UA Student Awarded Advertising Scholarship
July 19, 2006 - Filed under: Awards & Honors, Students | Tagged: Scholarship
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Andrea Seabol, a University of Alabama student from Florence, has been selected as recipient of a $1,500 scholarship from the Alabama Advertising Education Foundation.
Seabol is a senior majoring in advertising at UA. In addition to maintaining nearly a straight A average, Seabol has studied mass communication, theater and cinema in Ireland. She interned for Intermark Group, a Birmingham advertising agency, in the summer of 2005 and is currently interning at one of the nation’s largest advertising agencies, BBDO in Atlanta.
Seabol is also a member of the UA student advertising federation and has been elected to several academic honor societies.
AAEF is a nonprofit organization whose primary goal is to aid advertising students at Alabama colleges and universities. AAEF has awarded almost $20,000 in scholarships and other student assistance. The applications were judged by a committee of members representing Alabama’s advertising federations.
The University of Alabama, a student-centered research university, is experiencing significant growth in both enrollment and academic quality. This growth, which is positively impacting the campus and the state's economy, is in keeping with UA's vision to be the university of choice for the best and brightest students. UA, the state's flagship university, is an academic community united in its commitment to enhancing the quality of life for all Alabamians.
CONTACT: Erin Ireland or Linda Hill, UA Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu