each Spring.
• Sophomores in career
programs who fulfill
eligibility requirements
receive a pin which
symbolizes readiness for
entry into their chosen
profession.
• Full-time and part-time
Allied Health students are
also eligible for certificates
of excellence, merit,
distinguished service and
clinical proficiency.

7. Business Scholars
Ceremony
• An award ceremony is
held each Spring for all
students in the Business
Studies Division.
• Awards are given for
excellence and service in
the Accounting, Business,
Information Systems and
Technology, and Legal
Studies programs.
• All graduating
sophomores in the
Business Studies Division
are honored.

8. Liberal Arts Awards
Ceremony
• Held each Spring to
recognize graduating
student achievements in
the Liberal Arts.
• Full-time and part-time
students are presented
with certificates of
excellence, merit, and
distinguished service in
the areas of: Liberal Arts,
Liberal Arts with a
concentration in
Communications,
Psychology, Middle Level
Education (4-8) , and Early
Childhood Education
(PreK-4).

9. An honor society recognizes you for your ability
to be academically successful and provides you
with an opportunity to be part of a group of
students who have similar academic goals. Most
honor societies provide scholarships, career and
networking resources, community service,
activities on campus, and experiences that will
add recognition and value to your college
education.
Manor College has two Honor Societies to which
students can be invited. Memberships in honor
societies is based on the student’s scholastic average
and the approval of the Academic Dean.
Invitations for both societies are distributed after the
Fall semester.

10. One of Manor’s Honor Societies is
the Alpha Beta Gamma - Upsilon
Chapter. Alpha Beta Gamma is an
International Business Honor
Society established by business
professors in 1970 to recognize and
encourage scholarship among two-
year business and professional
college students. The society is a
member of The Association of
College Honor Societies and has
initiated 65,500 members.
Manor also inducts students into the
Phi Theta Kappa - XI Chi Chapter of the
National Honor Fraternity of the Two-
Year Colleges. Phi Theta Kappa's
mission is two-fold:
• To recognize and encourage the
academic achievement of two-year
college students and;
• To provide opportunities for
individual growth and development
through participation in honors,
leadership, service and fellowship
programming.

11. Here’s a photo of Tyler waiting to be
inducted into Phi Theta Kappa. He was
invited to join both Honor Societies.

12. Certificate of
Academic
Honor
Certificate of
Academic
Honor
I’m so proud of Marla. Here she is with Dean
Mydlowec, her department chair and the
college President, Sr. Cecilia, accepting
academic honors at the Business Scholars
Ceremony.

13. You have now completed the Lesson 1 videos
and PowerPoints.
Please review the material in this lesson and in
the Manor College Advising Roadmap that is
located in this portion of WebStudy.
Take the Lesson 1 Quiz before moving on to
Lesson 2.