Maize & Blue Candidacy Requirements

  1. Students who have a 3.75 overall GPA in their last 58 credit hours at the beginning of their last semester are eligible to be nominated for the Maize & Blue award.
  2. The Maize & Blue is the highest undergraduate award you can receive and is only presented to no more than 13 graduates at each of the commencement ceremonies in May and December.
  3. The commencement student speaker is chosen from among the Maize & Blue award winners.
  4. The award is noted on the student's official transcript and diploma.
  5. August graduates are eligible for the award only the December after they finish degree requirements.
  6. Students are nominated by their department, but they must submit a personal statement and an updated resume to the Provost's Office or to the main professor who is nominating them.
  7. Students who qualify are generally contacted by the department, or by the Provost's Office or both.
  8. It is wise for students to find professors, both in their own and other departments, who are willing to write letters for them.
  9. For Honors students, the Director always writes an extensive letter of recommendation.

University Honors Program