Description: This award recognizes one outstanding graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in academics, extracurricular service activities, and leadership. Each winner will receive a recognition desk set and his/her name inscribed on a permanent plaque.  Each Outstanding Senior and his/her parents (or two guests selected by each winner) will also be invited to dinner on Friday, April 8, 2011 where they will be honored during the HHS Alumni Awards Dinner in the Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom.  

Deadline: January 21 of each year

Criteria and selection: Selected by the Undergraduate Committee of the Department of Psychological Sciences on the basis of the following criteria:

• Academic success
• Demonstrated commitment to the major
• Balancing of the academic load with extracurricular activities and/or a job
• Demonstrated leadership ability
• Graduation any time during the current calendar year

Application materials:

• Vita/Resume
• Transcript
• Letter of recommendation from a faculty member (sent directly to DUS)
• Cover letter that summarizes information relevant to the award criteria

Materials may be mailed or e-mailed to the Director of Undergraduate Studies (dus@psych.purdue.edu) or placed in his mailbox in PRCE.

Contact: Prof. George Hollich, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Purdue University, Dept. of Psychological Sciences, 703 Third St., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2081. dus@psych.purdue.edu

Past Award Winners:

2005    Emily J. Gurry
2006    Aimee Smith
2007    Emily E. Good
2008    Nicole Pucci
2009    Megan Smith
2010    Judith Asem
2011    Amber Jarnecke
2012    Afrida Rahman