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UA STUDENT CHOSEN AS A RHODES SCHOLAR — Nicholas Hayes, a senior who came to UA from Memphis, Tennessee, was selected as one of 32 Americans to receive a Rhodes Scholarship, the most prestigious academic award for American college graduates and the oldest award for international study. Hayes will study at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom after graduating from UA in May 2022. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA Strategic Communications, at adam.jones@ua.edu.
UA LEADING EFFORT TO READY FUTURE TEACHERS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE – The University of Alabama is leading a program among six state universities to prepare secondary education students to fill the need for trained computer science teachers in the state. The statewide program builds off a successful computer science education training program at UA. With a nearly $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, this new phase aims to train 90 secondary education students over the next three years. The program’s goal is to help high schools comply with state mandates to offer computer science in the secondary grades. For more information, contact Adam Jones, UA Strategic Communications, at adam.jones@ua.edu.
UA TO HOLD FALL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES — The University of Alabama will host three commencement ceremonies, with one on Friday, Dec. 10, and two on Saturday, Dec. 11. Nearly 2,400 students will receive degrees during the commencement weekend. Members of the media are invited to the Friday, Dec. 10, ceremony at 6 p.m. All of the ceremonies will stream live on UA’s commencement website. For more information, contact Caroline Gazzara-McKenzie, UA Strategic Communications, at caroline.mckenzie@ua.edu.
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