The Phi Eta Sigma Award goes to the senior member of Phi Eta Sigma who has maintained the highest grade point average during a four-year college career. The Phi Eta Sigma Scholarship Award is a plaque given to the fraternity pledge class with the highest grade point average for the year. T. Bradley Fulkerson Award is given each year to the rising senior who has distinguished himself or herself through leadership in all areas of campus life in his or her first three academic years. This award is in honor of T. Bradley Fulkerson, Jr., '58, '62, who was himself the epitome of the criteria considered in the selection of the recipient of this award. This prize is donated by Dorah Sterne and honors the memory and traits of character of the late Henry T. Shanks, Dean of the College and Professor of History.
Finalists deliver prepared speeches and participate in an extemporaneous speaking contest.
The Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award is given to the senior majoring in economics, business administration, or accounting who, in the opinion of the discipline faculty, has the traits needed for a successful career in the business world. The Dorothy Ward Scholar is selected each year by the faculty of modern foreign languages from among the students majoring or minoring in French, German, or Spanish. The award honors the memory and traits of character of the late Dr. Dorothy Cox Ward, Professor of German. The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Program selected Birmingham-Southern College as a sheltering institution in 1987. Candidates propose projects that investigate an area of demonstrated concern and personal commitment not to include formal study at a foreign university.