Desktop News | March 2023 Austyn West, a student in the College of Arts and Science, is determined to make the most of his college experience despite the challenges he faced as a first-generation student. West has put himself through college with hard work and dedication, balancing his academic responsibilities with extracurricular activities. He is dedicated to taking advantage of all the opportunities college offers and hopes to encourage the same feeling in other students. Initially, West found it challenging […]
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UA Student Shares Internship Experience at Detention Center
Desktop News | February 2023 Merritt Stovall, a criminology major and psychology minor, clinched a competitive internship position at the assessment office located inside the Adult Detention Center of Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, Arizona, where only 6 of the 160 applicants were chosen. Stovall’s story is an example of how the College of Arts and Sciences ICUE Connector helps students have a robust educational experience and figure out what they want to do after graduation by providing tangible […]
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UA Student Study Abroad in Ireland, the Country of his Descent
Desktop News | February 2023 For 16 days in the summer, Benjamin Hand, a final-year student doing a bachelor’s and accelerated master’s program in geography, joined 11 students on a faculty-led study abroad trip to Ireland. His travel statement is a testament to the positive results ICUE has achieved since its founding. Despite being of Irish descent, Hand had not been to Ireland or anywhere outside the US, until this trip. The study abroad program gave him the chance to […]
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Austin Smithson Lands White House Internship
Desktop News | February 2023 In March 2022, The University of Alabama senior Austin Smithson took a trip that would forever change the scope of his career and life. The political science major went to Washington, DC, with the Washington DC: Professional Development Program to explore the city and make connections, ultimately leading him to an internship in the White House. Smithson, a first-generation college student, pushed himself out of his comfort zone to find a place on campus […]
Doctoral Student from Biological Sciences Selected for Acclaimed NOAA Fellowship
Desktop News | January 2023 Jake Dybiec, a biological sciences doctoral student, has obtained a paid fellowship from the National Estuarine Research Reserve System, an institution under the purview of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The fellowship will cover Dybiec’s rent and living expenses for the next two years, thus relieving him of teaching duties for these years. For 18 months starting from September 2022, Dybiec will be engaging in intensive fieldwork at Weekes Bay in Fairhope, Alabama. […]
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Graduate Student from Tbilisi Hitting the Right Keys in the US
From the UA News Center | Aslan Chikovani has been playing the piano since he was 6 years old. The first-year piano performance master’s student in The University of Alabama School of Music is already a well-known name around the Republic of Georgia, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands, where he has been winning awards and accolades for years. He was even considered by many as a virtuoso at the age of 13. Now Chikovani is continuing his rise in the […]
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UA Student Receives Boren Scholarship to Study in Brazil
From the UA News Center | University of Alabama student Sean Atchison has received a Boren Scholarship for the study of languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests and underrepresented in study abroad. Atchison, of Chatom, will study Portuguese in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an emphasis on Brazilian culture, history and politics. Atchison is a junior majoring in interdisciplinary studies with a depth study in Latin American studies and a minor in Spanish. He’s part of the UA Honors College, […]
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UA Students Working to Help Restore Voting Rights
Two UA political science students who are passionate about social justice are getting an experiential learning opportunity working with Return My Vote and UA’s chapter of Vote Everywhere.
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A&S Students Explore Washington, DC Career Opportunities During Spring Break
Over spring break, 12 students from the College of Arts and Sciences took on the nation’s capital and explored opportunities for future careers during the Washington, DC Professional Preparation Program, hosted by the A&S ICUE Connector.
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All Paths Lead to a Community of Support
“If someone would have told me a year ago that I was going to win an ASSURE Fellowship, begin an independent study, and present my findings at two research conferences, I would have told them they are crazy.” Conducting and presenting research as an undergraduate student offers a range of benefits, including an opportunity to deepen classroom learning. After taking Dr. Elif Kalaycioglu‘s Humanitarianism course in Fall 2021, junior political science major Emma Kenny was inspired to expand on what […]