Category: United Way


UA Exceeds Its 2023 United Way Campaign Goal

Group of people holding a large check with Big Al

As the campus community prepares for the season of giving, the UA United Way Campaign leadership announced success in the 2023 campus campaign, sharing that the campus community exceeded its $400,000 goal by raising $401,643.09* to support families and individuals in need. With Big Al leading the drum roll, Dr. Sebrena Jackson, Dr. Lewis Lee,…


Giving at Ninety Percent of Goal as United Way Campaign Continues

Big Al and a man holding a large check

As the campus community prepared for the rapidly approaching Thanksgiving holiday, UA United Way Campaign leadership shared an update on the 2020 campaign giving total to date. On Thursday, Nov. 19, Big Al joined Dr. Adam Brooks, campaign co-chair, in the WVUA studios to announce that this annual campaign, which supports those in need throughout…


UA Announces Success for Annual UA United Way Campaign

Capstone College of Nursing staff holding the amount generated ($406,720)

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 Nursing (CCN) served as the host college for the…


University of Alabama to Launch 2020 United Way Campaign

Tide United Logo

This year’s host college, the College of Communication and Information Sciences, will utilize the WVUA studio to share the 2020 UA United Way Campaign Kickoff via the College’s Facebook page on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 2 p.m. All are invited to join WVUA news director and anchor Lynn Brooks and director of the Communication Studies…


Giving for United Way Highest in UA’s History

United Way Logo. States: The art and science of giving.

Members of the Million Dollar Band set the tone for the occasion, and they provided a perfect drum roll as Big Al and his Arts and Sciences friends flipped the oversized presentation check to reveal the campaign giving total of $483,807, a figure that not only crushed the $395,000 goal but also set a new…


UA Launches 2019 United Way Campaign

The host college for the 2019 campaign is the College of Arts and Sciences, and the theme they chose — The Art and Science of Giving — is fitting not only for the college but for the campus as a whole, which has combined the art of caring with the science of giving to contribute…


UA Aims for Record Goal in 2016 United Way Campaign

[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] Photos by Jianlong Yang CCBP Student [envira-gallery id=”3356″] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] Members of the University community joined the College of Continuing Studies (CCS), host of the 2016 United Way campaign, on Thursday, Oct. 6 for a Campaign Kickoff event at the Ferguson Center Plaza on campus. This year’s goal is a record…