Commencement Awards
The following academic awards are given annually at Commencement to recognize students with outstanding academic achievement.
- Accounting Award— for excellence in accounting
- Art Department “Medici” Award — awarding a tool that can be used to earn a living and to build a dream
- Business Information Technology Award for Academic Excellence
- Criminal Justice Award— recognizing outstanding achievement in criminal justice
- Dance Award
- Drama Award
- Early Childhood Education Award — for excellence in the care and education of young children
- English Award— recognizing excellence in English
- Charles Green Award — for leadership in co-curricular activities and development of the college community
- International Student Scholastic Achievement Award — given to students who have risen above the language and cultural differences to join the College community and to complete their programs of study successfully
- Liberal Arts Award — based on cumulative grade average, completion of the greatest portion of one’s studies at GCC, and the breadth and variety of involvement with the liberal arts
- Music Department Award — recognizing excellence in music
- Donald Oberacker Award — for a graduate who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and commitment to the study of science
- Social Sciences Award — recognizing outstanding academic achievement
Graduation with Honors
To graduate with honors students must have completed at least thirty credit hours of course work at Greenfield Community College and have maintained a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5. These students are noted in our annual Commencement program.