The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to The University of Alabama as part of a nationwide initiative aimed at significantly increasing four-year college enrollment and graduation among low-income high school and community college students.
A group of nine students from The University of Alabama department of theatre and dance recently participated in the Kennedy Center America College Theatre Festival for Region IV in Americus, Ga., taking top awards in several events.
The University of Alabama African-American Graduate Student Association has announced the winners from the final round of the 2006-2007 Business Plan Competition for African-American students.
R.B. Walker, a student at The University of Alabama from Montgomery, has been elected president of the UA Student Government Association for the 2007-2008 term.
Robyn Thomas, a senior from Trussville majoring in biological sciences at The University of Alabama, has been selected as a recipient of a highly prestigious Amgen Fellowship with the Teach For America program.
Dr. Mary Stone, director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at The University of Alabama, has been named the 2007 winner of the American Accounting Association’s Outstanding Accounting Educator Award.
Dr. Gary Moynihan, professor of industrial engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently awarded the 2006 Institute of Industrial Engineers’ Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award for Region Three.
Recipients of the 2007 Premier Awards – the top individual honors for scholarship, leadership and service at The University of Alabama – were announced by UA President Robert E. Witt on Saturday, Feb. 17 at a recognition ceremony.
Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor for “The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,” will receive the 2007 Clarence Cason Writing Award from the journalism department at The University of Alabama Thursday, March 8 at a banquet in her honor at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel.
Four students from The University of Alabama have been named to the 2007 USA Today All-USA College Academic Team.