UA Junior Wins Regional Advertising Scholarship
Katie Bontrager, an advertising and public relations major at The University of Alabama, has been awarded the American Advertising Federation’s District 7 Jan Gardner Scholarship.
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UA Students to Share Finance Tips with Brookwood High-Schoolers
Financial decisions made at a young age could have a significant impact on the future. That is the message members of a University of Alabama student financial and consumer education group hope to share with Brookwood High School students April 24.
UA Student Wins National Poetry Interpretation Championship
Senior Thaddeus Fitzpatrick led The University of Alabama’s speech and debate team to its first top-five national finish since 2006.
UA Engineering Students to Compete in SAE Baja Race
The University of Alabama Baja SAE team will compete in the Southeastern SAE Baja competition April 20-21 in Cookeville, Tenn.
UA Hosts Statewide High School Finance Competition
The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences department of consumer sciences will welcome 19 Alabama high schools April 23 as it hosts the third annual Alabama Personal Finance Challenge.
Six Earn UA Away Scholarships for Study, Service Abroad
The University of Alabama Division of Student Affairs has named six students as recipients of summer and fall 2013 UA Away scholarships, as part of a scholarship initiative that supports learning opportunities for students to work, serve or study away.
UA Greek Groups Award $100,000 to Area Organizations
The University of Alabama Greek community will award its annual Greek Week grants as part of the Profiles in Service and Leadership Banquet on Tuesday, April 16.
The grants, which total $100,000, will be given to some 30 nonprofit organizations operating in and around Tuscaloosa. Recipient organizations are selected following a grant request application process.
Federal Agency Names UA to President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
The University of Alabama has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for helping the community through service and service-learning partnerships.
UA Students Receive Goldwater Scholarships
Two University of Alabama students were awarded scholarships by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, and two more students were recognized for an honorable mention.
Program Developer Named UA Student Employee of the Year
Luke Colburn, lead student developer at the Center for Advanced Public Safety, has won the 2013 University of Alabama Student Employee of the Year Award.