Academic Excellence Convocation

JOHNSON CITY (April 11, 2018) – The Honors College at East Tennessee State University will recognize students for superior achievement during the annual Academic Excellence Convocation on Tuesday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m. in the D.P. Culp University Center's Martha Street Culp Auditorium.

The event will honor 54 Outstanding Student Award winners, determined by vote of faculty in each program who select the most outstanding graduates in their respective degree programs. Other graduating students achieving a 3.5-4.0 grade point average, denoting cum laude, magna cum laude and summa cum laude academic standing, will be recognized and honored, in addition to 150 students graduating from special programs —University Honors Scholars (22), Midway Honors Scholars (19), Fine & Performing Arts Honors Scholars (13), Honors-in-Discipline Scholars (55), and Roan Leadership Scholars (6).          

The speaker for the Academic Excellence Convocation is ETSU Honors College alumna Dr. Jessie Jamieson. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from ETSU in 2013, Jamieson began a Ph.D. program in mathematics at the University of Nebraska, where she will graduate this spring. She has been a researcher for NASA, the Department of Homeland Security, and a STEM intern at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After graduation, Jamieson will take a position as senior researcher at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland.

The convocation is free and open to the public. A special reception will be held for students, families and faculty members in the Culp Center Alumni Gallery and foyer following the ceremony. Entertainment will be provided by one of the ETSU bluegrass bands.

For more information, please call the Honors College office at 423-439-6076. For disability accommodations, call the ETSU Office of Disability Services at 423-439-8346.