This summer, when the sun sets on the Gulf Coast, residents and visitors will be able to spend the evening entertained by live theatre established by The University of Alabama with funding from Florida businessman and UA alumnus Herbert Clark West Jr. of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., and additional support from the George Meyer Foundation of Gulf Shores and The University of Alabama Alumni Association.
Janet Hall of Birmingham was awarded the Betsy Plank Distinguished Achievement Award by the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama during recent Honors Week activities.
The University of Alabama Graduate School has announced the recipients of the 2004 Outstanding Graduate Student Awards.
Jaketra Bryant, come on down, you’re the next contestant on “The Price is Right!”
Dr. Douglas O. Cook, an associate professor in the department of finance at the University of Mississippi, has been appointed to the Ehney A. Camp, Jr. Endowed Chair in Finance and Investments at the Culverhouse College of Commerce at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering computer science department was recently awarded the first Active and Collaborative Learning Grant. The grant, given by the University, is worth $11,000, and it will be used to modify the Introduction to Computer Programming Laboratory course into more of a problem-solving experience.
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees has conferred the highest honor it gives to a faculty member to Dr. Louis D. Burgio, professor of psychology, director of UA’s Applied Gerontology Program and co-director of the Center for Mental Health and Aging. Burgio has been named University of Alabama Distinguished Research Professor by the board.
Student awards were recently presented as part of Honors Day ceremonies at The University of Alabama. The awards were announced during the Tappings and Awards Ceremony held Friday, April 16, in Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama Sarah Moody Gallery of Art presents “Inspiration/Transformation: 14 Photographers Respond to Ma’Cille’s Museum of Miscellanea” beginning Friday, April 30.
The University of Alabama Kappa Sigma fraternity will sponsor the Tuscaloosa Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis Research on Saturday, April 24, from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. around the Ferguson Center area on campus.