Dr. J. Michael Hardin has been named associate dean for research at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce. Hardin will replace Dr. Carl Ferguson, associate dean for research and technology, who has announced his retirement, effective Dec. 31.
UA’s Spring Commencement Exercises
The Coca-Cola Foundation has recently made a scholarship donation of $1 million to The University of Alabama’s “Our Students. Our Future.” campaign. The grant is an extension of the Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship program and the University will be the program’s first public institution partner.
As many top high school students make their final college commitments today, The University of Alabama prepares to enroll the largest group of National Merit, National Achievement and National Hispanic Scholars in its history, gaining ground nationally in the recruitment of America’s brightest and best students.
The University of Alabama’s new Freshman Learning Communities (FLC) will give incoming freshmen an opportunity to have fun, make friends, meet faculty, and earn course credit all at the same time.
ESI North America, a company that specializes in engineering software, recently donated its leading casting simulation software, ProCAST, to The University of Alabama College of Engineering. ESI is donating teaching and research licenses with a commercial value of $1.6 million to the University.
Janeann Dill, a visiting faculty member in The University of Alabama New College, describes animation as “painting in time.” Animation, she explained, is the art of a single frame that will move in sequence in time.
The newly-built Student Health Center at The University of Alabama will host a grand opening celebration Thursday, April 20 from 3 to 5 p.m.
BellSouth has pledged $200,000 to promote the education of students in The University of Alabama College of Engineering’s department of electrical and computer engineering (ECE).
Dr. Leonard V. Zumpano, director of the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center, has been named editor of the recently revived Journal of Housing Research, now being published under the aegis of the prestigious American Real Estate Society.