ASME Selects the UA College of Engineering Student to Serve on Council
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers has selected University of Alabama College of Engineering student Thomas Saunders to serve on the Petroleum Division Collegiate Council.
Saunders, a senior majoring in mechanical engineering from Alexander City, is one of 12 students in the nation to participate in this first-year event. He was the only student in the state selected to participate. Saunders serves as president of UA's ASME chapter.
"We are very fortunate to have the only student from the state representing the University and our strong engineering program," says Dr. Beth Todd, associate professor of mechanical engineering.
The ASME Petroleum Division Collegiate Council was established to promote the petroleum industry to ASME student chapters and expand student memberships and programs in order to better serve and more accurately meet the needs of student members.
Founded in 1880, ASME International is a nonprofit educational and technical organization with 125,000 members. In addition to being one of the world's largest technical publishing operations, it also holds technical conferences, provides professional development courses, and sets industry and manufacturing standards.
In 1837, UA became the first university in the state to offer engineering classes and was one of the first five in the nation to do so. Today, the College of Engineering, with about 1,900 students and more than 90 faculty, is one of the three oldest continuously operating engineering programs in the country and has been fully accredited since accreditation standards were implemented in the 1930s.
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The University of Alabama had five students named to the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team for 2003—the most awards of any school in the nation. Harvard and Johns Hopkins each had three recipients of the award, and UA had more than Dartmouth and Yale combined. UA's Sarah Adair, a microbiology major from Hartselle, was named to the first team. UA's Kana Ellis, Allison Kellogg, Gabriel Walvatne, and Laura Medders were also among the honorees. USA Today selects the All-USA Academic Team from students throughout the country. They are recognized for grades, awards, leadership roles, and ability to use their academic skills outside the classroom.
The University of Alabama is ranked among the nation's top 50 public universities by U.S. News & World Report.
The University of Alabama's graduates include 15 Rhodes Scholars, 15 Goldwater Scholars, and nine Truman Scholars. Our most recent Rhodes Scholar is Bradley Tuggle, an English major who received the award in 2001.
The University of Alabama's chapter of the prestigious liberal arts honor society Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest of the three chapters in the state.
Approximately 66 percent of UA's undergraduates receive some type of financial aid.
UA ranks as one of the top public universities in enrollment of National Merit, National Achievement, and National Hispanic Scholars. More than 300 of these students are currently enrolled at Alabama.
For over a decade, The University of Alabama has been one of the top public flagship universities in the Southeast in enrollment of African-American students. In fall 2002, African-Americans comprised 10 percent of enrolled freshmen, 14 percent of total undergraduate enrollment, and 13 percent of the student body overall. Enrollment of African-American students in UA's Graduate School has increased by 44 percent since 1996.
Across our beautiful 1,000-acre campus, several buildings dating back to the founding of the university are still in use today—alongside other historic structures and recent construction housing state-of-the-art technology. We offer excellent facilities for study and research, including campus-wide computer labs, multimedia classrooms, and online libraries.
More than 33 percent of the university's entering freshmen and 21 percent of all undergraduates received merit scholarships for the academic year 2002-03.
The University of Alabama debate team holds 14 national championships—two more than our football team!
UA offers 220 degree programs.
Founded in 1831, The University of Alabama was the state's first university.
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