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Honors and Awards

Semester Honors

Two lists of honor students are posted each semester:

  1. Dean’s List - Students enrolled for a minimum of 12 hours and fewer than 15 must have a 4.0 Gardner-Webb grade point average, and students taking 15 hours or more must have a 3.7 or better with no grade below “C” (2.0).
  2. Honor Roll - Students enrolled for a minimum of 12 hours and fewer than 15 hours must have a 3.5 Gardner-Webb grade point average with no grade below “C” (2.0), and students taking 15 or more hours must have between a 3.2 and 3.7 average with no grade below “C” (2.0).

Graduation Honors

To be considered for baccalaureate honors, a graduating student must complete a minimum of 60 hours at Gardner-Webb University, and his or her GPA for that work taken here must merit honors. Those in the graduating class with a GPA of 3.8 or above will receive honors. Those with a 3.8-3.89 will receive cum laude. Those with a 3.9-3.94 will receive magna cum laude. Those with a 3.95-4.0 will receive summa cum laude.

Online Undergraduate Program Academic Award

At Commencement exercises, the Online Undergraduate Program Academic Award is presented to the Online Program student with the highest academic grade point average. To be considered for the award, a student must complete a minimum of 60 hours at Gardner-Webb. In the case of a tie, the grade point average for all work accepted for transfer to Gardner-Webb is incorporated into the calculation.

Student Honor Societies
Alpha Sigma Lambda

Gardner-Webb University is affiliated with this National Honor Society designed for adult students. Membership in Alpha Sigma Lambda is the highest honor that is bestowed upon Online Undergraduate Program students at Gardner-Webb University. A list of Alpha Sigma Lambda nominees is produced by the Registrar and audited for membership requirements. Alpha Sigma Lambda nominees receive a letter of nomination explaining the requirements of membership and an invitation to an induction ceremony.

To be eligible for ASL, a student must:

Be an adult engaged in balancing the multiple responsibilities of home, career, community, and education;

  • Have a minimum 3.5 grade point average (GPA) at Gardner-Webb as well as a 3.5 GPA overall including all colleges previously attended (The cumulative scholastic record of the student as interpreted by Gardner-Webb shall be the basis for computing scholastic eligibility);
  • Place in the top 10% of his/her class having earned a total of 88 credit hours;
  • Have earned 24 credit hours from Gardner-Webb University;
  • Have earned at least 12 of the total credit hours in the Liberal Arts/Sciences;
  • Be enrolled for at least 12 hours in the semester of induction; and
  • Have excellent citizenship and character.