Anniston Students Receive UA Scholarships
Laura Beth Amerson and Alison J. Miller, both of Anniston, were awarded the Ashley Doyle and John Gaither Endowed Scholarship at The University of Alabama.
UA Law School Publishes Fourth Academic Volume
The University of Alabama School of Law has published Gilded Age Legal Ethics: Essays on Thomas Goode Jones’ 1887 Code. It is the fourth volume of the Occasional Publications of the Bounds Law Library.
UA Music Student Wins Prestigious National Award
Jerry Welker, a student in The University of Alabama’s School of Music, is this year’s recipient of the Music Teacher’s Association Brass Soloist of the Year Award. Welker, a senior from Tuscaloosa, was selected as the best brass soloist from all brass students in the nation.
UA’s College of Communication and Information Sciences Ranked 10th Nationally in Advertising Presentations
A recent study completed by two professors at Michigan State University showed that the department of advertising and public relations in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama was ranked 10th nationally in the number of peer-reviewed presentations at the American Academy of Advertising (AAA) during the past 20 years.
UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series Welcomes Ralph Angel and Bei Dao
The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series will host poets Ralph Angel and Bei Dao on Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall. The event is free and open to the public. In addition to the Oct. 2 reading, both Dao and Angel will lead an informal question and answer session in 301 Morgan Hall at noon on Friday, Oct. 3.
UA’s Manderson Graduate School of Business MBA Program Ranked 46th Nationally by Forbes
Forbes magazine recently released its rankings of M.B.A. programs placing The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business at 46th overall among full-time M.B.A. programs and 20th among public M.B.A. programs nationwide.
UA Women’s Resource Center Hosts Open House
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will hold an open house on Monday, Sept. 29, from 5-7 p.m. to commemorate the beginning of its 10th year of service to the UA community.
UA Greek Links Set to Kickoff Annual Fund-Raising Effort
Greek Links of The University of Alabama will host a kickoff for its third annual fund-raising campaign on Monday, Sept. 29, at 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Plaza.
National Leaders will Speak as Part of UA’s College of Communication ‘Experts in PR’ Lecture Series
The University of Alabama’s department of advertising and public relations will host Reed Bolton Byrum, 2003 president and CEO of the Public Relations Society of America, as part of the “Experts in PR” lecture series. The Society is the largest association of public relations executives in the United States.
UA and Shelton State to Host Tuscaloosa College Day and Tuscaloosa Career Expo
The University of Alabama and Shelton State Community College will sponsor the Tuscaloosa College Day at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus and the Tuscaloosa Career Expo on the Shelton State Martin Campus on Monday, Sept. 29, from 8 a.m.-noon.