Cap and Gown Awards
Rhode Island College recognizes academic excellence and outstanding achievement through the annual presentation of special awards. These are sponsored by alumni, faculty and friends of Rhode Island College, as well as by the families and friends of those for whom they are named. Most funds for endowed awards are deposited with the Rhode Island College Foundation. The awards are given to graduating seniors at the annual Cap and Gown Convocation.
Listed below are awards offered at Rhode Island College. Contact the sponsoring department or organization for full descriptions of awards.
Accounting and Computer Information Systems, Department of
Outstanding Student Award (Accounting)
Outstanding Student Award (Computer Information Systems)
Anthropology, Department of
James Houston Award in Anthropology
Art, Department of
Mary Ball Howkins Art History Award
Studio Art Award
Biology, Department of
W. Christina Carlson Award
Theodore Lemeshka Award
College Honors Program
Eleanor M. McMahon Award
Communication, Department of
Communication Achievement Award (Mass Media)
Communication Achievement Award (Public and Professional)
Communication Achievement Award (Public Relations)
Communication Achievement Award (Speech, Language and Hearing Science)
Economics and Finance, Department of
Outstanding Student Award
Educational Studies, Department of
Mary Alice Grellner Educational Studies Senior Award
Katherine Murray Prize
Elementary Education, Department of
Elementary Education Award
English, Department of
Jennifer S. Cook Award in English and Educational Studies
Jean Garrigue Award
Spencer and Marguerite Hall Award
Film Studies Program
Mark W. Estrin Film Studies Award
Gender and Women’s Studies Program
Gender and Women’s Studies Award (Scholarship)
Gender and Women’s Studies Award (Service)
Health and Physical Education, Department of
Health and Physical Education Award (Health Education, Physical Education and/or Community Health and Wellness)
History, Department of
Claiborne deB. Pell Award
Evelyn Walsh Prize
Honors at Rhode Island College
Eleanor M. McMahon Award
Intercollegiate Athletics, Office of
Bourget Student Athlete Awards
John E. Hetherman Award
Helen M. Murphy Award
Management and Marketing, Department of
John Silva Memorial Scholastic Award (Management)
Outstanding Student Award (Marketing)
Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of
Richard A. Howland Computer Science Award
Christopher R. Mitchell Award
Modern Languages, Department of
Nelson A. Guertin Memorial Award (French)
Nelson A. Guertin Memorial Award (Spanish)
Prémio Em Estudos Portugueses Award
Tegu Polyglot Award
Music, Theatre and Dance, Department of
Peter Jeffrey Archambault Memorial Award
Cantor Jacob Hohenemser Award
Alice K. Pellegrino Music Education Award
Rhode Island College Theatre Award
Yetta Rauch Melcer Dance Award
Nursing, School of
Nursing Award (Academic Excellence)
Nursing Award (Service Excellence)
Nursing Award (Undergraduate Registered Nurse)
Philosophy, Department of
Thomas J. Howell Award
Physical Sciences, Department of
American Institute of Chemists Award
Ronald J. Boruch Award
Departmental Physics Award
Political Science, Department of
North Providence League of Women Voters Award
Herbert R. Winter Award for Academic Excellence in Political Science
Psychology, Department of
Victoria Lederberg Psychology Award
Rhode Island College Foundation
Rose Butler Browne Award
Bertha Christina Andrews Emin Award (Outstanding Achievement)
Bertha Christina Andrews Emin Award (Scholastic Excellence)
Social Work, School of
Bachelor of Social Work Community Service Award
Anthony E. Ricci Social Work Practice Award
Sociology, Department of
Mary Ann Hawkes Award in Justice Studies
Lauris B. Whitman Award in Sociology
Special Education, Department of
Elisa F. Bonaventura Memorial Scholarship
Josephine A. Stillings Award