Capstone e-Letter

From UA President Robert E. Witt

May 14, 2008
Volume VII, Number 9

A new ranking of colleges and universities ranks The University of Alabama seventh in the nation among public universities. The ranking also places UA 42nd among all national universities, both public and private.
http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/may08/seventh050708.htm

UA RECEIVES $50,000 FROM BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION – The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to UA for the Osher Reentry Scholarship Program, which assists students who have experienced a five-year or more interruption in their education and want to resume their undergraduate studies to complete their degree.
http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/may08/osher050208.htm

SELECT GROUP OF UA STUDENTS NAMED BLACKBURN INSTITUTE FELLOWS – The UA Blackburn Institute, considered to be one of the most dynamic leadership development organizations in the country, has named its 2008-2009 student fellows.
http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/may08/blackburn051308.htm

FREESE TO MAKE WORLD-PREMIERE RECORDING OF NEW WORK IN PARIS – Next month, Dr. Faythe Freese, associate professor of organ in the UA School of Music, will do something only one other American has been allowed to do – record a CD at L’Eglise de la Sainte-Trinité in Paris (Church of the Holy Trinity).
http://uanews.ua.edu/anews2008/may08/organ051308.htm

MASON A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THE CITY – Dr. Barry Mason, dean of UA’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, recently accepted the award for the Civitan Club’s Citizen of the Year, joining a time-honored tradition of service to the larger community.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080508/NEWS/667790651

SPRING COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON WEB – A webcast of UA’s spring commencement held May 10 is available for viewing for approximately 30 days following the ceremony.
http://www.ua.edu/commencement/

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