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University of Alabama summer graduation: 1,400 degrees awarded
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University of Alabama modifies COVID-19 rules for summer graduation
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The University of Alabama s 2021 spring graduating class includes 636 first-generation college students, as well as notable athletes such as Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and former NBA star Robert Horry.
UA held 10 commencement ceremonies spread over Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Coleman Coliseum. The staggered ceremonies were part of an effort to ensure social distancing, along with other COVID-19 precautions like mandatory mask-wearing.
A total of 6,158 degrees were set to be conferred this weekend, according to UA s commencement website.
That total includes 4,747 students who earned undergraduate degrees, while 1,300 earned master s degrees and 111 earned doctoral degrees.
The class of 2021 graduates came from 30 nations spanning the globe. Forty-nine of the 50 United States were represented in the pool of graduates, with Wyoming being the only state not represented. Graduates came from 61 of Alabama s 67 counties.
Heather Hunt
Hunt, an associate professor of biological, biomedical and chemical engineering, also is a strategic initiatives fellow in the UM System s office of e-learning. Winner of the outstanding instructor award from graduating seniors in 2015, 2018 and 2019, as well as the 2015 College of Engineering Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, Hunt has been repeatedly recognized for her excellence by students and colleagues alike, her MU biography states.
Martha Steffens
Steffens is a professor and Society of American Business Editors and Writers endowed chair at the School of Journalism. Following a 30-year career in the news industry, Steffens joined the faculty of the Missouri School of Journalism in 2002. As the inaugural Society of American Business Editors and Writers endowed chair, she was initially tasked with building a business journalism curriculum at a time when most journalism students disliked taking economics courses, her biography states.
Commentary: Dismantling the College of Human Environmental Sciences was insulting
By Tootie Burns
On Monday, February 8, 2021 the University of Missouri announced that the College of Human Environmental Sciences was being dismantled. HES would cease to exist as a college at MU, and its five departments would be farmed out to other existing schools and colleges within the University. “All of the programs in the College will continue, and students shouldn’t have any concerns” and “the consolidations will help combine research, learning and teaching” were statements that were included in the press release.
What really happened is a 121-year-old college at Mizzou was unceremoniously dumped, split up like a piece of meat. HES is ranked #3 in the nation for colleges of its kind, and #1 among all AAU Universities. It boasts nationally and internationally recognized educational units, and distinguished and accomplished faculty. HES has doubled its research expenditures, propos
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