Category: Student Services


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 […]

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Triple Major Finds His Passion in Microfinance

From the 2014 Celebrating Excellence | There’s nothing quite like being a student while also running your own business. As the chief financial officer for Forza, an entirely student-run nonprofit that gives small loans to small businesses, junior Zac Adams wears a lot of hats. He manages a team that maintains Forza’s accounting books, underwrites loans, works with lawyers, and raises the funds that make the loans possible. Tonight, like so many nights last summer, Adams will sequester himself in […]

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Transfer Credit 101

Everything you need to know about turning courses taken elsewhere into credit at The University of Alabama If you’ve taken or plan to take college courses anywhere other than The University of Alabama, you’ll need to take a few steps to transfer those credit hours into your UA records. Whether you’re a new student transferring to UA from another school, or a current UA student taking classes elsewhere temporarily, read on — and contact the A&S Student Services Center in 200 […]

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