Awards & Honors

Huntsville Student Named IFC President at UA

Bart Siniard, a junior from Huntsville and member of Kappa Alpha Order, has been elected president of The University of Alabama Interfraternity Council.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” Essay Contest Winners Recognized at UA

Winners of the seventh annual “To Kill a Mockingbird” Essay Contest were recently honored on campus with a luncheon awards ceremony and reception with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and University of Alabama faculty member Rick Bragg.

National Music Teacher Association Names UA’s Penick Teacher of the Year

Amanda Penick, professor of music and coordinator of the piano area in The University of Alabama’s School of Music, will be awarded the Music Teachers National Association Teacher of the Year Award Wednesday, April 2, at the Awards Brunch at the MTNA National Conference in Denver.

UA Ranks Among Best in Enrollment of National Merit Scholars

In keeping with its strong record of attracting some of the nation’s most outstanding students, The University of Alabama ranks 12th among public universities in the enrollment of National Merit Scholars for 2007-2008 and 30th among all universities.

Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame to Hold 2008 Ceremony

The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame will induct seven individuals and honor one corporation during a Feb. 16 ceremony at the Marriot Legends at Capitol Hill in Prattville.

UA Engineering Professor Earns NSF Career Award

Dr. C. Heath Turner, Reichhold-Shumaker assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at The University of Alabama, has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award. CAREER Awards are NSF’s most prestigious recognition of top-performing young scientists and engineers who are beginning their careers.

Dean’s List Students Named at UA

A total of 4,949 students enrolled during the fall 2007 semester at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale), or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0 (all As).

They are Number One! UA Recognizes New Group of Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars

A select group of students at The University of Alabama, who are all “number one” in their families, were recognized as this year’s UA Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars at a luncheon held in their honor on campus this week.

UA Political Scientist Wins Prestigious Guggenheim Grant

Dr. Douglas Gibler, assistant professor of political science in The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences, has received a prestigious Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Research Grant for research into understanding global conflict.

UA’s Culverhouse School of Accountancy Again Ranked in Top 25

In its annual ranking of accounting programs, Public Accounting Report again ranks The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse School of Accountancy in the top 25 in the nation at all three levels: undergraduate, graduate and doctoral.