TUSCALOOSA, Ala.-- The University of Alabama Graduate School recently recognized the 2007-2008 recipients of Graduate Council Fellowships -- the most prestigious and competitive graduate fellowships at UA -- with a reception on campus.

Recipients for the fellowship are selected by the Financial Aid Committee, a sub-committee of the Graduate Council. The fellowships provide an award for tuition and fees, an annual stipend and single health care coverage.

The following graduate students were awarded a Graduate Council Fellowship:

Brittany Bergquist, tax accounting

Kevin Micah Bowling, biology

Paul Thomas Bryant, marketing

Jennifer Burt, business administration

Kang Cao, mechanical engineering

Christopher Franklin Cater, business administration

Aaron Chapman, business administration

Fred Clay, business administration

Angela Jill Cooley, history

Christopher Alan Culbert, physics

Rupak Das, metallurgical engineering

Seydou Diop, mechanical engineering

Robert Dunn, communication and information sciences

Stevie Fowler, psychology

Krista Garcia, anthropology

Kendrick Gibson, mechanical engineering

Tara Marie Goedjen, creative writing

Dedi Goss, speech language pathology

Carmen Hall, English

Nicholas Ryan Helms, English

Brittney Hemba, biology

Michelle Marie Hilgeman, psychology

Matthew Colin Hocking, psychology

Jay York Seabright Hodgson, biology

Jessica Hollander, creative writing

Stacie Hughes, accounting

Jennifer Hughes, social work

Sheena Jernigan, school psychology

Mary Maxwell, mathematics

Amanda Kaye McMillan, statistics

Laura Medders, social work

Michael Melnick, English science and mechanics

Sarah Melton, American studies

Laura Beth Pence, psychology

Christopher Morgan Peters, history

Carl Lee Peterson, creative writing

Charity Wait Rakestraw, history

Tiarney Ritchwood, psychology

Jill Rosenbaum, psychology

Andrew Lee Rypel, biology

Joshua Sandvig, accounting

Julie Sells, accounting

Hunter Robert Sims, physics

Lijie Song, information systems, statistics and management science

Dana Andrew Steil, computer science

Ashley Street-Bartlett, political science

Feng Sun, political science

Joseph Sykora, accounting

Sarah M. Szurek, anthropology

Daisuke Takahashi, aerospace engineering

Carly Timmons, communication and information sciences

Brittany Travers, psychology

Leigh Walker, art

Kevin Stanley Webb, computer science

David White, history

Nicolae Sebastian Zamfir, physics

The University of Alabama, a student-centered research university, is in the midst of a planned, steady enrollment growth with a goal of reaching 28,000 students by 2010. 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.