Announcements
IFC and Panhellenic Name Executive Board Members at UA
The University of Alabama Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association have announced their executive boards for 2007.
UA’s Alabama Insurance Society Back in Business
If the recent inaugural meeting and banquet of the reconstituted Alabama Insurance Society is any indication, the organization is back and healthy after an extended period of dormancy. In its heyday during the 1970s, the Alabama Insurance Society, known as AIS, was one of the most active student organizations on The University of Alabama campus. But with the retirement in 1988 of the legendary Dr. John Bickley, professor of finance and insurance, the emphasis of the academic program in insurance changed, and, over time, the AIS became inactive.
James Harrison Jr. to Address UA Winter Commencement Exercises Dec. 16
James I. Harrison Jr., longtime Tuscaloosa businessman and philanthropist, will be the featured speaker for The University of Alabama’s winter commencement ceremonies Saturday, Dec. 16 at 9 a.m., in Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
Forty-Nine Teams Registered in Business Plan Competition, Others Can Enter Through Phase II
To date, Alabama Launchpad has 49 teams registered to participate in a new business plan competition to fuel development of high-growth companies in Alabama and promote a climate of entrepreneurship. Ten of those teams are from The University of Alabama.
UA’s New Regional Industrial Assessment Center Will Help Alabama Businesses Save Thousands of Dollars Annually
The University of Alabama has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to operate a regional Industrial Assessment Center. The Alabama Industrial Assessment Center is one of 26 centers throughout the country and will assess small- to medium-sized manufacturing plants to help them use energy more efficiently.
Dual NSF Grants Enable UA Scientists, Students to Peer Deeply
University of Alabama scientists peer more deeply and more clearly into microscopic specimens than ever before courtesy of two National Science Foundation grants totaling more than $600,000.
UA Students Named to Advertising Team
The University of Alabama recently announced the names of 13 students who will spend the next eight months preparing to pitch an advertising campaign to the world’s biggest brand: Coca-Cola Classic.
UA Full Tuition Master’s Scholarships Available for Elementary General Education Teachers in Inclusive Classrooms
The University of Alabama’s department of special education and multiple abilities is seeking practicing general education elementary education teachers to enroll in a new graduate training program to receive special education certification while still teaching full time.
UA Welcomes New Capstone Engineering Society Coordinator
The University of Alabama College of Engineering recently named Trudeau Bartholomew Livaudais IV as the Capstone Engineering Society Coordinator.