Awards & Honors

UA Ecologist to Chair Section of National Higher Education Association

A University of Alabama ecologist is scheduled to become a division chair in the nation’s oldest higher education association during the organization’s annual meeting set for Nov. 11-13 in New York.

UA Entrepreneurship Program Moves Up to 18th Nationally

The undergraduate entrepreneurship program at the Culverhouse College of Commerce at The University of Alabama moved up two places to No. 18 in rankings just released by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review.

UA Graduate School Again Ranked in Top Ten in Three Categories

The Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama is again ranked in the top 10 in three categories in the latest rankings by The Princeton Review.

Top Teaching Award Winners Recognized at UA

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association has announced the 2007 recipients of the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching, the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards.

UA School of Law and Skadden Law Firm Honor Farmworker Activist with 2007 Morris Dees Justice Award

Arthur N. Read, general counsel for Friends of Farmworkers, Inc., a legal services provider in Philadelphia, has been awarded the 2007 Morris Dees Justice Award, given by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates and The University of Alabama School of Law. Morris Dees will present the award during a reception at Skadden’s offices in New York on Nov. 15.

2007 UA Homecoming Queen Announced

Kathleen Kelley of Indianapolis, Ind., was named The University of Alabama Homecoming Queen for 2007 on Friday, Oct. 5 during UA’s annual Homecoming Pep Rally on campus.

Parker Promoted to UA Vice President for Advancement

The University of Alabama is pleased to announce that Dr. Pamela H. Parker has been promoted to vice president for advancement.

UA Engineering Student Receives TMS Presidential Scholarship

Nicholas De Leon, a University of Alabama junior majoring in metallurgical and materials engineering from Coral Springs, Fla., was awarded the J. Keith Brimacombe Presidential Scholarship from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society.

2007 Homecoming Court Announced at UA

The 2007 University of Alabama Homecoming Court was selected in a general student election held on Tuesday, Oct. 2.

UA Engineering Students Receive SWE National Awards

Three University of Alabama engineering students will be presented with national collegiate awards by the Society of Women Engineers during the SWE National Conference Oct. 25-27.