Dr. William Rabel, professor of insurance and financial services at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award by the Alabama Finance Association.
Winners of scholarships funded by The University of Alabama’s SGA S.P.I.R.I.T. campaign were announced today during a celebration event at Gorgas Library. Six UA students, all first-generation college students, were selected to receive the awards funded by their fellow students. The SGA S.P.I.R.I.T. campaign asked students to donate $5 each to UA for “first-in-family” scholarships.
The University of Alabama Creative Campus Initiative will host the second annual Al Arts Award Gala May 3 in Morgan Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.
The University of Alabama Center for Community-Based Partnerships will hold its first honors luncheon Friday, April 27, at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Tuscaloosa, beginning at noon.
The University of Alabama Action Card and director of the UA card program have been recognized recently with two national awards.
Adam Harbison’s grandmother is a cancer survivor, and her battle has been one of the more dominant influences in his life. He first participated in the Relay for Life sponsored by the American Cancer Society when he was 10 to raise money to fight cancer, and he notes his chairmanship on the National Leadership Team for the American Cancer Society’s Colleges Against Cancer as one of his most significant accomplishments. He can now add another accomplishment.
Four University of Alabama alumni were presented with Outstanding Alumni Awards from the University’s College of Communication and Information Sciences during Honors Week activities.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. This grant, totaling $500,000, will establish a new scholarship program that assists incoming engineering freshmen.
Three students at The University of Alabama have received one of the country’s most elite academic scholarships.
Dr. Matt Green, associate professor of kinesiology in The University of Alabama’s College of Education, was recently inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Sports Medicine.