Each year, the Department of Sociology awards four prizes to their students: the award to the Most Outstanding Senior Major, Most Outstanding Junior Major, and, if merited, the Jeannette R. Folta Award and the Valerie Ann Moore TA Award.

The Jeannette R. Folta Memorial Award is an honor bestowed only during those years when the Sociology Department Folta Awards Committee determines that a graduating senior has shown special fortitude in meeting significant challenges, has succeeded academically, and also has plans to pursue a graduate degree.

The Valerie Ann Moore TA Award is an honor bestowed to a junior or senior who, as a Teaching Assistant, has best exemplified the special teaching and mentoring qualities embodied by our colleague Valerie Ann Moore (1964-2006).