UA Awards Osher Reentry Scholarships
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.
Awards & Honors
UA Engineering Student Wins ITE Alabama Scholar Award
Nick Woychak, a University of Alabama senior in civil engineering, was recently named the Institute of Transportation Engineers Alabama Section Billy Jones Memorial Traffic Engineering Scholar.
Sweet Tooth Lands UA Student a Spot in Ghirardelli Chocolate Contest Finals
Everyone has a sweet tooth. But Michele Henderson, a graduate student at The University of Alabama, may have the sweetest one of all. Henderson entered Ghirardelli’s “Bring Your Dark to Light” contest this summer, and her flavor is now one of three that are in the running for the grand prize.
UA Student Winners Cash in DegreeWorks Book Scholarships
Five University of Alabama students each received a $300 book scholarship for the fall semester as winners of a competition testing their knowledge of campus and by using UA’s DegreeWorks and Student Educational Planner.
Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award Will Honor Former Players at Season Opener
Two former University of Alabama standout football athletes – Randy Billingsley of Mobile and the Rev. Colenzo “Rock” Hubbard of Memphis, Tenn. – will be presented the 2010 Paul W. Bryant Alumni-Athlete Award on Sept. 4 at halftime of the UA vs. San Jose State football game in Tuscaloosa.
UA’s Williams Named Association’s Health Care Management Chair
Dr. Eric Williams, director of the health care management program at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named the chair of the Health Care Management Division of the Academy of Management.
UA-Produced Documentary on Black Panther Party to be Screened in Harlem
The documentary film “Lowndes County Freedom Party,” produced by the Center for Public Television and Radio at The University of Alabama, will be screened Saturday, Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Maysles Cinema in Harlem.
August Graduates Announced at UA
The University of Alabama will award some 1,400 degrees during summer commencement Saturday, Aug. 7, on campus.
UA’s Schlesinger Receives Honorary Doctorate from German University
Dr. Harris Schlesinger, Frank Park Samford Chair of Insurance at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been awarded an honorary doctoral degree by The University of Konstanz for his outstanding contributions to the theory of risk and insurance.
UA Designated as a National Approved Center of Play Therapy Education
The Office of Play Therapy Research & Learning at The University of Alabama has earned the designation as an Approved Center of Play Therapy Education.