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The Barkat Charania Scholarship was established in 2013 by Georgia State University alumnus Rahim Charania, in honor of his father Barkat Charania, whose greatest passion is for increasing the availability for young people to receive a quality education.

This scholarship was established by the Atlanta Hospitality Alliance. Founded in 2009, AHA provides a forum for networking and professional development to Atlanta-area hotel owners, developers, operators, franchisors and professional service providers. This scholarship is presented to a hospitality major based on career interest in hotel development or management, academic achievement, school and community involvement, and work experience.

This scholarship, funded by the professional association for hotel concierges in Atlanta, is in memory of Kevin Roach, a long-time hotel employee who was dedicated to quality guest service. The Concierge Society of Atlanta presents this scholarship to a hospitality major with work experience in the hotel industry in a concierge or guest service capacity.

H. Talmage Dobbs, Jr. Outstanding Student award is named after Mr. H. Talmage Dobbs, Jr., past chairman of the board of Life of Georgia and a Georgia State alum. The award is presented to the outstanding undergraduate finance major over the past year. The criteria used to determine the recipient include classroom performance and recommendations from past instructors.

The Anne-Marie Campbell Scholarship was established in 2013 by Georgia State alumna Ann-Marie Campbell to provide financial support for students majoring in any discipline within the J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is exclusive to students who meet the society's high academic standards of excellence and is only open to students around the country and internationally who attend business schools like Robinson that are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is exclusive to students who meet the society's high academic standards of excellence and is only open to students around the country and internationally who attend business schools like Robinson that are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Georgia State University conferred more than 2,000 degrees to students at the associate's, bachelor's, master's, specialist, professional and doctoral levels during the Summer 2019 semester.

To be eligible for the Dean's List during the summer semester, degree-seeking students with a minimum Georgia State cumulative GPA of 2.00 must earn a 3.50 GPA for the semester and complete at least 6 semester hours of academic credit with no incompletes.

To be eligible for the President's List during the summer semester, degree-seeking students with a minimum Georgia State University cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 must earn a 4.0 GPA for the semester and complete at least 6 semester hours of academic credit with no incompletes.

Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is exclusive to students who meet the society's high academic standards of excellence and is only open to students around the country and internationally who attend business schools like Robinson that are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Robert W. Batten served as director of Georgia State's Actuarial Science Program for 25 years. The Department of Risk Management and Insurance presents this award annually to the outstanding student in actuarial mathematics.

This annual award, sponsored by the RMI Alumni Club, recognizes a senior-level student majoring in risk management and insurance who has demonstrated academic excellence in coursework related to managing risk.

Nicolas Ardila was awarded the 2015 Outstanding Risk Management and Insurance Graduate Student of the Year Award at the 2015 Honors Day Celebration.

The Margaret Lupo Scholarship in Restaurant Management is in memory of Margaret Lupo, founder and owner of Mary Mac's Tea Room. Margaret Lupo was a leading restaurant entrepreneur and known for her southern hospitality. It is awarded to a student who is majoring in hospitality with a restaurant management focus. Selection is also based on academic achievement, work experience and restaurant industry involvement.

This annual award recognizes a graduating mathematical risk management student who has demonstrated academic excellence in graduate-level coursework and whose efforts have enhanced the quality of education for other students in the mathematical risk management program.

Friends and colleagues at KPMG, LLP established this scholarship to honor John "Jay" Thomas Zellner, Sr., who passed away in 2013. Mr. Zellner was a Director of KPMG in the Atlanta office, and held a BBA from GSU.

The late Dr. Floyd S. Harper joined Georgia State's faculty in 1958 and was instrumental in the creation of the Department of Risk Management and Insurance's Actuarial Science Program. This award is presented annually to a graduating senior in actuarial science in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement and character-qualities that Dr. Harper strove to develop in his students.

The late Dr. Eli A. Zubay co-founded Georgia State University's Actuarial Science Program in 1958. This award recognizes academic excellence and is presented annually to the undergraduate actuarial science major with the highest overall grade-point average.

The GTA Teaching Excellence Awards are awarded for outstanding teaching performance by doctoral-level teaching assistants during the preceding calendar year (spring, summer and fall terms).

To be eligible for the President's List during the summer semester, degree-seeking students with a minimum Georgia State University cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 must earn a 4.0 GPA for the semester and complete at least 6 semester hours of academic credit with no incompletes.

To be eligible for the Dean's List during the summer semester, degree-seeking students with a minimum Georgia State cumulative GPA of 2.00 must earn a 3.50 GPA for the semester and complete at least 6 semester hours of academic credit with no incompletes.

Among the most prestigious student organizations at Georgia State University, ambassadors with The 1913 Society, named for the year the university was founded, serve as hosts for high-profile events and ceremonies. Members maintain excellent grades and carry themselves with poise and professionalism at all times.

Students with The 1913 Society at Georgia State University were recognized for excellence during the 2018-19 academic year. Among the most prestigious student organizations at Georgia State, ambassadors with The 1913 Society, named for the year the university was founded, serve as hosts for high-profile events and ceremonies. Members maintain excellent grades and carry themselves with poise and professionalism at all times.

Perimeter College students in 21 disciplines are eligible for student academic honors. While each discipline has its own appropriate criteria by which nominees are consider and selected, all academic honors recipients represent a decision by faculty that the student's academic results and progress, activities and pursuits and overall attitude and engagement are truly outstanding in that specific discipline.

A Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree is intended for individuals who have already earned degrees in law to gain more specialized knowledge about specific areas of the legal profession. The university honored students for their achievements this past May, and officially conferred LL.M. degrees in late June 2019.

More than 150 students from the Georgia State University College of Law earned law (Juris Doctor) degrees during the spring 2019 semester. The university honored students for their achievements this past May, and officially conferred law degrees in late June 2019.

Georgia State University student Katia Vanderbilt, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Linguistics, has received a grant from the Adult Literacy Research Center for her project entitled, "Developing and Testing Alternative Benchmarks of Lexical Sophistication: L2 Lexical Frequency, Semantic Context, and Word Recognition Indices."

Georgia State University student Rurik Tywoniw, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Linguistics, has received a grant from the Adult Literacy Research Center for a project entitled, "Investigating Reading Behavior and Inference-Making in Advanced L2 Reading Comprehension Assessment Tasks."

The Brains & Behavior Summer Scholars Program provides summer fellowships to selected Georgia State undergraduates to support their research efforts in faculty laboratories.