Honors Given
The Thomas Jefferson Awards
The Thomas Jefferson Awards are the highest honors given to members of the University community who have exemplified in character, work and influence the principles and ideals of Jefferson, and thus advanced the objectives for which he founded the University.
See a list of the recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Award (from 1955 to present) here.
Intermediate Honors
Certificates are presented to the top 20 percent of those students who have earned at least 60 credits of course work at the University by the end of their first two years of study. The University's undergraduate schools with first- and second- year students - the School of Architecture, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of Nursing - bestow these awards.