UA Honors Teaching Award Winners

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the 2012 recipients of the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching – the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards.

UA in the News: October 16, 2012

UA grad, now fiction writer, to read on campus – UA Education Policy Center’s report on workforce training cited – UA’s athletic photographer featured – Students, expert comment on politics – Dance, art events – and more…

UA Student News for Oct. 16, 2012

Click on http://uanews.ua.edu/student to view UA Student News on UA’s website if you have problems reading the email subscription. DEADLINES TO REMEMBER Homecoming queen applications, Oct. 17, 9 p.m. TODAY Dating and Domestic Violence Candlelight Vigil, 6 p.m., Denny Chimes Workshop for Culverhouse College Business Plan Competition, 7:30 p.m., 379 Bidgood Hall THIS WEEK’S DATES

UA Leads International Effort to Develop Alternative Material for Green-Energy

A scientist who directs a University of Alabama research center will lead a collaborative, international effort to find an alternative source material necessary to sustain the growing electric-energy movement.

UA in the News: October 13-15, 2012

UA residential design students draw up plans for old cotton mill – UA prof, grad student edit online research center – Sororities mark Hope Week – UA students lead arts workshops – UA student wins national wheelchair tennis championship – and more…

Top-Selling UA Car Tags Raise $4 Million to Support Scholarships

The University of Alabama collegiate license tag program raised some $4.1 million during the 2012 fiscal year. Funds raised through the statewide program are used for scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students.

UA Preview

This week at The University of Alabama: MINT director leads $1.6 million research effort – UA President Guy Bailey to speak to faculty and staff – McNair Scholars present research projects – Homecoming Week kicks off Oct. 21 – Expert commentary – Events

UA in the News: October 12, 2012

More than 700 students participate in UA’s Engineering Day – Four inducted into UA’s Communication Hall of Fame – UA expert comments on auto industry in the Southeast – and more…

First Year Experience Offers Out 2 Lunch Program for UA Students

The University of Alabama Office of First Year Experience and Bama Dining have partnered this semester to offer Out 2 Lunch, a program designed to provide first-year students an opportunity to meet University faculty and staff outside the classroom.

UA Alumni Association Launches Crimson Cup Membership Campaign

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association recently launched the Crimson Cup Campaign, a membership event that allows graduating classes to compete with one another in NAA memberships.