{"id":588,"date":"2021-10-06T16:53:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/political-science\/honors-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:07:10","slug":"honors-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/political-science\/honors-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Science Awards &amp; Departmental Distinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Political Science Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/political-science\/department-goals\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Department Goals &amp; 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Departmental Distinction<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/political-science\/departmental-honors-exam\/\">Departmental Distinction Exam<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/honors\/\">Honors Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/political-science\/pi-sigma-alpha\/\">Pi Sigma Alpha<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dale-hathaway-social-action-scholarship\">Dale Hathaway Social Action Scholarship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<a title=\"Dale Hathaway Scholarship Information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/political-science\/hathaway-scholarship\/\">Dale Hathaway Social Action Scholarship<\/a> is given each year to a student, preferably in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, who has financial need and can demonstrate commitment to peace and social justice through involvement in such organizations on or off campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-david-mason-award\">David Mason Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The David Mason Award is presented to a student who, like Dr. Dave Mason, understands the power of persuasion of the written word and who has future promise as a scholar-activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-george-s-diener-memorial-scholarship\">George S. Diener Memorial Scholarship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The George S. Diener Memorial Scholarship is presented to an outstanding political science major who is pursuing an internship with the Indiana State Legislature or a related Internship experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-margaret-brabant-award\">Margaret Brabant Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Margaret Brabant Award is presented to students who evince through their practices the inextricable bond between ethics and politics by their commitment to citizenship, community, and service to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-outstanding-senior-political-science-award\">Outstanding Senior Political Science Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Outstanding Senior Political Science Award is presented to the graduating student with the top scholastic record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-political-leadership-award\">Political Leadership Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Political Leadership Award is presented to the graduating student who demonstrates outstanding political leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-servant-leadership-award\">Servant Leadership Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Servant Leadership Award is presented to an outstanding political science major who has integrated academic excellence with service to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-terri-jett-award\">Terri Jett Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Terri Jett Award is presented to political science, peace and conflict studies, or race gender and sexuality studies students who, like Dr. Terri Jett, have shown a strong, intersectional commitment to advancing social justice.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":393,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-588","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Political Science Awards &amp; 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