Faculty & Staff

UA Center for Community-Based Partnerships to Hold Breakfast and Business Meetings

The University of Alabama Center for Community-Based Partnerships will hold the first of five Breakfast and Business meetings on Thursday, Aug. 26, in an effort to educate UA employees and potential vendors about conducting business with the University.

UA’s Williams Named Association’s Health Care Management Chair

Dr. Eric Williams, director of the health care management program at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named the chair of the Health Care Management Division of the Academy of Management.

Alabama Productivity Center Adds Outreach Coordinator

Jeremy Meade has joined the Alabama Productivity Center at The University of Alabama as a full-time manufacturing outreach coordinator.

UA Designated as a National Approved Center of Play Therapy Education

The Office of Play Therapy Research & Learning at The University of Alabama has earned the designation as an Approved Center of Play Therapy Education.

Chemistry Program at UA Prepares Students for Careers in Science

A summer program at The University of Alabama, funded by the National Science Foundation, is helping prepare the next generation of chemists and scientific researchers.

Sharpe Named Dean of UA Honors College

Dr. Shane Sharpe has been named dean of the Honors College at The University of Alabama. Sharpe has been serving as interim dean of the college for the past year and as director of UA’s Computer-Based Honors Program since 2005.

Area Students Learn about Rural Health Care at UA

Two groups of students from across the state were on campus recently for the Rural Health Scholars and Rural Minority Health Scholars Programs in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.

UA’s Fridley Receives ASCE ExCEEd Leadership Award

Dr. Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama professor and head of civil, construction and environmental engineering, recently received the American Society of Civil Engineering’s ExCEEd Leadership Award.

Partnership between Jefferson Davis, UA Offers Nurses Mobility

Advanced nursing degrees are within easier reach for area registered nurses through a new Internet-based partnership between Jefferson Davis Community College and The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing.

UA Receives Federal Grants to Enhance Quality and Diversity of Graduate Students

The University of Alabama has received five, three-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program that provide fellowships to assist graduate students pursuing fields of study that are in national demand.