UA Honors Outstanding Graduate Students in 2013
The University of Alabama Graduate School has announced the recipients of the 2013 Outstanding Graduate Student awards, to be presented during UA Honors Week, April 1–5.
Awards & Honors
Lecture Series Features UA Alumnus and Founder of Troon
The University of Alabama’s restaurant, hospitality and meetings management program will host Dana Garmany, chairman and chief executive officer of Troon, as part of the Shila Bowron Leadership Lecture Series March 13.
UA Interior Design Students Place 2nd in Global Competition
Temporary emergency housing should not only provide shelter but also a sense of place and comfort for people who may have lost everything, said one University of Alabama senior. It was this concept that three interior design students incorporated into a public service announcement that placed second in the global Design for Disaster Relief video competition.
UA PR Student Wins National Outstanding Student Award
University of Alabama senior Jessica Colburn has been named the 2013 recipient of the Daniel J. Edelman/PRSSA Award for the Outstanding Public Relations Student.
Premier Awards for Scholarship, Leadership Announced at UA
Recipients of the 2013 Premier Awards – the top individual honors for scholarship, leadership and service at The University of Alabama – were announced at a recent presentation dinner.
Jewish Daily Forward Lauds Poetry Book by UA’s Lazer
A cultural critic in The Jewish Daily Forward has named “N18 (Complete),” a collection of poems by Hank Lazer, as one of five favorite works of poetry in 2012.
UA Telecommunication and Film Wins Seven National Awards
Students and faculty from The University of Alabama’s telecommunication and film department won a total of seven awards in the Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts.
Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame to Hold 2013 Ceremony
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame will induct seven individuals and honor a corporation and two projects during a ceremony Feb. 23 at the Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa in Hoover.
UA Student Selected for International Engineering Program
Thomas Moat, a senior in construction engineering from Newnan, Ga., will help the Chinese government in Beijing design and build a pedestrian bridge as part of the 2013 International Summer School of Structural Engineering at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
UA Office of Veteran and Military Affairs Honors Fallen Soldiers, Wounded Warriors in Washington D.C.
The University of Alabama’s Office of Veteran Military Affairs will send representatives to the Washington, D.C., area this month to honor soldiers wounded and killed in the line of duty. David Blair, VMA director, and Dr. Lowell Davis, assistant dean of students, will join US. Rep. Terri Sewell and UA alumni for a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14.