Honors 


Degrees With Distinction
To be eligible for a degree with distinction, a student must have completed at least 56 semester hours of course work through Eastern Illinois University and must satisfy the required grade-point average. Eligible students who have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.90 to 4.00 are graduated summa cum laude; those with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.80 through 3.89 are graduated magna cum laude; and those with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.65 through 3.79 are graduated cum laude.

Students who qualify for degrees with distinction wear an appropriate chevron as part of their academic attire at commencement and their names appear in the commencement program as being awarded Degrees with Distinction. All grades earned at EIU are counted in computing the cumulative GPA. Grades earned during the final grading period are not used for compiling the tentative list developed for commencement. Transcript notations of graduating cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude are based on the student’s total cumulative grade-point average, including the final grading period.

 

Alpha Sigma Lambda
Alpha Sigma Lambda (ASL) is an honor society for adult students in higher education. Membership is by invitation only. To be eligible for this honor, students must have completed at least 25 hours through Eastern Illinois University and must have at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA.

An induction ceremony is held on campus each year whereby students take the membership pledge and receive the opportunity to purchase an honor cord which may be worn during the commencement ceremony.

http://www.alphasigmalambda.org/

 
Academic Excellence
Students who complete at least 25 Eastern hours after being admitted to the BGS Degree Program, and who maintain a 3.5 GPA or better, are awarded Academic Excellence by the School of Continuing Education. A reward certificate will be mailed to those students.

 

Dean's List 
The Dean’s List at Eastern Illinois University recognizes undergraduate students who achieve a GPA of 3.80 - 4.00 while completing a minimum of 12 graded semester hours, excluding credit/no credit grades. In addition to the GPA requirement, students on the Dean’s List must also rank among the top 10 percent of the students in their major. The Dean’s List is generated in the fall and spring semesters only.