ADMISSION
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Theatre Arts and Musical Theatre Scholarships
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Auditionees should
prepare two monologues for use in auditions. The selections should be no
longer than two minutes in length. Students are urged to find monologues
in which the characters are close to their own age and which are not
written in dialect or verse. Musical theatre auditionees should also prepare
sixteen measures each from two Broadway songs, contrasting in tempo.
An accompanist is provided. No cassette tapes, please. Auditions for both
scholarships include improvisations with other students and interviews
with the theatre faculty.
Honors Scholarships
Honors scholarships represent the highest awards that can be received
by entering first-year students at Birmingham-Southern. These scholarships
are awarded through the Honors Scholarship Competition. Participants in
this competition will be selected from the admission application pool as of
January 1, and will be notified of their selection to compete by January 30.
Students invited to participate in this competition have scored between 31
and 36 on the ACT or between 1360 and 1600 on the SAT (critical reading
and math), and have been in the top ten percent of their high school
classes.
Honors scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement as
indicated by high school transcripts, standardized test scores, extracurricular
activities, and the interview and essay completed during the competition.
Below is a listing of the scholarships awarded as a result of the Honors
Scholarship Competition.
Colonel William James (1900-1987) and Elizabeth Perry Rushton
(1907-1972)
Scholarship
was established in their memory by their sons,
William J. Rushton, III, and James Rushton, the Protective Life Corporation
Charitable Trust, and friends. Colonel Rushton was born into a pioneer
Birmingham family in 1900. Upon his death in 1987 an editorial in
The Birmingham News
lauded him as one of Birmingham’s premier
citizens. Elizabeth Rushton was a native of Birmingham, was educated
in Birmingham public schools, and graduated from Hollins College of
Virginia. She was a member of the Junior League, and she served the First
Presbyterian Church of Birmingham in many capacities.
A Rushton Scholar is selected each year from among the entering first-
year students, and the scholarship covers full tuition for four years plus
room and board and a $2,000 travel stipend if the recipient maintains at
least a 3.20 grade point average. Recipients must demonstrate superior
academic achievement, outstanding character, potential for leadership, and
a concern for others.
