Stories Tagged ‘Scholarship’ 
Black Population Up in Alabama, People Reported as Both Black, White More than Doubles, Census Indicates
Fourteen percent of all people in the United States identified themselves as black, either alone or in combination with another race, according to a report just released by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2010, 55 percent of the black population lived in the South, and 105 Southern counties had a black population of 50 percent or higher.
Local Marine Corps League Detachment Partners with UA through Scholarship Support
Students who are Marine Corps veterans or who have a family connection to someone who is currently serving or has served in the United States Marine Corps will soon be able to apply for a new scholarship at The University of Alabama.
The Coca-Cola Foundation Honors UA Students, Renews Scholarship Commitment
The Coca-Cola Foundation has renewed its commitment to provide a select group of University of Alabama students with the opportunity to be the first in their families to earn a college degree.
Honors Day at UA Recognizes Campus Scholars, Leaders
The University of Alabama honored its top students for their academic achievement and leadership Friday, April 8, during the Honors Day Tapping on the Mound Ceremony, the highlight of UA's annual Honors Week, April 3-8.
UA Among Top Universities in Enrollment of Goldwater Scholars; Four Students Receive Elite Award
All four University of Alabama students who applied for 2011 Goldwater Scholarships have been named recipients of the elite academic award.
The Coca-Cola Foundation Honors UA Students while Renewing Scholarship Commitment
A luncheon honoring The University of Alabama’s 2010-2011 Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5, in Smith Hall on the UA campus.
In ‘God’s Almost Chosen Peoples,’ UA Historian Explores Religion in Civil War
In the new book, "God's Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War," Dr. George C. Rable, Charles G. Summersell Chair in Southern History at The University of Alabama, examines how Americans used their faith to explain and deal with the enormous costs of the Civil War.
UA Car Tags Raise $3.5 Million for Student Scholarships
The University of Alabama collegiate license tag program raised some $3.5 million during the 2010 fiscal year. Funds raised through the statewide program are used for scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students.
UA Entrepreneurship Ranked No. 21 by Princeton Review
The undergraduate entrepreneurship program at The University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Commerce is ranked No. 21 in the 2010 rankings by The Princeton Review.
Scientific Society to Present UA Chemist with National Award
The world's largest chemical society has selected a University of Alabama chemist for one of its 2011 national research awards.
UA Awards Osher Reentry Scholarships
For the third consecutive year, The University of Alabama has awarded 20 tuition-only scholarships of $2,500 each through a $50,000 grant from the Osher Reentry Scholarship Program.
UA Selected to Partner with Suder Foundation’s First Scholars Program
The University of Alabama is one of two universities recently selected to partner with The Suder Foundation as part of their national pilot for first-generation college students, First Scholars program.
UA Receives Federal Grants to Enhance Quality and Diversity of Graduate Students
The University of Alabama has received five, three-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program that provide fellowships to assist graduate students pursuing fields of study that are in national demand.
UA Awarded $1.5 Million from Howard Hughes Medical Institute to Develop New Ways of Teaching Science
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute will award $1.5 million to The University of Alabama to launch four distinct initiatives designed to teach and inspire the nation's next-generation of scientists.
Four UA Students Named National Hollings Scholars
Four University of Alabama students have received National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarships for 2010.
UA Engineering Student Awarded Goldwater Scholarship
For the fourth consecutive year, a student from The University of Alabama has been named a Goldwater Scholar, receiving one of the country's most elite academic scholarships.
Honors Week at UA Recognizes Scholarship, Leadership
The University of Alabama will recognize the achievement of outstanding students and faculty during 2010 Honors Week activities on campus April 5-9.
Golf Tournament to Benefit UA Rise School, Scholarships
The University of Alabama Student Alumni Association and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity will host the second annual Rise and Shine Golf Tournament on Monday, April 26, at Bent Brook Golf Course.
Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars to Be Recognized at UA March 23
A luncheon honoring The University of Alabama’s 2009-2010 Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars is scheduled for Tuesday, March 23 beginning at noon in Smith Hall.
UA’s Blount Initiative Marks 10 Years of Undergraduate Intellectual Inquiry
Ten years ago, faculty members in The University of Alabama's College of Arts and Sciences carved out a home for exceptional students, broad-minded professors and small, seminar-style classes that dared to cross intellectual boundaries.
Military History Professor to Lecture at UA About Technology at the End of the Middle Ages
Dr. John F. Guilmartin Jr., professor of military history at The Ohio State University, will present the fourth annual Friends of History Lecture, "Gunpowder, the Printing Press and the Death of the Middle Ages" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at 205 Gorgas Library at The University of Alabama.
UA’s Rural Medical Scholars Receive Scholarships from Alpha Lambda Chapter of Theta Xi
All eight of The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences' 2009-2010 Rural Medical Scholars have been awarded scholarships from the Alpha Lambda Chapter of Theta Xi Endowed Scholarship.
Graduate Fellowship Recipients Recognized at UA
The University of Alabama Graduate School recently announced the 2009-2010 recipients of Graduate Council Fellowships, the National Alumni Association Fellowships and the McNair Graduate Fellowships -- the most prestigious and competitive graduate fellowships at UA.
UA Awards 20 Osher Reentry Scholarships
The University of Alabama has awarded 20 tuition-only scholarships of $2,500 each through the Osher Reentry Scholarship Program.
Recent UA Graduate Named Fulbright Scholar
Joshua Frank of Moody, a recent graduate of The University of Alabama, has received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to study abroad.