Awards & Honors

UA’s Fording Wins Book Award

Dr. Richard C. Fording, chair of political science at The University of Alabama, received the Herbert Simon Book Award from the Public Administration Section of the American Political Science Association for his book, Disciplining the Poor.

UA Senior Elected 2015 Homecoming Queen

Katelyn Katsafanas, a senior majoring in finance from Naperville, Illinois, was announced as The University of Alabama’s 2015 Homecoming Queen at the bonfire and pep rally Friday, Oct. 9, on the UA Quad.

5 Named to UA’s 2015 Homecoming Court

The 2015 University of Alabama Homecoming Court was selected in a recent student election.

UA Faculty Members Named SEC Academic Leadership Development Fellows

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Four faculty members at The University of Alabama were selected as 2015 – 2016 Academic Leadership Development Program fellows by the Southeastern Conference. The UA fellows – Dr. Melondie Reeves Carter, assistant dean of undergraduate programs, Capstone College of Nursing; Dr. Matthew Holt, head of the UA department of economics, finance and

UA’s HES to Present Jack Davis Alumni Awards

The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences will present the Jack Davis Professional Achievement Awards during upcoming homecoming activities on campus.

Nursing Leaders to be Inducted into UA-Sponsored Hall of Fame

Five nursing professionals will be inducted into the eighth annual Alabama Nursing Hall of Fame on Oct. 8. Established by The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing’s Board of Visitors in March 2001, the Hall of Fame was created to honor nurses and others who, through their work and accomplishments, have brought honor and fame to the profession of nursing and the state of Alabama.

UA Doctoral Student Selected for Gerontological Social Work Award

Yugi Guo, a doctoral student in the School of Social Work at The University of Alabama, has been selected to receive the 2015 Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Pre-Dissertation Initiative Award.

UA’s Pruitt, Simon to be Honored at Engagement Scholarship Conference

A University of Alabama vice president and a faculty member will be honored at the 16th Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference from Sunday, Sept. 27, to Wednesday, Sept. 30, in State College, Pennsylvania.

UA’s Human Resources Management Specialization Recognized by HR Authority

The human resources management specialization at The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce gets a thumbs-up from the Society for Human Resources Management.

UA’s C&IS to Induct Five Into Hall of Fame

The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences will hold its annual Communication Hall of Fame Thursday, Oct. 1, in the North Zone at Bryant-Denny Stadium.