A total of 6,234 students enrolled during the 2009 fall term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale), or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all As).
Dr. Samit Roy, the William D. Jordan Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, was recently elected as a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
The University of Alabama’s public relations program is among the top five PR Education Programs in the United States, according to national rankings produced and published in PRWeek magazine. This is the second straight year that UA’s PR program has been recognized for being one of the top programs.
The recycling program at The University of Alabama has been selected as one of five finalists in the 2010 Southern Association of College and University Business Officers Best Practices competition.
Three music therapy students at The University of Alabama were recently honored at the annual conference of the American Music Therapy Association.
The University of Alabama will award some 1,600 degrees during winter commencement Saturday, Dec. 12, on campus.
Dr. Carol Prickett, professor of music therapy and music education at The University of Alabama, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Music Therapy Association.
The 2009 Alabama Quality Award Conference and Ceremony will feature two keynote speakers, Pam Brock and Bill Taylor, to encourage organizations in Alabama to continue to strive for performance excellence.
Michael Lewis, a senior majoring in aerospace engineering from Knoxville, Tenn., was selected as a 2009 Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholar.
A chemistry professor, whose discovery of a way to dissolve cellulose forms the basis of new research efforts to turn trees into valuable chemicals and fuels, is the winner of The University of Alabama’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor award.