Application

Each year, only ten students are selected to receive the Senior Honor. This is the highest honor awarded to WSU students who demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership, involvement at WSU, and service to WSU and the surrounding community.

The Senior Honors/Undergraduate Student of the Year will have an additional round for students who are recommended to move further in the process, which includes an in-person interview between Monday, March 18 – Friday, March 22, 2024. After the interview round, finalists will be chosen for these awards. Finalists will have a final round which involves a 20-minute presentation between April 8 – 9, 2024. More information, such as times and locations for theses dates, will be shared with applicants who move onto these rounds.

The top ten finalists will be named the 2024 Senior Honors, and will each receive a Wheat Shock Leadership Society stole, the official Senior Honors lapel pin, a $500 scholarship each, eligibility of additional Senior Honors need-based scholarships selected by the Committee. One of the ten will be selected as the Undergraduate Student of the Year and will receive an additional $1500 scholarship ($2000 total for winner).

Eligibility
Must be an undergraduate student, in good standing, with a 2.75 GPA or higher, and currently enrolled in at least six credit hours at Wichita State University. Must have completed at least 90 credit hours with a minimum of 30 hours being completed at Wichita State University.  Must intend to graduate with their first Bachelor’s Degree on or before December 2024. In other words, December 2023, May 2024, and December 2024 graduating seniors are eligible to receive this distinction.

Each year, only five graduate students are selected as finalists for this award, who demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership, involvement at WSU, and service to WSU and the surrounding community. The top five Finalists will receive a $500 scholarship each, as well as a medal and the Graduate Student of the Year will receive a medal to wear at commencement. The Graduate Student of the Year will receive an additional $1500 scholarship ($2000 total for winner).

The WSU Graduate Student of the Year category will have an additional round for students who are recommended to move further in the process, which includes an in-person interview between Monday, March 18 – Friday, March 22, 2024. After the interview round, finalists will be chosen for these awards. Finalists will have a final round which involves a 20-minute presentation between April 8 – 9, 2024. More information, such as times and locations for theses dates, will be shared with applicants who move onto these rounds.

Eligibility: Must be a graduate student, in good standing, with a 2.75 GPA or higher, currently enrolled in at least six credit hours at Wichita State University.

Each year, only five junior students are selected as finalists for this award, who demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership, involvement at WSU, and service to WSU and the surrounding community. The top five finalists will receive a $500 scholarship each, and the Junior of the Year will receive an additional $500 ($1000 total for winner).

Eligibility: Must be an undergraduate student, in good standing, with a 2.75 GPA or higher, and currently enrolled in at least six credit hours at Wichita State University. Must have completed at least 60 to 89 credit hours with a minimum of 20 hours being completed at Wichita State University.

Each year, only five sophomore students are selected as finalists for this award, who demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership, involvement at WSU, and service to WSU and the surrounding community. The top five finalists will receive a $500 scholarship each, and the Sophomore of the Year will receive an additional $500 ($1000 total for winner).

Eligibility: Must be an undergraduate student, in good standing, with a 2.75 GPA or higher, and currently enrolled in at least six credit hours at Wichita State University. Must have completed at least 30 to 59 credit hours with a minimum of 15 hours being completed at Wichita State University.

Each year, only five freshman students are selected as finalists for this award, who demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership, involvement at WSU, and service to WSU and the surrounding community. The top five finalists will receive a $500 scholarship each, and the Freshman of the Year will receive an additional $500 ($1000 total for winner).

Eligibility: Must be an undergraduate student, in good standing, with a 2.75 GPA or higher, and currently enrolled in at least six credit hours at Wichita State University. Must have completed less than 30 credit hours with a minimum of six hours being completed at Wichita State University.