A select group of students in The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences recently received Alabama Hospitality and Tourism Scholarships during the 2007 Governor’s Conference on Tourism.
The University of Alabama Graduate School recently recognized the 2007-2008 recipients of Graduate Council Fellowships — the most prestigious and competitive graduate fellowships at UA — with a reception on campus.
Dr. Louis Burgio, University Distinguished Research Professor at The University of Alabama, has received the 2007 Rosalynn Carter Caregiving Leadership Award, the highest award in the caregiving field given by the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving.
Three doctoral graduate students in The University of Alabama’s department of anthropology have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grants for the 2007-2008 academic year.
The Alabama Productivity Center, located at The University of Alabama, today announced 19 organizations as recipients of the 2007 Alabama Quality Award, the state’s honor for quality and performance excellence.
University of Alabama political science major Jack Parker of Mountain Brook has received first place in the national 2007 Olive W. Garvey Fellowship essay contest, sponsored by The Independent Institute.
The board of advisors for The University of Alabama’s Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations has added three new members to an existing group of 12.
Four distinguished communication pioneers will be inducted into The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences’ Hall of Fame Oct. 25. The induction ceremonies will be at the NorthRiver Yacht Club.
University of Alabama doctoral student Ed Geisweidt, in the department of English, is one of only 14 graduate students in the country to be selected to participate in the Folger Institute’s year-long Dissertation Seminar, “Researching the Archives,” at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
The University of Alabama is being nationally recognized for academic excellence and service as one of four schools named Truman Foundation Honor Institutions this year.