Two former University of Alabama standout football athletes – Randy Billingsley of Mobile and the Rev. Colenzo “Rock” Hubbard of Memphis, Tenn. – will be presented the 2010 Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award on Sept. 4 at halftime of the UA vs. San Jose State football game in Tuscaloosa.
Dr. Eric Williams, director of the health care management program at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named the chair of the Health Care Management Division of the Academy of Management.
The documentary film “Lowndes County Freedom Party,” produced by the Center for Public Television and Radio at The University of Alabama, will be screened Saturday, Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Maysles Cinema in Harlem.
The University of Alabama will award some 1,400 degrees during summer commencement Saturday, Aug. 7, on campus.
Dr. Harris Schlesinger, Frank Park Samford Chair of Insurance at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been awarded an honorary doctoral degree by The University of Konstanz for his outstanding contributions to the theory of risk and insurance.
The Office of Play Therapy Research & Learning at The University of Alabama has earned the designation as an Approved Center of Play Therapy Education.
Lane Morrison, a senior in civil, construction and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama, was named the Student Civil Engineer of the Year by the Alabama Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
“Discovering Alabama,” a production of The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History and its Center for Public Television and Radio, has received an Emmy Award for the program “Discovering Alabama: Alabama in Space.”
Dr. Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama professor and head of civil, construction and environmental engineering, recently received the American Society of Civil Engineering’s ExCEEd Leadership Award.
Keith Hanson, a 2008 graduate of the operations management master’s program at The University of Alabama and now with BMW Manufacturing, recently received the 2010 Employer Recognition Award for his service to UA students during their career search.