The University of Alabama’s Manderson Graduate School of Business is ranked No. 3 for “Best Campus Facilities” in the new Princeton Review rankings released this week. The magazine ranks graduate schools in 11 categories each year, and Manderson has been ranked in the top 10 in at least one of the categories for the past four years.
Two specialty programs offered by The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration are ranked in the top 15 nationally by BusinessWeek magazine.
Dr. Jerry W. Stephens, librarian and director of the Mervyn H. Sterne Library at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been selected to receive the 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award from The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies.
Crossing Points, The University of Alabama’s transition program for special needs students, recently received the “Best Practices” award from The Association of Persons in Supported Employment.
Dr. Elizabeth Wilson, co-department chair for curriculum and instruction at The University of Alabama, has been named the 2008-09 Paul W. Bryant Endowed Professor in the UA College of Education.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering’s degree programs have been accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET Inc., the recognized accreditor of college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering and technology.
The University of Alabama recently selected 16 students as 2008-2009 Ambassadors of the College of Engineering.
The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama will award $8,700 to support two research projects that will enhance understanding of factors that contribute to effective and ethical leadership in public relations.
The University of Alabama School of Law and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates announced today that Cheryl Little, executive director of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC), a not-for-profit legal assistance organization in Miami, has been awarded the 2008 Morris Dees Justice Award.
The American Society of Civil Engineers recently honored Dr. Ken Fridley, professor and department head of civil, construction and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama, with election to the grade of fellow.