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Scholarships & Awards
- In the spring, the Department presents an annual J. Murdoch and Erna G. Dawley Award to the outstanding Senior in Political Science. The Dawley award was endowed and
named in honor of one of the founders and long time Professors in the department,
the late Professor J. Murdoch Dawley, J.D., Ph.D., and his wife, Erna Dawley.
His students will long remember him.
- The J. R. Soukup Award is also given in the spring to the outstanding Junior
in the department.
- The J. R. Soukup Scholarship is given to the outstanding
first year entering Political Science major. These awards were endowed and named
in honor of Professor Emeritus James R. Soukup, Ph.D. Professor Soukup, an authority
on East Asian politics, was Chair of the Department from 1970 until 1975. He retired
in 1991 and now lives in Harriman, Tennessee.
- The John R. Quatroche, Jr. Award is given annually to an outstanding Political
Science student who demonstrates a very high level of involvement in extra curricula
affairs, campus service and leadership. The award was endowed by Drs. J. Robert
and Diana J. (Frost) Quatroche (classes of 1963 and 1962 respectively)and named
in honor of their son, the late John R. Quatroche, Jr.
Political Science majors with superior academic standing may also be honored with
membership in PI SIGMA ALPHA, the
national Political Science Honor Society.
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