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Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2015-2016
ACADEMIC POLICY AND INFORMATION
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Academic Awards
At Honors Day Convocation and in department award ceremonies the
College bestows academic awards and other recognitions upon students of
distinction. At the Honoring Scholarship Conference held in conjunction
with Honors Day, students present their scholarly research and musical and
artistic works.
Honor Societies
Alpha Epsilon Delta
recognizes excellence in pre-medical scholarship.
Alpha Lambda Delta
is a scholarship honorary for first-year students.
Beta Beta Beta
is an honorary society whose members are biology majors
with above-average scholastic records.
Kappa Delta Epsilon
, a national education honorary, recognizes
outstanding work in the field of education.
Kappa Mu Epsilon
recognizes excellence in the field of mathematics.
Mortar Board
, an honorary society for senior women and men, recognizes
eminence in scholarship, leadership, and service.
Omicron Delta Kappa
elects its members from men and women in the
junior and senior classes, recognizes leadership in scholarship, athletics,
student government, social and religious affairs, publications, music,
speech, and dramatic arts.
Order of Omega
recognizes fraternity and sorority members who
have attained a high standard of leadership. Open to any member of a
Birmingham-Southern College fraternity or sorority who is at least a junior
or senior, has at least an overall grade point average equivalent to the
all-fraternity or all-sorority average, and has held leadership positions on
campus.
Phi Alpha Theta
, international honor society in history, elects members on
the basis of outstanding scholarship achievement in the study of history
and the maintenance of a distinguished overall scholastic record.