News and Stories

News and Stories

  • Dr. Cassie Smith Selected for SEC Academic Leadership Development Program

    Dr. Cassie Smith has been selected for the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program. According to its website , “The SEC Academic Leadership Development Program seeks to identify, prepare and advance academic leaders for roles within SEC institutions and beyond. It has three components, a university-level development program designed by each institution for its own participants…

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  • Nicholas Kaple Named May Student of the Month

    The Honors College is excited to name Nicholas Kaple as May’s Student of the Month. Kaple is majoring in mechanical engineering and is in the Randall Research Scholars Program. Kaple, who is from Orland Park, Ill., is actively involved with the Tuscaloosa Rocketry Challenge and serves as  the Vice President of Alabama Rocketry Association. Kaple…

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  • Phi Beta Kappa Inducts 80 UA Honors College Students

    The Alpha of Alabama’s Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has inducted 103 students, 80 of whom are Honors College students.  This is the highest academic honor an undergraduate can receive. The inducted students will unite with a distinguished group of scholars, which include 17 U.S. Presidents, 42 U.S. Supreme Court Justices and more than 150…

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