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As the state’s flagship university, The University of Alabama family has always focused on being the best. Founded in 1831 as the state’s first public college, UA is dedicated to excellence in teaching, research and service. We provide a creative, nurturing campus environment where our students can become the best individuals possible, learn from the best and brightest faculty, and make a positive difference in the community, the state and the world.

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As the state’s flagship university, The University of Alabama family has always focused on being the best. Founded in 1831 as the state’s first public college, UA is dedicated to excellence in teaching, research and service. We provide a creative, nurturing campus environment where our students can become the best individuals possible, learn from the best and brightest faculty, and make a positive difference in the community, the state and the world.

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Representation of the achievement named 'Fox Sports U Selects UA Students' Campaign to Air Nationally'.

Fox Sports U Selects UA Students' Campaign to Air Nationally

University of Alabama advertising and public relations students Katie Bell, Willow Ennen and Arianna Straggas had their advertising campaign selected to air nationally by Fox Sports U. Bell, of Memphis, Ennen, of San Francisco, and Straggas, of Waltham, Massachusetts, worked to develop copy, graphics and creative ideas for their campaign. Their group won and was asked to help produce the ad, which will air through January and the end of the NFL season on three Fox networks. The campaign, "Fox Sports Supports PCA," is a commercial created in conjunction with Fox Sports' and the Positive Coaching Alliance's national campaign to promote positive coaching and a relaxed atmosphere for youth sports.
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Student Competition - 2017 Oct 31

Computer-Based Honors Students Present Research

Students in the Computer-Based Honors Program in the Honors College presented their research during CBH Live 2017, a live interactive broadcast of research projects conducted during fall 2017.
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Research / Grant - 2017 Dec 20

UA Students Named to Homecoming Queen Court

Five students were selected as members of the 2017 University of Alabama Homecoming Court. A total of 11,028 votes were cast in the Oct. 10 student election. Members of the court are as follows: Mackenzie Brannan, a psychology senior from Austin, Texas. Sponsoring organization: Read Bama Read. Abigail Greenberg, a nursing senior from Montgomery. Sponsoring organization: Delta Delta Delta. Greenberg was named Homecoming Queen and was crowned Oct. 14. Lane Griffith, a communication studies senior from La Mesa, California. Sponsoring organization: NSBE and C100. Allison Mollenkamp, a senior English major from Jefferson City, Missouri. Sponsoring organization: College of Engineering Does Amateur Radical Theatre, Alex Smith, a political science and journalism senior from New Market. Sponsoring organization: Society of Professional Journalists. For more information on the court, go to https://sga.sa.ua.edu/elections/candidates-homecoming/.
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Student Competition - 2017 Oct 27
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UA Students Participate in Fall 2017 Cooperative Education

Close to 300 University of Alabama students are receiving a hands-on educational experience at more than 60 companies and organizations through UA's Cooperative Education Program during fall 2017. In the Cooperative Education Program, students alternate periods of full-time study with periods of full-time employment. This program offers work related to the academic major or career interests of each student. The experience enhances the students' employment prospects after graduation. While in school, students carry regular course schedules. While on co-op, they work with professionals in their fields who supervise their training and work. At work, co-op students earn competitive salaries and may receive benefit packages in addition to valuable on-the-job experience. Students maintain their full-time student status while at work and have priority registration status each semester through graduation.
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Internship - 2017 Oct 6
Representation of the achievement named 'UA MBA Students Win National Case Competition'.

UA MBA Students Win National Case Competition

MBA students in the Manderson Graduate School of Business at The University of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce have returned from the recent 2017 National Black MBA Association/FCA US National Graduate Student Case Competition in Philadelphia as big winners. Beating out 41 teams from some of the country's top business schools, they earned the grand prize of $25,000 in scholarships.
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Student Competition - 2017 Oct 6
Representation of the achievement named 'Miller Wilkinson sworn into UA AFROTC'.

Miller Wilkinson sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Miller Wilkinson is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Wilkinson and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Sports - 2017 Oct 2

Richard Terry sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Richard Terry is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Terry and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Oct 2

Spaulding sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Austin Spaulding is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Spaulding and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Oct 2
Representation of the achievement named 'Zachary Vourlotis sworn into UA AFROTC '.

Zachary Vourlotis sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Zachary Vourlotis is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Vourlotis and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Oct 2
Representation of the achievement named 'Sanders sworn into UA AFROTC'.

Sanders sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Elijah Sanders is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Sanders and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Oct 2
Representation of the achievement named 'Gabriel Rye sworn into UA AFROTC'.

Gabriel Rye sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Gabriel Rye is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Rye and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 29
Representation of the achievement named 'Cal Riley sworn into UA AFROTC'.

Cal Riley sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Cal Riley is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Riley and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 29
Representation of the achievement named 'David Rice sworn into UA AFROTC'.

David Rice sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student David Rice is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Rice and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 29

Alexander Naff sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Alexander Naff is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. NAff and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 28

Xavier McCoy sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Xavier McCoy is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Hellwig and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 28
Representation of the achievement named 'Darius Jenkins '.

