Community Affairs News Archive
UA Students Receive U.S. Fulbright Program Awards
by Diane Kennedy-Jackson Publications Coordinator, Division of Community Affairs Tuscaloosa, Ala. – The University of Alabama is celebrating student achievements in the Fulbright Program. Five University of Alabama students have received Fulbright Student Research Awards and 10 have won Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) Awards for the 2022–2023 academic year. Three students have won […]
Realizing the Dream Committee Announces Combined Lecture Series and Performing Arts Event
by Diane Kennedy-Jackson Publications Coordinator, Division of Community Affairs TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — For the first time in Realizing the Dream history, Shelton State Community College and Stillman College will host back-to-back presentations. On Monday, April 4, cultural historian Wil Haygood will chronicle the time leading up to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., laying […]
26 Named Semifinalists for U.S. Student Fulbright Program
Twenty-six University of Alabama (UA) students have been named semifinalists for the U.S. Student Fulbright Program. Their applications will now be forwarded to their respective host countries around the world for further consideration. Students selected as finalists will receive a Fulbright award and could live abroad as teachers, graduate students, or researchers for the 2022–2023 […]
Realizing the Dream Committee Announces 2022 Events and Activities
by Diane Kennedy-Jackson Publications Coordinator, Division of Community Affairs TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Realizing the Dream planning committee, consisting of representatives from Shelton State Community College, Stillman College, the Tuscaloosa chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and The University of Alabama are excited to announce the 2022 Realizing the Dream events and activities. […]
UA Announces Success for Annual UA United Way Campaign
by Diane Kennedy-Jackson Publications Coordinator, Division of Community Affairs University faculty and staff, as well as United Way of West Alabama (UWWA) and partner agency representatives, gathered on the Gorgas Quad October 14 — a picture perfect day — to learn the giving total for the annual UA United Way Campaign. The Capstone College of […]
UA Students Win Fulbright Awards
by Diane Kennedy-Jackson Publications Coordinator, Division of Community Affairs Note: This story was updated Oct. 27, 2021 to reflect the addition of Matthew “Drake” Southern as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Award recipient. Tuscaloosa, Ala. – A University of Alabama student has received a Fulbright Student Research Award and five students have won Fulbright English […]
UA Recognized as Student Fulbright Awards Top Producer; Sets University Record
TUSCALOOSA — For the fifth time in six years, The University of Alabama was recognized as a Top Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. Student Awards. Additionally, the 2020–2021 cohort sets a new University record with 17 students receiving Fulbright Award offers. “We are immensely proud of our student Fulbright scholars, all of whom have earned […]
UA Announces 2021 Virtual Realizing the Dream Events
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — “The show must go on” is one of the most familiar expressions in showbiz, and despite COVID-19, that is exactly what will be happening during the 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream celebration. While the two most familiar components — the annual concert and legacy banquet — will not occur […]