From the November 2014 edition of Desktop News | The Alabama Conservation and Natural Resources Foundation has donated $50,000 to the College of Arts and Sciences to establish a scholarship in memory of UA alumnus Larry Drummond. The scholarship was made possible from proceeds of the Alabama Governor’s One-Shot Turkey Hunt fundraiser hosted by the foundation earlier this year. Larry Drummond, a Birmingham native, was an avid outdoorsman and Alabama businessman. With his brothers, he helped grow Drummond Co. Inc., […]
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Rising Tide Scholarship
Student-Led Campaign Seeks to Establish Scholarship for Students in Need What would you do if you could be Dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences for a day? Marcita Cole, one of more than 8,000 students who were asked the question via social media earlier this year, said she would provide critical financial assistance to successful students in need. The College’s student Ambassadors were struck by her response and are now seeking to make her vision […]
E. O. Wilson Donates Awards to UA
From the May 2014 Desktop News | Two Pulitzer Prizes and a host of other international awards bestowed on Dr. Edward O. Wilson, the world’s most decorated scientist and a College of Arts and Sciences alumnus, were recently given to the College as an inspiration for generations of scientists to come. Wilson also gave $100,000 to the College to establish the Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Fellows Endowment, a scholarship that will support students to conduct field and museum research in […]
Scholar Trudier Harris Honors Family with Endowment
Dr. Trudier Harris is one of the foremost African American literary and cultural theorists of today, and before her current post as a professor in the College’s Department of English, she had a 30-year career with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her scholarly career has taken her all over the world, and she has been honored by numerous organizations for accomplishments. But her love of learning started on an 80-acre cotton farm in Greene County, AL. The […]
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Angelo Richard Spinola Estate Provides $6,000 Scholarship
Judith Ann Spinola, daughter of the late Angelo Richard Spinola, has donated $6,000 from the Spinola estate to the College to provide scholarship funds for a student pursuing a teaching career. Angelo Spinola was born in Agira, Sicily, and immigrated to the United States in 1921. In 1939 he received a bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama. He later had an extensive career in education as a teacher, principal, and school superintendent in New Jersey. He was an avid […]
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Semmes Foundation Gives $100K to Geological Sciences Endowed Scholarship
The Semmes Foundation of San Antonio, Texas, has donated $100,000 to the Douglas Epps Jones–Geological Sciences Advisory Board Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship is intended to benefit students studying in the College’s Department of Geological Sciences. The Geological Sciences Advisory Board is a group of distinguished alumni and friends who play an active role in the advancement of the department. Annual scholarships are awarded to outstanding graduate applicants pursuing activities directly in support of thesis or dissertation research. The fund is […]
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Family and Friends Establish Randall Justice Farmer Endowed Support Fund
Kathleen A. Farmer and others have given more than $10,000 to the College to establish the Randall Justice Farmer Endowed Support Fund. The funds will be used to support the Department of Criminal Justice. Farmer, a professor in that department, was also a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 31 years. A graduate of Auburn University and Michigan State University College of Law, Farmer was a decorated Vietnam War veteran. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with […]
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Nick’s Kids Fund Continues Commitment to Brewer-Porch Children’s Center
In the 2010-2011 academic year, Nick’s Kids, a charitable fund for children established by UA head football coach Nick Saban and his wife, Terry, gave $8,000 to the Brewer Porch Children’s Center. The center was established in 1970 by the Alabama legislature to provide a model treatment program for Alabama’s special needs children and adolescents, and their families. Since coming to Alabama in 2007, the Sabans have distributed more than $1 million to over 150 charities, with a total of […]
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Murrays Establish Scholarship for Blount Undergraduate Initiative Participants
Dr. and Mrs. Rhett B. Murray, of Huntsville, Ala., have given more than $20,000 to the College to establish the Dr. Rhett B. Murray Endowed Scholarship, which will be used to support students in the Blount Undergraduate Initiative. Dr. Murray, a third-generation graduate of The University of Alabama, where he received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, summa cum laude in 1982, at the age of 19. Upon graduating first in his class from The University of Alabama School of Medicine, […]
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Miller Estate Augments Henry C. Miller Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund
The College has received a gift of more than $300,000 from the estate of Dr. Henry C. Miller Jr., a longtime faculty member in the Department of Mathematics. The funds will be added to the Henry C. Miller Jr. Endowed Scholarship Fund, which was established by Miller during his lifetime to provide scholarships for students in the Department of Mathematics and the School of Music and its jazz studies program. Miller graduated from Hueytown High School in 1941, then earned […]
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