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Policy No: 813

Policy Contact: Vice President for Student Services

Policy Title: STUDENT HONORS

Who’s Who Among Students in American Community/Junior Colleges

East Central Community College takes an active part in nominating students for Who’s Who Among Students in American Community/Junior Colleges. The Scholarship Committee will consider students who meet the following qualifications: scholarship, participation, and leadership in academic and extra curricular activities, citizenship and service to the College, and promise of future effectiveness. All nominees must be sophomores.

Hall of Fame

Desiring to acknowledge character and service of the highest quality, East Central Community College annually selects members for the Hall of Fame. To become a member, one must first be nominated by a currently enrolled student, a faculty member, an administrator, or a staff member of the college; one must be endorsed by a secret screening committee made up of faculty, staff, and administrators; and finally, one must be recommended by a majority faculty screening committee. Only college sophomores eligible for graduation may be selected for this honor. Those selected shall be either students who have completed requirements for graduation at mid-term of the current school year, or second semester sophomores who have completed forty-two hours of college work and are eligible for graduation. Academic, technical, and vocational students in two-year programs are eligible for selection. The basis for selection for membership in the East Central Community College Hall of Fame is exemplary character, superior scholarship, worthy leadership, and contribution to the betterment of East Central Community College. Nominations for this honor may be made by currently enrolled students, faculty members, administrators, or staff members of the college. Nominations are initially screened by a committee of nine (9) made up of faculty members, staff members, and administrators (3) employees from each classification), previously named by the President of the College, the Vice President for Instruction, and the Vice President for Student Services. A tabulating committee, appointed by the college President or his designee, reviews the screening instruments utilized by the committee of nine employees and makes an alphabetical listing of the twelve (12) students receiving the highest ratings/rankings. This list is then presented to a committee of five employees appointed by the President of the college and his designees. The committee of five employees shall be made up of three (3) faculty members, one (1) staff member, and (1) administrator. The committee of five employees selects the recipients by independent secret ballot utilizing a rating/ranking instrument. In the case of a tie, the committee of five employees shall be asked to break the tie. The number to be elected each year shall be based upon the full-time equivalent enrollment at the end of the first six weeks of the fall semester. One student shall be chosen for every 200 full-time equivalent students. The number elected to the Hall of Fame in any school year shall not exceed six.

(Revised 2/12/13; Reviewed 4/12/16)