Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.
The student body of more than 53,000 demonstrates that students from all backgrounds can achieve at high rates with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural organizations.
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Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.
The student body of more than 53,000 demonstrates that students from all backgrounds can achieve at high rates with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural organizations.
Nell Hamilton Trotter Award
The Nell Hamilton Trotter Student Leadership Award, named for the first Dean of Women at Georgia State University, recognizes an outstanding commitment to student involvement, and is the highest student leadership award presented by the university.

Academic Award -
2017 Dec 13
Kell Award
The Kell Award is given to the senior who has achieved the highest scholastic average for all course work taken at Georgia State.

Academic Award -
2017 Dec 13
Public Health Student Achievement Award
Public Health graduate student Alexandria Patterson was selected to receive the school's Public Health Student Achievement Award in 2017.

Academic Award -
2017 May 12

Evangeline Lane Founders Award
This award is presented to students who graduate with both a 3.5 overall grade point average and a 3.67 GPA in all nursing classes.

Academic Award -
2017 May 11

Sigma Theta Tau Undergraduate Achievement Award
The Sigma Theta Tau Academic Achievement Award is presented annually by the group's Epsilon Alpha Chapter at Georgia State University to the graduating generic and registered nurse nursing student who has maintained the highest scholastic average upon completion of the baccalaureate program.

Academic Award -
2017 May 10

Respiratory Therapy Academic Excellence Award
This award recognizes a graduating student or students with the highest GPA achieved in the respiratory therapy progam.

Academic Award -
2017 Apr 10
Outstanding Nutrition Graduate Student Award
This award is given to a nutrition graduate student or students with outstanding academic performance and professional contributions.

Academic Award -
2017 Apr 10
James Ancil Lewis Award
This award, established in memory of James Ancil Lewis, honors his exemplary work in respiratory therapy: from his graduation in 1973 until his death in 1992. This award is given to a junior in the program who exemplifies Mr. Lewis' characteristics of service to others, particularly in clinical work and direct patient care.

Academic Award -
2017 Apr 10

Johnnie W. Prothro Academic Excellence Award
This award is given to an undergraduate student in the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions who has achieved a high level of academic excellence in the nutrition program.

Academic Award -
2017 Apr 5

Sara M. Hunt Clinical Excellence Award
This award is given to a Coordinated Program student who has displayed outstanding performance in the clinical setting.

Academic Award -
2017 Apr 5

Outstanding B.I.S. in Health Informatics Program Award
This award is given to students who have demonstrated academic achievement, have strong leadership skills, and strong potential as future health IT professionals.

Academic Award -
2017 Apr 5
Krystle Lynn Caraballo Receives ASC 2016 Ruth D. Peterson Minority Award
The American Society of Criminology's Ruth D. Peterson Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Diversity is designed to encourage students of color, especially those from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in the field, to enter the field of criminology and criminal justice, and to facilitate the completion of their degrees.

Academic Award -
2017 Jan 27
Georgia State University Outstanding Coordinated Program Student Award
Georgia State University recognizes one outstanding nutrition Coordinated Program student each year. Criteria for the award include academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, and potential as a future dietetics professional.

Academic Award -
2017 Apr 5
Governor Joe Frank Harris Scholarship
This award is given annually in honor of former Ga. Gov. Joe Frank Harris, whose administration was noted for improvements in education, and who serves as a Distinguished Executive Fellow in the Andrew Young School. It is given to a Georgia resident student or students in the school based on academic merit.

Academic Award -
2017 Jan 20
Kell Award
The Kell Award for academic achievement is presented to students graduating from Georgia State University at the undergraduate level with the highest institutional grade-point average at the time of commencement.

Academic Award -
2017 Jan 3
Kell Award
The Kell Award is presented to students graduating from Georgia State University at the undergraduate level with the highest grade-point average for all course work taken at the university.

Academic Award -
2017 Jan 3

Summa Cum Laude
This achievement is for Georgia State Law students who maintained a GPA of 3.8 or higher through the end of the Fall 2015 semester.

Academic Award -
2016 Oct 19
John Laska Distinguished Dissertation Award
College of Education & Human Development doctoral student Rhonda Webb is one of the 2016 recipients of the John Laska Distinguished Dissertation Award in Curriculum.

Academic Award -
2016 Oct 4
Outstanding Undergraduate in Early Childhood Education Award - ESOL
In recognition of outstanding leadership and service to the educational community in the Bachelor of Science in Education program in Early Childhood Education, with a concentration in English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Academic Award -
2016 Jun 16

Outstanding Rehabilitation Counseling Student Award
Presented to a master's student in the Rehabilitation Counseling program in recognition of a strong commitment to the profession and advocating for people with disabilities.

Academic Award -
2016 Jun 15

Academic Excellence Award
This award recognizes a graduating student or students with the highest GPA achieved in the respiratory therapy progam.

Academic Award -
2016 Jun 3

Georgia State University Outstanding Coordinated Program Student Award
Georgia State University recognizes one outstanding Coordinated Program student each year. Criteria for the award include academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, and potential as a future dietetics professional.

Academic Award -
2016 Jun 2
The Nell Hamilton Trotter Award
The Nell Hamilton Trotter Student Leadership Award recognizes a student who has enjoyed academic success while playing a significant role in campus leadership.

Academic Award -
2016 May 19
Georgia State University Outstanding Graduate Student Award
This award is given to a graduate student or students with outstanding academic performance and professional contributions.

Academic Award -
2016 Jun 1
The Kell Award
The Kell Award is given to the senior who has achieved the highest scholastic average with all course work taken at Georgia State.

Academic Award -
2016 May 19
The Kell Award
The Kell Award is given to the senior who has achieved the highest scholastic average with all course work taken at Georgia State.

Academic Award -
2016 May 19

The AYSPS Excellence in Teaching Policy Award
The Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes a student who, in the judgment of the faculty, has performed exceptionally well in teaching.

Academic Award -
2016 May 19

The Excellence in Teaching Criminal Justice Award
The Excellence in Teaching award recognizes a student who, in the judgment of the Andrew Young School's Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology faculty, has performed exceptionally well in this area.

Academic Award -
2016 May 17
1913 Excellence in Scholarship Award
The 1913 Excellence in Scholarship Award is presented to the member of the 1913 Society with the highest GPA.

Academic Award -
2016 May 17
Jhumki Basu Scholars Award
Georgia State University graduate student Suzanna Roman is the 2016 recipient of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching's Jhumki Basu Scholars Award.

Academic Award -
2016 Feb 25