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Caroline Rothrock
  • Class of 2014
  • Reston, VA

Caroline Rothrock of Reston Honored at Ripon College Awards Convocation

2012 May 7

Caroline Rothrock, a senior Global Studies and Politics and Government major from Reston, was recently honored at the 2012 Ripon College Awards Convocation, an annual event recognizing student achievement during the academic year. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Rothrock of Reston, Va.

Rothrock received the following honor(s):

Membership in Psi Chi. Psi Chi is the national honor society in psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who meet the minimum qualifications. Eligibility for undergraduates includes: completion of three semesters or five quarters of the college course; completion of nine semester hours or 14 quarter-hours of psychology courses; ranking in the top 35 percent of their class in general scholarship; and having a minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in both psychology classes and in cumulative grades.

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