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.
The State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame will induct seven individuals and honor four corporations/institutions during a Feb. 24 ceremony at the Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa in Birmingham.
The University of Alabama has named a select group of students who will be McNair Scholars for 2007.
The University of Alabama African-American Graduate Student Association’s 2006-2007 Business Plan Competition for African-American Students has named the top seven finalists who will present their plans to a panel of judges on Friday, Feb. 23 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. in 111 AIME Building.
A total of 4,697 students enrolled during the fall 2006 semester at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) or above, or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0.