Best-selling author Gay Talese will be the featured speaker for The University of Alabama’s spring commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 19 in Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus. Two University-wide commencement ceremonies will be held this year at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., respectively, to award degrees.
The University of Alabama Society of Women Engineers student chapter is celebrating its 25th anniversary this spring.
Chris Stripling, energy manager for The University of Alabama and a UA alumnus, was recently named Young Engineer of the Year by the Engineering Council of Birmingham. Stripling has implemented energy cost-cutting strategies that have saved the University hundreds of thousands of dollars over a two-year period.
The Student Introduction to Engineering Program in The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host two, week-long residential programs this summer for high school juniors and seniors who have an interest in science, mathematics and engineering. The first session is scheduled for July 8-13, 2001, and the second will be July 15-20, 2001.
Lindsy Farina of Killen, a senior at The University of Alabama, has been awarded a fellowship to attend the 2001 Summer School in Nuclear and Radiochemistry at San Jose State University June 18-July 27.
Wendy Jones recently joined The University of Alabama College of Engineering as coordinator of student recruitment. She was previously an admissions and scholarship counselor for the University.
Dr. Tonya Klein, Dr. Duane Johnson and Dr. Christopher Brazel were recently awarded Reichhold-Shumaker Assistant Professorships of Chemical Engineering in The University of Alabama College of Engineering.
The University of Alabama Media Planning Board has named 12 new student leaders to positions within the UA Office of Student Media for the 2001-2002 academic year.
Native American performing artists, craftspeople, and musicians will entertain and educate visitors during Native American Heritage Days, May 11 and 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park.
The department of chemistry within the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama has approved a new chemistry major track geared toward pre-professional health students.