Honors + Awards

IMP Outstanding Senior Project Award 

This award (formerly called the Senior Achievement Award) is given annually to the student(s) whose final projects are judged to be the most outstanding projects of the year and to epitomize the intellectual or creative energy that the IMP tries to foster. 

  • Sam Perin, 2022 
  • Danielle Bergman and Mackenzie Knight, 2021 
  • Mara Flynn and Mia Siffin, 2020 
  • Mary Gilbert and Chelsea Sherman, 2019 
  • Daniel Aufmann and George Silva, 2018 
  • Kirsten Hawley, Maggie Scudder, and Rob Sherrell, 2017 
  • Michael Blomquist and Cody Gage, 2016 
  • Ava Dickerson, Nitish Kulkarni, and Vianna Newman, 2015 
  • Travis Davies and Andrew McLaren, 2014 
  • Destin Hubble, Matthew Starr, and Rachel Stewart, 2013 
  • Beth Reinke and Linda Xiong, 2012 
  • Emily Neff and Kaylee Spivey, 2011 
  • Casey Heck, Caleb Levell, Joshua Stewart, and Max Yoder, 2010 
  • Alyson Bloom, Mary Hogue, and David Pavkovich, 2009 
  • Claire Diedrich, 2008 
  • Joshua Corum and Codey Girten, 2007 
  • Elizabeth Brown and Bridget Fallen, 2006 
  • Abigail Anderson and Colin Donnell, 2005 
  • Leah Barak, Megan Bowton, Ivey Kitchens, Erin Pritchard, Brittany Snyder, Salena Watkins, and Sarah Wilkins, 2004 
  • Frances Costello, Jeffrey Eisner, and Elizabeth Wittman, 2003 
  • Michael Brady, Ryan Mills, and Duncan Teater, 2002 
  • Eric Davis and Stanley Wash, 2001 
  • Anne Czupryna, Greg DerAnanian, Peter Evan, and Ward Roberts, 2000 
  • Sarah Oldenburg and Xochi Musser, 1999 
  • Dolores Canavan, Peter Skafish, Moira Stone, and Sarah Oldenburg, 1998 
  • Nathaniel Troy, 1997 
  • Matthew Laherty, Timothy Smith, and John Ward, 1995 

Honors programs

Departmental honors 

IMP graduates who maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and whose final projects are deemed to be of excellent quality by their final project review committees are awarded departmental honors. In cases where the committee judges the final project to be of extraordinarily high quality, they may recommend honors for a student whose GPA is less than 3.5 but at least 3.3. 

Graduation With Distinction 

In addition to the departmental honors conferred by the Individualized Major Program itself, outstanding IMP graduates are also eligible to have their degrees awarded with Distinction, High Distinction, or Highest Distinction by the College of Arts and Sciences. These honors are based on the standing of each candidate in relation to the overall grade point average of each graduating class. To be eligible, a student must have completed a minimum of 60 graded credit hours at Indiana University. 

Students who graduate with distinction receive fourragères (honor cords) to be worn at Commencement. Fourragères may be picked up from the College Recorder's office in Owen Hall. They are free of charge and are yours to keep after the ceremony. 

Phi Beta Kappa 

Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most prestigious academic honor society in the United States. Election to Phi Beta Kappa is the highest honor that can be conferred on an undergraduate in the liberal arts and sciences. About one in 100 college seniors nationwide are invited to join this prestigious group. Members are chosen by the faculty electors of Indiana University's chapter from among senior degree candidates and recent graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences whose academic records have placed them among the top ten percent of their college class.