The University of Alabama continues to grow with quality with enrollment topping 30,000 for the first time this fall. A record 30,232 students are enrolled, an increase of 1,425 students, or almost 5 percent, over fall 2009.
The debate between gubernatorial candidates Dr. Robert Bentley and Commissioner Ron Sparks on The University of Alabama campus Thursday, Sept. 16 will be broadcast live from 7-8 p.m. on Alabama Public Television, Alabama Public Radio, al.com and C-Span.
A total of 387 students enrolled during the 2010 summer term at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above, or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0, all As.
For the third consecutive year, The University of Alabama has awarded 20 tuition-only scholarships of $2,500 each through a $50,000 grant from the Osher Reentry Scholarship Program.
A campus ideas session 16 months ago among a group of strongly motivated students has produced two opportunities for the people of Alabama to weigh candidates for governor during the 2010 election.
The University of Alabama recently selected 18 students as 2010-2011 Ambassadors of the College of Engineering.
The ‘Alabama First’ program oversees all of The University of Alabama’s first-generation students.
“Screwtape,” a play by James Forsyth based on C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters,” will be presented Monday, Sept. 20, through Sunday, Sept. 26 in the Allen Bales Theatre on The University of Alabama campus.
Alabama Public Radio, which broadcasts from studios in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama, is changing its weekday evening and weekend schedule beginning Monday, Sept. 6.
As a second oil rig explodes in the Gulf, The University of Alabama offers a range of experts who could comment on some of the questions arising. Many of these experts were quoted extensively following the late April explosion in the Gulf and the ongoing clean-up efforts.