UA Matters: Adventures in Alabama Gardening
With the warmer days of late winter upon us and the early flowers in bloom, it’s time to plan for the gardening season in Alabama. Tips from UA Matters can help with your planting.
Faculty & Staff
ACRE’s Glaze Elected Secretary of IREM State Chapter; Luncheon to Introduce UA Students to Real Estate Management
Grayson Glaze, executive director of the Alabama Center for Real Estate, has been elected secretary of the Alabama Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management.
UA College of Engineering Welcomes New Capstone Engineering Society Coordinator
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently named Nancy Holmes as the Capstone Engineering Society Coordinator.
UA Graduate School’s Prestigious CGS/Peterson’s Award will be Used to Mentor, Support Students
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama Graduate School has been awarded the prestigious Council of Graduate Schools/Peterson’s 2008 Award for Innovation in Promoting an Inclusive Graduate Community. The University was one of 16 institutions in competition for the honor. UA now joins the University of Georgia and Ole Miss as the only SEC institutions
UA’s Black Faculty Association Hosts ‘Evening Conversation’ with Paul R. Jones Feb. 26
The University of Alabama’s Black Faculty and Staff Association will host an “Evening Conversation with Paul R. Jones,” from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in Gorgas Library, room 205, on the UA campus as part of its BFSA Presents lecture series.
CCIM Designation Awarded Glaze, Executive Director of UA’s Alabama Center for Real Estate
Grayson Glaze, executive director of the Alabama Center for Real Estate at The University of Alabama, has been awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation by the CCIM Institute, one of the leading commercial real estate associations in the world.
UA Engineering Awarded Grant to Expand Science and Math in Sumter County Schools
The University of Alabama College of Engineering has landed a $2.98 million grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Education to establish a new five-year program for two high schools and four middle schools in Sumter County.
UA’s Mark Nelson is Finalist for Inspire Integrity Awards
Dr. Mark Nelson, vice president for student affairs, vice provost and professor of communication studies at The University of Alabama, is one of 15 finalists for the Inspire Integrity Awards, a national award recognizing faculty members who have had a significant impact on their students’ lives and instilled a high degree of personal and academic integrity.
Community Conversation at UA to Focus on ‘Ten Things African-Americans Should Know About HIV/AIDS’
The University of Alabama Black Faculty and Staff Association is sponsoring a Community Conversation with Dr. Pamela Payne Foster who will discuss “Ten Things African-Americans Should Know About HIV/AIDS” on Friday, Jan. 16 in 110 AIME building on campus from 5:30-7 p.m.
A Class Runs Through It: UA Professor Teaches About the Environment Through Course on Fly Fishing
Studying and writing aren’t enough to make the grade in Dr. Michael Steinberg’s Spring 2009 course in The University of Alabama’s New College. To pass this class, you first must catch the bass – or trout. Students will have to get in a river and catch a fish on a fly.