Awards & Honors

UA Journalism Professor Receives National History Teaching Award

Dr. David Sloan, a professor of journalism at The University of Alabama, has received the National Award for Excellence in Teaching for the field of mass communication history.

Mobile Student Named UA Homecoming Queen

Shellie Street of Mobile was named The University of Alabama Homecoming Queen for 2010 on Friday, Oct. 15, during UA’s annual Homecoming Pep Rally on campus.

UA College of Human Environmental Sciences Presents Alumni Awards

The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences presented the Jack Davis Professional Achievement Awards during recent homecoming activities on campus.

UA Chemical Engineering Celebrates 100 Years

The University of Alabama department of chemical and biological engineering in the College of Engineering honored 100 alumni and friends by inducting them into its class of Centennial Fellows culminating a year of celebrations recognizing the department’s founding in 1910.

Student Affairs Hall of Fame Honors Service to UA

The Student Affairs Hall of Fame inaugural induction ceremony was held recently at The University of Alabama with three distinguished individuals recognized for their commitment to the University. Inducted into the UA Student Affairs Warner O. Moore Hall of Fame were Dr. John L. Blackburn, Sarah Healy Fenton and Melford E. Espey Jr.

Alabama Business Hall of Fame at UA to Induct Four

Four of the state’s leading business and civic leaders will be inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame Thursday, Oct.14 at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus.

NSF Awards Grant to UA Art Professors to Explore Emergent Learning

A trio of University of Alabama art professors have secured a $350,000 National Science Foundation grant to find new ways to create a “system” that will foster creativity among a large group of students participating in an online class.

UA Honors Teaching Award Winners

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the 2010 recipients of the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching – the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards.

UA’s Plank Center to Honor Nonprofit Director for Mentorship

The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama will present its inaugural Executive Mentorship Award to Billy Shore, founder and executive director of Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit leading the fight against childhood hunger in America, at an Oct. 14 dinner at the Union League Club in Chicago.

Three UA Engineering Students Receive Alabama Road Builders’ Association Scholarships

Three University of Alabama civil engineering students recently received Alabama Road Builders’ Association Scholarships at the annual officer installation banquet held in Montgomery.