Capstone e-Letter

From UA President Robert E. Witt

June 24, 2009
Volume IX, Number 12

Lewis M. and Faye Manderson have made gifts in excess of $12 million to The University of Alabama's "Our Students. Our Future." capital campaign. The gifts will support the University's Manderson Graduate School of Business, which is named in honor of Lewis M. Manderson Jr. The gifts are the third largest in the University's history.
http://uanews.ua.edu/2009/06/lewis-and-faye-manderson-donate-more-than-12-million-to-ua/

UA STUDENTS HELP HISPANIC CHILDREN TO A GOOD START IN SCHOOL - UA students are working in the Hispanic Jumpstart Program, designed to benefit preschool students as they learn English as their second language.
http://uanews.ua.edu/2009/06/ua-students-help-hispanic-children-to-a-good-start-in-school/

SIPSEY RIVER TO GET HIGH-TECH AERIAL MAPPING VIA UA GRAD STUDENT'S PROPOSAL - A UA graduate student's research proposal is bringing the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping, along with, perhaps, some additional respect from the general population, to the Sipsey River.
http://uanews.ua.edu/2009/06/rodney-dangerfield-river-to-get-high-tech-aerial-mapping-via-ua-grad-students-proposal/

DESIGN FOR UA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING COMPLEX TAKES NATIONAL AWARD -The UA Campus Master Plan has received the 2009 Merit Award from the Society for College and University Planning for excellence in planning for a district or campus component.
http://uanews.ua.edu/2009/06/design-for-ua-science-and-engineering-complex-takes-national-award/

PHELPS NAMED DEPARTMENT CHAIR -Dr. Joseph Phelps has been named chair of the department of advertising and public relations in UA's College of Communication and Information Sciences.
http://uanews.ua.edu/2009/06/phelps-named-chair-of-uas-advertising-and-public-relations-department/

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