UA to Broadcast Commencement Live via Internet May 10
For the first time, The University of Alabama will broadcast its commencement ceremonies live over the Internet on May 10.
UA Author Wins Emily Clark Balch Prize for Poetry
Dr. Hank Lazer has been chosen to receive the Emily Clark Balch Prize for the best poetry published in the Virginia Quarterly Review in 2003. Lazer is The University of Alabama’s assistant vice president for undergraduate programs and services and a professor of English.
UA Employees Receive Top Awards
University of Alabama employees receiving top campus awards were recognized by UA President Robert E. Witt during the annual spring faculty-staff meeting held recently on campus.
UA Women’s Resource Center to Host Brown Bag Lunch
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center is hosting a Brown Bag Lunch on Friday, April 30, at noon in the Ferguson Forum.
UA Receives $1 Million from Alumni Business Partners
Elliott Mitchell and Herbert Clark West Jr. of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., and Kamuela, Hawaii, have jointly pledged $1 million to The University of Alabama.
UA Establishes ‘SummerTide’ Theatre at Gulf Shores with Private Gift
This summer, when the sun sets on the Gulf Coast, residents and visitors will be able to spend the evening entertained by live theatre established by The University of Alabama with funding from Florida businessman and UA alumnus Herbert Clark West Jr. of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., and additional support from the George Meyer Foundation of Gulf Shores and The University of Alabama Alumni Association.
College of Communication and Information Sciences Presents Awards During Honors Week
Janet Hall of Birmingham was awarded the Betsy Plank Distinguished Achievement Award by the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama during recent Honors Week activities.
Top UA Graduate Students Honored
The University of Alabama Graduate School has announced the recipients of the 2004 Outstanding Graduate Student Awards.
UA’s Jaketra Bryant Wins Big on ‘The Price is Right’
Jaketra Bryant, come on down, you’re the next contestant on “The Price is Right!”
UA Business School Names Ole Miss Professor to Camp Endowed Chair in Finance and Investments
Dr. Douglas O. Cook, an associate professor in the department of finance at the University of Mississippi, has been appointed to the Ehney A. Camp, Jr. Endowed Chair in Finance and Investments at the Culverhouse College of Commerce at The University of Alabama.