Georgia State University

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.

The Generation Google Scholarship was established to help aspiring computer scientists excel in technology and become leaders in the field. Each year an extremely selective group of undergraduate students are chosen from the applicant pool, and scholarships are awarded based on the strength of each candidate's impact on diversity, demonstrated leadership and academic background.

Students from the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions at Georgia State University earned Occupational Therapy Master's (OTM) degrees durign the Spring 2019 semester

Georgia State University conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees during ceremonies held this spring at the Rialto Center for the Arts.

Georgia State University conferred Specialist in Education degrees to students from the university's College of Education and Human Development during the Spring 2019 semester.

More than 2,000 students earned bachelor's degrees from Georgia State University during the Spring 2019 semester.

Students from Georgia State University's College of Education and Human Development earned Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degrees during the Spring 2019 semester.

Georgia State University conferred Executive Doctorate in Business degrees to students from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Georgia State University conferred Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees to students during the Spring 2019 semester.

Georgia State University conferred Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees to students during the university's 104th commencement exercises during the Spring 2019 semester.

More than 800 students earned associate's degrees from Georgia State University's Perimeter College during the Spring 2019 semester.

Georgia State University conferred master's degrees to graduate students across disciplines during the Spring 2019 semester.

To be eligible for the Dean's List, degree-seeking students must have earned a GPA of at least 3.5 for a minimum of nine semester hours of academic credit taken at Georgia State during the fall or spring term with no incompletes for the semester. Eligible students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all classes taken at Georgia State.

To be eligible for the President's List, degree-seeking students must have earned a GPA of at least 4.0 for a minimum of nine semester hours of academic credit taken at Georgia State during the fall or spring term with no incompletes for the semester. Eligible students must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 for all classes taken at Georgia State.

The Outstanding Nutrition Graduate Student Award is given to a nutrition graduate student or students with outstanding academic performance and professional contributions.

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.

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

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

The Occupational Therapy Academic Excellence Award is given to a graduating second year student with a GPA of 4.0 in the occupational therapy program who also exhibits overall academic excellence.

The Occupational Therapy Leadership Excellence Award goes to the student who provides ongoing, dynamic leadership and guidance to his or her class and maintains a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Eleven students in the Honors College at Georgia State University presented their undergraduate research during the 2019 National Conference on Undergraduate Research.