Honors, Awards and Designations
Cum Laude: Grade-Point Average of 3.70
Magna Cum Laude: Grade-Point Average of 3.85
Summa Cum Laude: Grade-Point Average of 3.95
Clemson University Honors College
The graduates so designated have completed an enriched program of study through the Clemson University Honors College. To earn this distinction, students must maintain an overall grade-point average of 3.40 or higher and complete the requirements of General Honors, Departmental Honors and/or Interdisciplinary Honors.
Students who have earned Departmental or Interdisciplinary Honors appear in the line of march wearing the Clemson University Honors College Medallion on an orange and purple ribbon. This medallion is made possible by an endowment established by Mrs. Katherine Inabinet Vickery of Columbia, South Carolina, to honor the memory of her husband and Clemson graduate, the late B.C. Inabinet.
Honor societies and designations
Tassel Colors
Students wearing the white stoles over their gowns are graduating with a 3.00 or better grade-point average. Those who are members of University-recognized honorary societies may have the names of those societies embroidered on one side of the stole with the University seal embroidered on the other side.
Students wearing red, white and blue cords are recognized as active-duty military and graduating veterans.
ClemsonLIFE™ (Learning is for Everyone) is a postsecondary education certificate program for young adults with intellectual disabilities that teaches functional academics, independent living, employment and social/leisure skills to promote independent living and employment skills.
Awards
Faculty Scholar Award
Established at Clemson University in 1959, this award is made annually by the faculty of Clemson University to the members of the graduating class who have the highest scholastic achievement. All graduates who have completed the requirements for the bachelor’s degree since the last commencement exercise and who have completed at Clemson at least 75 percent of the work required for graduation shall be eligible for consideration.
A full listing of honors, awards and other designations is updated as close to graduation as possible.
