Education Awards, 2023-2024

Departmental Named Awards Departmental Named Awards are special awards created by departments to recognize students' specific achievements. Each award has its own criteria and significance, as explained below, and students are chosen by departmental faculty.

Alice Smith Memorial Award

Alice Smith, a Chicago Teachers College alumna, a Charter Alumni Board Member and a Chicago Board of Education Physical Education Supervisor, established this award to honor undergraduate majors in Health, Physical Education and Recreation who have demonstrated excellence in their field experience and promise in future research and practice. The student will receive $100 dollars.

Efrain Rivas

 

Lottie C. Patarini Award

The Lottie C. Patarini Award in the amount of $100 is presented to an undergraduate major in
the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation for scholastic achievement and
leadership potential.

Joshua Ceniceros
Emanuel Patterson

 

 

Departmental Honor & Merit Awards Departmental Merit and Honors Awards are presented to undergraduate students chosen by each department in recognition of the students’ high academic achievement in their particular disciplines. Departments with graduate programs may also present graduate awards to graduate students chosen by the department in recognition of the students’ high academic achievement in their particular fields.