University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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Loosely translated from the French, creme de la creme means cream of the crop. This popular I -shirt insignia nplly describes the top students who were recognized at the ' 77 I lonors Day program. Before a scanty crowd in Norton Auditorium, almost 1(X) students received awards lor scholastic achievement. leadership and participation in extracurricular activities. Senior academic awards were given to the graduating senior from each field of study who has maintained the highest cumulative! average. To reward extracurricular activity, each organi ation is allowed to recogni .e its most outstanding member. Men and Women of the Year awards are sponsored by the Association of University Students and the recipients are chosen by an all-student committee. These awards are given to students who the committee feels have; served the niversitv and student bodv. are active; in extracurricular activities and are well liked by the students. One man and woman are chosen from each class and in addition. Iwo graduating seniors are selected as Man and Woman of the Year. A faculty-student committee selects four students each year to be inducted into UNA ' s Hall of Fame. This is the highest award given a student. The most respected faculty award is the Outstanding Service Award which is given in appreciation of a professor ' s dedication to education and to his students. Mr. Hassan S. Abdul-Hadi. head of the department of sociology, received this award at the Honors Day program. Despite an apparent lack of interest on the part of most students, the I lonors Day program will continue to recogni c the achievement and contributions of students to UNA. a creme of a university. 1 U.ni .m.m. sophomore: n Thni ' M. senior Colleen

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Cum Caude Campus Honoraries Recognize Academic Excellence and Ceabership Students become eligible for a taste of cum laude in their sophomore year when those who have earned a 2.5 average in their freshman year may be initiated into the two freshman honor societies on campus, Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Lambda Delta. Scholastic excellence is recognized among juniors and seniors through the national honor society of Phi Kappa Phi. Having maintained a cumulative 2.75, the initiates become part of a society which boasts an impressive faculty membership on campus as well as in the academic world. Leadership and service to the university deserve recognition as well as does scholarship. Gold Triangle recognizes these qualities in a small number of students from the junior and senior classes. After its allotted time as a Gold Triangle, the society will petition for a charter as a chapter of the widely respected Mortar Board. When the charter is granted, all former Gold Triangle members will be eligible for initiation into Mortar Board. Omicron Delta Kappa, perhaps the most exclusive of all honoraries on campus, chooses for its membership those students of outstanding leadership, scholarship and service to the university. Members of ODK are considered to be campus leaders, and to be eligible for induction, students must be active in a variety of campus activities. These societies exist, not as service organizations or social groups, but simply to honor those students with outstanding academic records and demonstrated leadership qualities. Their members can be expected to graduate with honor because they are students cum laude. 22