Medals

 The Governor General's Academic Medal
The first medals of the Governor General were awarded in Canada
over a 100 years ago. The Earl of Dufferin, the third Governor
General after Confederation, inaugurated what has now become one
of the most prestigious awards that a Canadian graduate student
can receive the Governor General's Academic Medal.

    This silver medal is awarded to the undergraduate
student who achieves the highest academic standing in the
graduating class.

 The Lieutenant-Governor's Academic Medal
Inaugurated September 20th, 1953, by the late Honourable L.O.
Breithaupt, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, on the occasion
of the laying of the cornerstone for the Arts Building, this
medal is awarded to graduating students attaining the highest
standing in the senior courses of their course of studies in a
General Program.

 Alumni Medals
Medal winners must take the majority of their courses at Wilfrid
Laurier University. To be eligible students must, in the previous
academic year, have attended Wilfrid Laurier University as
full-time students. This regulation does not apply to candidates
for the Bronze Medal for part-time students.

 Gold Medals Honours Programs
For each Convocation a department/faculty may recommend to the
committee on scholarship and bursaries the awarding of a gold
medal to a student in the department/faculty.

    To qualify students must: 
 1.
       Have attained the highest average in all senior courses
      in their Honours program.
 2.
       Have a minimum GPA of 10.00 in such courses.
 3.
       Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 10.00. Recommended
      students must be in a department/faculty having at least one
      non-combined Honours program, though the recipient may be in a
      combined Honours program. If the department/faculty has both
      single and combined Honours programs the recommendation must be
      for students with the highest GPA in the senior courses in their
      Honours program, whether or not they are registered in a single
      or combined program. It is the responsibility of the
      interdepartmental committee to recommend any eligible student
      enrolled in an interdepartmental Honours program. Normally a
      recommendation from a department/faculty will be for students
      graduating at Spring Convocation.

    A gold medal may be awarded for the co-operative
option in Honours BBA.

 Bronze Medals General Programs
For each Convocation a department may recommend one student to
the committee on scholarship and bursaries to receive a bronze
medal. Eligible students must be registered in the graduating
year in a General Arts, General Science or General Music program,
provided that they have attained a minimum GPA of 10.00 in the
senior courses of their major and a minimum cumulative GPA of
10.00.

    If eligible students are registered in an
interdepartmental major, the nomination shall be made by the
interdepartmental committee of their major. 

 Bronze Medals Part-time Student
The University will award a bronze medal at each Convocation,
open to part-time students in any General program with a minimum
GPA of 10.00, for the attainment of the highest cumulative GPA
based on 15 two-term courses, or equivalent. To qualify students
must have taken all their work as a part-time student. 

 Graduation with Distinction
Students who have achieved, at graduation, a cumulative GPA for
all courses without exception of 11.00 or higher will have the
designation ``with high distinction'' appear on their degree.

    Students who have achieved, at graduation, a
cumulative GPA for all courses without exception between 10.00
and 10.99 will have the designation ``with distinction'' appear
on their degree.