Campus Impact
UA Student Veterans Receive Honors Cords, ‘Challenge Coins’
As Aubrey Smith finished his lap across the stage of the auditorium of the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center Thursday afternoon, he’d completed a figurative circle, too.
From GED to EdD: Mendez Navigates Long Road
Life came fast at Larry Mendez. He dropped out of high school in Tyler, Texas at age 16, the same age as his mother when she gave birth to him.
From Paratrooper to UA Graduate, Brackbill ‘Bleeds Crimson’
A retired 39-year-old jumpmaster faces another first. But this time, the military veteran is not jumping from an airplane. Instead, he’s crossing the stage at The University of Alabama’s Coleman Coliseum as a member of the 2017 graduating class.
UA Graduates Take a Look Back
Robert Brackbill Carlisle, Pennsylvania/Gardendale, Alabama Bachelor’s, Operations Management UA senior Robert Brackbill’s list of combat deployments in Afghanistan spans more than a decade, from the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2002 to Operation New Dawn in 2014. Brackbill spent nearly 14 months of his deployment time conducting airborne insertions while in Taji,
UA Student Bikes Mt. Kilimanjaro
University Boulevard Intersection Closes Temporarily
The intersection of University Boulevard and Fifth Avenue/Hilliard Drive will close temporarily Monday, May 8, through Saturday, May 27, during the next phase of an ongoing paving project. A new connector road between BBVA/Compass Bank and the Capstone College of Nursing will be opened prior to the intersection’s closing. UAPD will be on site Monday
UA’s Frannie James Named Buford Peace Award Winner
Frannie James, a global studies instructor in the Capstone International Center at The University of Alabama, is the 2017 recipient of the Lahoma Adams Buford Peace Award.
Spring 2017 Graduates Announced at UA
The University of Alabama will award some 5,311 degrees during spring commencement May 5-7.
UA’s Black Honored with Schweitzer Leadership Award
The Alabama chapter of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship recently presented the Schweitzer Leadership Award to Stephen Black, founder and director of the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility at The University of Alabama.