Thanks to a successful student SPIRIT Campaign, The University of Alabama student body and UA’s Student Government Association will award six $2,000 SGA SPIRIT Scholarships this spring. All full-time UA students who have a minimum grade point average of 2.2 and who are the first in their immediate family to attend college are eligible to apply.
The University of Alabama will honor the scholarship and leadership of students and faculty with 2007 Honors Week activities on campus April 2-6.
The University of Alabama’s collegiate license tag program raised almost $2.5 million during the 2006 calendar year. Funds raised through the statewide program are used for scholarships for graduate and undergraduate students.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering will hold a dedication ceremony in honor of naming the James Massey Hire Jr. and Mildred Ray Hire Design Clinic Laboratory on Friday, March 23, at 10 a.m.
Dr. Robert Taylor, professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently elected to the grade of fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team finished third overall at the 2007 Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball Championships held in Warm Springs, Ga., March 1-4.
Tom Martz, vice president for advancement at UA, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Indiana University Alumni Association. He will begin his new duties April 1.
The University of Alabama will host a grand opening celebration for the newly-created Lakeside Media Lab Wednesday, Feb. 28 from 3 to 4 p.m., on the second floor of the Lakeside East Residential Community.
A new gift to the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library at The University of Alabama will be unveiled officially on Friday, Feb. 23 at 10:30 a.m. in the Hoole Library lobby on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall.
With the launch of the Student Financial Success Program, The University of Alabama is one of the first campuses in the country to offer a program designed to help college students avoid problems with excess debt and learn to manage their money.