LaTonya Washington of Moundville, a junior majoring in social work at The University of Alabama, was recently awarded the 2006 Student Recognition Award by the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration for her outstanding service to social work practice.
The University of Alabama’s Crimson White staff took overall top honors in on-site competitions held at Emory University in Atlanta during the recent annual Southeastern Journalism Conference.
Chase Jennings, a University of Alabama junior majoring in industrial engineering, was recently selected for a co-op program in Germany with Mercedes-Benz.
Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. CAREER Awards are NSF’s most prestigious recognition of top-performing young scientists and engineers who are beginning their careers.
Pamela H. Bucy, Frank M. Bainbridge Professor of Law in The University of Alabama School of Law, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award at UA.
Winston Groom, renowned author of “Forrest Gump,” will receive the 2006 Clarence Cason Writing Award from the journalism department at The University of Alabama Thursday, March 16 at a banquet in his honor at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel.
The White House has announced that President Bush intends to appoint University of Alabama President Robert E. Witt to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
The University of Alabama awarded some 1,059 degrees during winter commencement ceremonies in December.
A total of 3,763 students enrolled during the fall 2005 term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) or above or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0 (all As).
The Association of American Publishers has presented “Rivers of North America,” co-edited by University of Alabama ecologist Dr. Arthur Benke, an Award for Excellence.