Five University of Alabama alumni were presented with Outstanding Alumni Awards, and two faculty members were presented with the Board of Visitors Teaching Excellence Awards from the University’s College of Communication and Information Sciences.
Dr. Utz McKnight, assistant professor of political science at The University of Alabama, has won the 2009 Last Lecture Series Award from UA’s Graduate School.
The University of Alabama SOURCE, formerly known as the Coordinating Council of Student Organizations, has announced its new executive board of governors to help student organizations on campus.
A group of talented students in The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance recently participated in the Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Greensboro, N.C., receiving awards in several events.
Dr. Pauline Johnson, associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently selected to attend the Women’s International Research Engineering Summit, June 2-4, in Barcelona, Spain.
Dr. Ramana G. Reddy, ACIPCO Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently named the recipient of two awards from The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society for his outstanding accomplishments.
University of Alabama senior Daniel Cherry, a telecommunication and film and political science major, placed seventh in the radio news category in the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program for two of his pieces produced for Alabama Public Radio.
Dr. Glenda Williams, associate professor of telecommunication and film in the UA College of Communication and Information Sciences, was elected president of the Broadcast Education Association.
Noel Jordan, a student at The University of Alabama from Mt. Brook, has received the Marshall Award for being selected UA’s top Army ROTC cadet for this academic year. As part of the honor, Jordan is participating in the George C. Marshall ROTC Awards Seminar April 15-17 in Lexington, Va.
Four University of Alabama students who have a passion for books have been named winners in the UA Libraries’ 3rd annual Book Collecting Contest. On Wednesday, April 15, at 2:30 p.m. in 205 Gorgas Library there will be an event to recognize contest winners, after which Dr. Louis Pitschmann, dean of University Libraries, will speak on book collecting and book collections. A reception will follow.