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Honors, Awards, and Scholarships

  • Each year the Finance faculty selects a graduating senior to receive departmental honors in the form of the Outstanding Finance Student Award.
  • The Financial Executives Institute Award offers a cash honorarium to an outstanding student as selected by the faculty.
  • The senior with the highest GPA will be the recipient of the Wall Street Journal Achievement Award and receive a free one year subscription to the Wall Street Journal in addition to the award.
  • The Alabama Society of Financial Analysts Award is presented to a student interested in pursuing a career in investments or portfolio management. The recipient is offered the choice of a $250 cash award or an all expenses paid scholarship for Level I of the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) exam.
  • An honors student with a proven record of extracurricular and community service will be presented with the David J. Vanzandt Financial Scholar Award.
  • Another honors student will receive the Thomas A. Fetherston Scholarship.  This scholarship in the amount of $500 is presented to a student judged by the faculty to best represent the principles and ideals of Finance students.
  • In honor of retired Finance Department Chair Kendall Pat Hill, an MBA Finance student will be honored with the K.P. Hill Outstanding MBA Finance Student Award.
  • In honor of the benevolence of Stephen Chazen towards our undergraduate programs, one outstanding undergraduate alumnus will receive the Stephen M. Chazen Distinguished Alumni Award each year.
UAB School of Business (205) 934-8800
Business-Engineering Complex 216
1150 10th Avenue South
Mail1530 3rd Ave S Birmingham, Al 35294-4460
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