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Awards and Honors

Student Awards:

Alan L. Chaikin Psychology Honors Thesis Award - This award is given each year to the student in the Department of Psychology with the outstanding honors thesis. The student receives a plaque and a check for $200, and is included on the list of Award recipients posted in the Psychology Office.

The Elizabeth C. Guy Outstanding Psychology Student Award - This award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior in psychology selected by the faculty. The student receives a plaque and a check for $200, and is included on the list of Award recipients posted in the Psychology Office.

Distinguished Graduate in Psychology Award - These awards are presented to students who do exceptionally well on the Psychology Department's Senior Assessment Examination.

The David Leigh Pancoast Memorial Prize - This award is given each year to the graduating Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology Psy.D. student with the outstanding doctoral dissertation. The student receives a plaque and a check for $200.

General Awards/Scholarships - the Old Dominion University catalog includes information on awards and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students. Receiving an award is not only financially helpful, but it also adds an impressive note to a student's resume.

Honors Program:

The Honors Program affords the opportunity for qualified students to engage in supervised independent study in areas of their interest. The student designs and carries out an individual research project under the supervision of a faculty sponsor and the Honors Program Committee, culminating in a thesis written APA style and a defense of the thesis before the Honors Program Committee. Students attend a research seminar in which research proposals and final papers are presented orally.

Eligibility for the Honors Program in Psychology includes: Completion of PSYC 317, 318W, and 497; at least 23 hours earned in Psychology; a 3.50 GPA in the psychology major (with no grades of "Incomplete"); and a 3.25 cumulative GPA. Detailed guidelines regarding admission to the Honors Program are available in MGB 246.