COMMENCEMENT AWARDS
Candidates for General Honors
Degrees with distinction are conferred on candidates for the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor
of Science and Bachelor of Engineering degrees who have completed at least 55 credits
and achieved grade point averages of 3.85 (summa cum laude), 3.7 (magna cum laude)
or 3.5 (cum laude).
Degrees with distinction are conferred on candidates in the Health Sciences programs
for the Bachelor of Science degree who have completed 60 credits (or 43 credits for
Registered Nurse Baccalaureate program) and achieved grade point averages as follows:
School of Health Technology and Management, 3.85 (summa cum laude), 3.75 (magna cum
Laude), 3.60 (cum laude); School of Nursing, 3.80 (summa cum laude), 3.70 (magna cum
laude), 3.60 (cum laude); and School of Social Welfare, 3.90 (summa cum laude), 3.80
(magna cum laude), 3.70 (cum laude).
Please note:
All honors listed are based on the current grade point average at the time of publication.
The actual honor awarded may be different as it is based on the FINAL grade point
average, determined after finals are completed. The actual honor will appear on the
final transcript and diploma.
Ward Melville Valedictorian Award
The University’s most distinguished undergraduate honor, named in honor of the first
chairperson of the Council of Stony Brook University, the Ward Melville Valedictorian
Award is given to the graduating senior who has attained the most outstanding academic
record during four years at Stony Brook.
To be announced at Commencement
H. Lee Dennison Valedictorian Award
The H. Lee Dennison Award, named in honor of Suffolk County’s first chief executive,
is presented to the graduating senior who entered Stony Brook as a transfer student,
completed at least 60 credits of letter-grade work at Stony Brook, and attained the
most outstanding academic record at Stony Brook in that work.
To be announced at Commencement
