Robert B. Hawkins Graduate Award

Scholarship support for outstanding Speech Communication Graduate students. Criteria for selection is as follows:

• Be an active graduate student in Applied Communication Studies at SIUE
• Have accumulated 24 or more hours of graduate work by the end of the semester in which the award is given
• Show some combination of outstanding grades, meaningful participation in service activities, visible contributions to the discipline, and/or creativity.

In the case of a tie, the decision will be made on an ad hoc basis. In addition to the cash award, if funds permit, the Chair of the Department of Applied Communication Studies may also make disbursements from this account for a plaque and/or a one year subscription to a professional journal for the recipient.

It is anticipated a $200 annual award will be made as part of the Honors Day Program. Recipients will be selected by the Speech Communication faculty.