The University of Alabama National Alumni Association (NAA) recently chose the recipients of the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards and Alumni Student Awards. The recipients will be recognized at the annual Alumni Weekend luncheon on Saturday, April 1 at noon in the Bryant Conference Center.
The Plank Center for Public Relations Studies at The University of Alabama will award up to $25,000 in competitive grants to scholars and professionals to study leadership in public relations. The grants of $2,500 to $10,000 will support research that advances knowledge of leadership in the profession and helps develop excellence in leadership.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently announced Dr. David B. Brown, professor of computer science and director of development at CARE Research & Development Laboratory, as the 2006 T. Morris Hackney Endowed Faculty Leadership award recipient.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently honored five alumni and friends of the College by inducting them into its class of 2006 Distinguished Engineering Fellows.
LaTonya Washington of Moundville, a junior majoring in social work at The University of Alabama, was recently awarded the 2006 Student Recognition Award by the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration for her outstanding service to social work practice.
The University of Alabama’s Crimson White staff took overall top honors in on-site competitions held at Emory University in Atlanta during the recent annual Southeastern Journalism Conference.
Chase Jennings, a University of Alabama junior majoring in industrial engineering, was recently selected for a co-op program in Germany with Mercedes-Benz.
Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering, 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.
Pamela H. Bucy, Frank M. Bainbridge Professor of Law in The University of Alabama School of Law, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award at UA.
Winston Groom, renowned author of “Forrest Gump,” will receive the 2006 Clarence Cason Writing Award from the journalism department at The University of Alabama Thursday, March 16 at a banquet in his honor at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel.