UA’s Navigating the Tide Helps Students Make Transition to College Life
The University of Alabama is trying to make it a little easier for students to adjust to college life through the Navigating the Tide information program.
Campus & Community
UA’s Summer Commencement Set for Aug. 16, Live Internet Broadcast Available
The University of Alabama’s summer commencement ceremonies, set for Monday, Aug. 16, will be broadcast live over the Internet.
UA CCHS Professor Named Associate Dean for Research and Member of Statewide Emergency Response Commission
Dr. John C. Higginbotham, associate professor and interim chairman of the department of community and rural medicine in the College of Community Health Sciences, has been named associate dean for research and health policy for The University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa.
UA Honors Students Come to Campus Early to Volunteer at Local Elementary School
Some 40 freshmen in The University of Alabama Honors College, along with 14 student leaders, will be starting school a week early to participate in a community service project at Northington Elementary School Aug. 15-21.
UA Graduate Student Receives Honor Society Fellowship
Robert N. Davis, a University of Alabama graduate student in aerospace engineering, recently received a fellowship from the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society to continue graduate studies in the aerospace engineering field.
UA Business School Names Chair of Ethics
An internationally recognized professor of management, Dr. K. Michele Kacmar, has been named to the Durr-Fillauer Chair of Business Ethics at The University of Alabama business school.
UA Historian Awarded Grant to Complete Bay of Pigs Book
A University of Alabama history professor who is an expert on the John F. Kennedy administration has been awarded a one-year $30,000 grant to assist in the completion of his book on the Bay of Pigs.
UA Announces Cable Network Partnership: WVUA-7 and WOTM TV-19 will Televise UA Sports
The University of Alabama’s WVUA-7 Tuscaloosa and WOTM TV-19 Birmingham have agreed to a partnership that will offer the best in televised Alabama sports programming to Central and North Alabama.
UA Engineering Professor Wins National Award
Dr. Paul S. Ray, associate professor of industrial engineering at The University of Alabama, recently received the national Educator of the Year award from the System Safety Society. Ray accepted the award at the 22nd annual System Safety Society Conference in Providence, R.I.
UA’s University Medical Center Hosts Community-Wide Open House
The University of Alabama’s University Medical Center will host a community-wide open house on Aug. 22 from 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. The new facility is located in the new School of Medicine building at the corner of University Boulevard and Fifth Avenue East.