The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art on The University of Alabama campus will feature the works of master of fine arts graduate Tom Wegrzynowski in the exhibit “Blessed are the seekers of truth, may their suffering guide the world from darkness.”
Dr. Roy Maize, associate professor and director of the restaurant, hotel and meetings management program in The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences, has been selected to receive the Lamp of Knowledge Award for Outstanding U.S. Educator from the American Hotel and Lodging Association Educational Institute.
Dr. John R. Oneal, professor of political science at The University of Alabama, has been named the 2006 recipient of the Buford Peace Award.
Dr. Alan Blum, University of Alabama professor in the College of Community Health Sciences, Gerald Leon Wallace Endowed Chair in Family Medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, recently received an honorary degree from Amherst College.
The University of Alabama announced today that the department of intercollegiate athletics has made a $1 million gift to the University’s general scholarship fund in support of the “Our Students. Our Future.” campaign. The gift to the campaign comes from an operating reserve created by Athletics’ revenue generating sources.
The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies has been named one of three ACCESS distance learning support centers by the Alabama Department of Education.
University of Alabama students Megan Carper of Decatur and Amanda McMillan of Monroeville have been named 2006 Fulbright Scholars.
University of Alabama President Robert E. Witt and Athletics Director Mal Moore will announce a major gift at a news briefing set for 1:30 p.m., Thursday, June 8 in the Naylor Stone Media Room in the Football Building on the UA campus.
George Brown, director of University Recreation at The University of Alabama has been elected Region II vice president of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association board of directors.
Dr. Annabel Stephens, a professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at The University of Alabama, recently received the annual Eminent Librarian award and an award for Lifetime Achievement from the Alabama Library Association.