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.
Dr. Pamela Doyle Tran has been named assistant dean for undergraduate studies at The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences.
The University of Alabama announced today that the “Our Students. Our Future.” campaign has reached the $360 million mark on its way to the $500 million goal. Included in the $360 million is a record $108 million in private gifts and pledges the University received for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2006. It is the second consecutive fiscal year that UA has raised more than $100 million in one year.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has joined The University of Alabama and the Alabama Department of Archives and History as a copublisher of Alabama Heritage magazine, according to its editor, Donna L. Cox.
The United States and Canadian National Wheelchair Basketball Teams have announced their selections for the 2007 Osaka Cup competition and six student athletes from The University of Alabama have been chosen to represent their respective countries at the international wheelchair basketball tournament.
A total of 4,697 students enrolled during the fall 2006 semester 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.
The University of Alabama and Insuresoft, a leading provider of insurance policy administration software, have reached an agreement to pursue cooperative projects relating to data warehousing and predictive modeling.
The University of Alabama’s mass communication doctoral program faculty was recently ranked sixth in the nation, according to the inaugural release of the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has appointed Dr. Lloyd A. “Pete” Morley, professor emeritus of electrical engineering at The University of Alabama, as corporate integrity contact person.