Â鶹´«Ã½ students have Merit
The Â鶹´«Ã½ uses Merit to celebrate student accomplishments and turn those achievements into a verified online profile – a Merit page – for our students.
Check out our Â鶹´«Ã½ page at to see what our students are accomplishing!
These pages are automatically updated by Â鶹´«Ã½ when students make the dean’s list, study abroad, earn academic awards, and more.
Updates can also be shared with a network of stakeholders that care deeply about each student’s success: their high school, their hometown media outlets, their parents and friends via social networks. Updating these important audiences with personalized stories of success helps Â鶹´«Ã½ demonstrate the plentiful opportunities available across our five campuses.
How does it work?
Faculty and staff members or organizations notify Strategic Communications & Marketing of exceptional student achievement or news, and a list of those who have earned the accomplishment.
NEW: Now faculty and staff at Â鶹´«Ã½ can use to suggest a Merit update for a student or group of students; submissions go to Â鶹´«Ã½'s Division of Strategic Communications & Marketing for consideration.
When an achievement is recognized, a brief article is written and a “badge” is awarded, which is published on the student’s Merit profile. In many cases, the information is also sent to the student’s hometown newspaper and to the state legislators who represent the student's hometown.
Strategic Communications & Marketing only accepts Merit achievements from faculty and staff members, so if you have a Â鶹´«Ã½ accomplishment you think should be recognized, contact your academic or student support department and tell them about Merit! Or use our .
June 27, 2025
The Â鶹´«Ã½ (Â鶹´«Ã½) Department of Music awarded student Eli McAdams the Stravinsky Composition award in April for his composition "Three Conversations for Clarinet and Piano." "Eli is an awesome student and a great addition to our Â鶹´«Ã½ family. He has sought out diligently to develop
June 18, 2025
Seven Â鶹´«Ã½ students and five alumni presented at the Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society's convention this spring in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and two of them won awards. Â鶹´«Ã½'s presenters are part of the Alpha Upsilon Phi chapter of Sigma Tau Delta at Â鶹´«Ã½'s Gainesville
June 17, 2025
Â鶹´«Ã½ student Lainey May created a five-color design of an electric guitar that has now been placed as a crosswalk near downtown Gainesville, Georgia.
June 11, 2025
Four Â鶹´«Ã½ (Â鶹´«Ã½) cadets took part in the Joint Service Academy Cybersecurity (JSAC) Conference in April at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point thanks to funding from Â鶹´«Ã½'s Institute for Cyber Operations. JSAC is a leadership development event for cyber junior and senior officers
June 11, 2025
Six of the 10 University North Georgia (Â鶹´«Ã½) students who competed won awards in the Georgia Japanese Speech Contest at Alpharetta City Library during the spring semester.
FAQs for students
Academic Achievements
Dean's List
- 3.5 grade point average
- 12 or more credit hours
- no grade lower than B
President's Lists
President's Honor Roll
- Enrolled in a bachelor's degree program
- 4.0 grade point average
- 12 or more credit hours
President's List
- Enrolled in an associate degree or dual enrollment program
- 4.0 grade point average
- 12 or more credit hours
If you have questions about any of these lists, contact registrar@ung.edu.