IMAGE: Dean Olin
"When I visited here, I knew this was where I wanted to go to college."
That is a statement we often hear from students and alumni as they describe their first memorable visit to the College of Arts and Sciences. Thank you for visiting us on the Web.
We like to say that the College of Arts and Sciences is how college was intended to be -- a place where thinking and learning is IMAGE: When I visited here, I knew this was where I wanted to go to college.
exciting, where you will find your window to the world and your place in it, and where you will meet a diverse group of classmates, many of whom will become your lifelong friends and colleagues.
Whether you are interested in the mysteries of the galaxies, hidden secrets of ancient Native American dwellings, new discoveries of the human mind, or the literature of the South, the College of Arts and Sciences offers you rich territory to explore.
Robert F. Olin, Ph.D
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Going Global
For the first time students at The University of Alabama will travel to Cuba, China or England to spend a UA semester abroad at a major university in those countries. UA’s College of Arts and Sciences has launched the University’s first UA-supervised semester-abroad programs at The University of Havana in Havana, Cuba; Central University of Nationalities in Beijing, China; and the University of Birmingham, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
Professor Knighted
Dr. Metka Zupancic, associate professor of French in the College’s Department of Modern Languages, has been inducted as a knight, or chevalier, in France’s Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms).
Three College Students Named
National Goldwater Scholars
For the second year running, three students in the College of Arts and Sciences have received one of the country’s most elite academic scholarships. The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation selected two sophomore biology majors, Kalen Berry of Hartselle, and Susan M. DeLeon of San Antonio, Texas, and junior Eric R.J. Edwards, a physics and mathematics major from Memphis, Tenn., as 2008 Goldwater Scholars.
The College's Office of Educational Technology (eTech) was created as a resource for faculty who use or wish to use technology in their teaching and research. eTech serves the College with College-wide technology initiatives such as multimedia rooms, computer labs, instructional resources, and more.
Updated information on technology within the College can be found below, and by visiting eTech's Web site at: http://etech.as.ua.edu.
IMAGE: Theatre Production
More than 750 performances, exhibitions, lectures, and readings are presented each year in the College of Arts and Sciences. The majority of these are open to the public.
A listing of all College events can be obtained at the University of Alabama Crimson Calendar.
Open the original version of this page.
Usablenet Assistive is a UsableNet product. Usablenet Assistive Main Page.