Darius Jenkins

University of Alabama undergraduate student Darius Jenkins is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Jenkins and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 28
Representation of the achievement named 'Ashley Hellwig sworn into UA AFROTC'.

Ashley Hellwig sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Ashley Hellwig is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Hellwig and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA AFROTC on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 28
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Dantae Gilmore sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Dantae Gilmore has been contracted into UA's Air Force ROTC detachment. Gilmore and 19 other UA students were sworn into AFROTC on Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 28

Mone Ford sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate Mone Ford is now contracted with UA AFROTC. Twenty University of Alabama undergraduates were contracted into UA's Air Force ROTC detachment on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an atypical but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 27

Dobry sworn into UA AFROTC

University of Alabama undergraduate student Ben Dobry is now contracted with UA's Air Force ROTC. Dobry and 19 other UA students were sworn into UA's Air Force ROTC detachment on Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in during halftime of a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an atypical but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present. After completing all Air Force ROTC and academic degree requirements, contracted cadets -- cadets in the Professional Officer Course (POC) and scholarship cadets -- accept a commission as second lieutenants in the Air Force, appointed by the President of the United States. Since 2004, 159 University of Alabama AFRTOC cadets have been commissioned into the Air Force. University of Alabama undergraduates were contracted into UA's Air Force ROTC detachment on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 27
Representation of the achievement named 'Russell Fornwalt sworn into UA AFRTOC'.

Russell Fornwalt sworn into UA AFRTOC

University of Alabama student Russell Fornwalt is not contracted with UA AFROTC. Twenty University of Alabama undergraduates were contracted into UA's Air Force ROTC detachment on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an atypical but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 27
Representation of the achievement named 'UA students sworn into UA AFROTC '.

UA students sworn into UA AFROTC

Twenty University of Alabama undergraduates were contracted into UA's Air Force ROTC detachment on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an atypical but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 27
Representation of the achievement named 'UA students sworn into UA AFROTC'.

UA students sworn into UA AFROTC

Twenty University of Alabama undergraduates were contracted into UA's Air Force ROTC detachment on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 27
Representation of the achievement named 'UA Students Contracted into UA AFROTC'.

UA Students Contracted into UA AFROTC

Twenty University of Alabama undergraduates were contracted into UA's Air Force ROTC detachment on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in at a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an unusual but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 27
Representation of the achievement named 'UA Students Contracted Into AFROTC'.

UA Students Contracted Into AFROTC

Twenty University of Alabama undergraduates were contracted into UA's Air Force ROTC detachment on Thursday, Sept. 21 at "Bama Salute," a UA Athletics-sponsored event that honors active duty military members and veterans at various UA sporting events throughout the year. The UA cadets were sworn in during halftime of a UA soccer game in front of nearly 700 people, an atypical but celebrated venue and audience, as contracting ceremonies are typically low-key, with family and other cadets and ROTC cadre present.
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Military - 2017 Sep 27

UA Announces Degree Recipients for Summer 2017

The University of Alabama awarded approximately 1,300 degrees during summer commencement Aug. 5. With a beautiful campus, hundreds of rigorous academic programs, world-renowned faculty and numerous opportunities for service and growth, The University of Alabama is a place where legends are made. UA offers its students a premier educational, cultural and social experience with more than 200 undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. The campus gives students the opportunity to interact with nationally renowned faculty performing cutting-edge research. In addition, UA offers students more than 500 student organizations, and UA students perform more than 1 million hours of service for the community.
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Graduation - 2017 Sep 19

UA Names Dean's, President's Lists for Summer 2017

A total of 417 students enrolled during the 2017 summer semester at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean's List with an academic record of 3.5 (or above) or the President's List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A's). The UA Dean's and President's lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. The lists do not apply to graduate students or undergraduate students who take less than a full course load.
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Honors List - 2017 Sep 18
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UA Students Pursue Cooperative Education With Corporations

Close to 300 University of Alabama students are receiving a hands-on educational experience at more than 60 companies and organizations through UA's Cooperative Education Program during summer 2017. In the Cooperative Education Program, students alternate periods of full-time study with periods of full-time employment. This program offers work related to the academic major or career interests of each student. The experience enhances the students' employment prospects after graduation. While in school, students carry regular course schedules. While on co-op, they work with professionals in their fields who supervise their training and work. At work, co-op students earn competitive salaries and may receive benefit packages in addition to valuable on-the-job experience. Students maintain their full-time student status while at work and have priority registration status each semester through graduation.
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Internship - 2017 Aug 16
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Freshmen selected for University Fellows Experience at The University of Alabama

Twenty-four incoming freshmen have been selected for the University Fellows Experience in the Honors College at UA. This elite program provides opportunities for undergraduate research and prepares outstanding students to become leaders and agents of change.
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Honors Program - 2017 Jul 31
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Freshmen Selected for Computer-Based Honors Program at The University of Alabama

Forty-four incoming freshmen from across the country have been selected for the Computer-Based Honors Program in the Honors College at The University of Alabama.
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Research / Grant - 2017 Jul 31
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