Capstone e-Letter

From UA President Robert E. Witt

November 12, 2008
Volume VII, Number 21

Dr. Mark D. Nelson, a leading faculty member and administrator at The University of Alabama, has been named vice president for student affairs and vice provost at UA. Nelson has served as interim vice president for student affairs and vice provost for the past year and as assistant provost for academic affairs for the past two years.
http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/nov08/nelson110708.htm

TEACHING AWARD WINNERS HONORED AT UA – The UA National Alumni Association has announced the 2008 recipients of the University’s highest honor for excellence in teaching – the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Awards.
http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/oct08/award103008.htm

JOHNSON RECEIVES ‘GREEN’ ACCREDITATION – Dr. Pauline Johnson, associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering at UA, recently received LEED® accreditation though the Green Building Certification Institute with the support of the U.S. Green Building Council.
http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/nov08/green110708.htm

UA STUDENT WINS STATE PHILOSOPHY CONTEST – Jonathan Cobb, a UA sophomore from Alabaster, recently won the 2008 Alabama Philosophical Society Undergraduate Essay Contest.
http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/oct08/contest102808.htm

ENGINEERING STUDENT WINS ASME NATIONAL AWARD – Jesse Huguet, a graduate student in mechanical engineering at UA, was recently awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ Charles T. Main Student Section Silver Award, which recognizes student leadership and service.
http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/nov08/asme110708.htm

STUDENT GROUP HELPS ALABAMIANS IMPROVE LITERACY SKILLS – A new student organization called Literacy is The Edge has been started at UA with the goal of improving literacy rates in West Alabama.
http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/nov08/studentgroup111108.htm

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