The Big Ten Conference announced on Wednesday its list of Distinguished Scholars for the 2024-25 academic year. The class of recipients for the most recently completed academic year includes 155 honorees from Michigan State, up from 132 a year ago, with 42 boasting a perfect 4.0 GPA during the eligibility period.
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must have the following criteria for the academic year: Academic All-Big Ten recognition, must have been enrolled full time at the institution for the entire academic year,two semesters or three quarters, and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student's academic career.
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