Student Achievements

During 2015-2016 ---

• 90 students were involved in musical performances, which is 7% of the Day student population.
• 28 students were involved in Candelabra, the annual College literature and art publication.
• 154 students presented research (12% of the Day students)
• 123 Honors students were enrolled
• The Psychology Club competed in the South Carolina Psychology Association’s “Quiz Bowl” in Columbia (November 5, 2015), the Saints tied for second place.   Students have made research presentations at the South Carolina Psychological Association each year for the past several years.  Eight Psychology students presented their senior capstone projects at the library (April, 2015).
• In the Art Department, we currently have a student exhibition with over twenty students represented. Last spring I had three students attend an International conference (NCECA).Last year’s Juried Exhibition featured over twelve students.

Publications

• The Candelabra, a student literary magazine of poems, essays, short stories and art is sponsored each year by the English and Art Departments. The 2014 edition featured literary and art work from 27 contributors.
• The Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences expects to launch the first edition of their behavioral sciences journal in the Spring semester of 2015.

Honor Roll and Honor Societies

The Limestone College Honor Roll recognizes students who have achieved a GPA of at least 3.75. The Spring 2016 Honor Roll includes 172 students, with representatives from 13  countries. The Spring 2016 Dean's List includes 231 students. Both of these groups include students from our Day Campus program, Online Programand eight Evening Programs.

The Alpha Chi Honors Society surpassed its goal of having 100 students participate in the Fall of 2014. The numbers of Honors students are as follows:

In addition to Alpha Chi, there are six other honor societies on campus. The numbers of students involved in those honor societies are as follows:

Recent Honor Roll and Dean's List
Students by Semester

Honor Roll and Dean's List Students

This section contains graduate schools attended by our graduates, as well as data from our annual Graduation Survey. The survey was originally intended to be a way to keep up with graduates’ correct mailing address and e-mail data. Today it also includes questions on, for example, topics regarding skills, employment, and graduate school plans.

Graduate Schools

Many of our students choose to further their education at the graduate level after completing their degree at Limestone. View a list of graduate programs attended by Limestone College graduates from 2008 through 2013.

Grad School List

Our Graduates – Spring 2015

Each semester Graduating Seniors receive a survey to complete prior to graduation. For May 2015, 178 graduating students completed the survey.

• Of those students, 44.9% were from the Day program and 56% from the Online & Evening.
• Of those students, 40% were “first generation” college graduates.
• Of those students, 28.6% were applying to graduate schools.
• Of the graduate programs being considered by these seniors, 15 different institutions were specified. The institutions mentioned the most included Limestone (3), USC (3), and Webster (2).
• Regarding employment, of the 178 graduates, 54 (30%) were continuing to work in their current positions, 29 (16%) had accepted a full time job, 4 (2%) had accepted a part-time job, 57 (32%) were looking for a full or part-time job, and 47 (28.6%) were planning on attending graduate school.
• 31 of the 178 graduates (17%) requested information about Limestone’s MBA program.
• 34 of the 178 (19%) reported that they had used at least one of the services from the Career Services office.

Regarding what the graduating students perceived that they had learned while in college, five areas of concern were rated on a 3-point scale: Non Proficient, Competent, and Proficient. Survey results are listed below.

Rate yourself on your knowledge and abilities: