TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama Graduate School has been awarded the prestigious Council of Graduate Schools/Peterson’s 2008 Award for Innovation in Promoting an Inclusive Graduate Community. The University was one of 16 institutions in competition for the honor. UA now joins the University of Georgia and Ole Miss as the only SEC institutions
Grayson Glaze, executive director of the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama, has been awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation by the CCIM Institute, one of the leading commercial real estate associations in the world.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering has landed a $2.98 million grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education to establish a new five-year program for two high schools and four middle schools in Sumter County.
Nicole Jordan, a sophomore at The University of Alabama from Memphis, Tenn., double majoring in nursing and musical theater, has been selected Miss UA for 2009.
The 2009 Capstone Creed Week at The University of Alabama on Feb. 4-11 will be the fourth annual week of events dedicated to the ideals of the Capstone Creed.
Dr. Mark Nelson, vice president for student affairs, vice provost and professor of communication studies at The University of Alabama, is one of 15 finalists for the Inspire Integrity Awards, a national award recognizing faculty members who have had a significant impact on their students’ lives and instilled a high degree of personal and academic integrity.
The University of Alabama’s Blackburn Institute has been selected to receive a 2009 Excellence Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, known as NASPA.
Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox, outstanding University of Alabama student Kendra Key and the Rev. T.W. Linton, a Tuscaloosa pastor and business owner, will be among those receiving awards this month from the Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream Committee.
Choice magazine named two books written by University of Alabama faculty members to its list of Outstanding Academic Titles for 2008.
Historical festivals and celebrations are the focus of the 2009 Top 10 Events released by the Alabama Tourism Department. October’s Moundville Native American Festival, staged at The University of Alabama Museums’ Moundville Archaeological Park, makes the list this year along with other venerable festivals around the state.