Luring Outdoor Enthusiasts
A new recruiting tool, the University of Montevallo President’s Outdoor Scholars Program seeks out students who love fishing and hunting.
A New Vision for Samford
Samford University, a private, Christian institution based in the Birmingham area community of Homewood, is in growth mode as it celebrates...
Students’ Life-Enhancing Application of 3-D
Back in the 1970s two science fiction TV shows were all the rage — “The Six Million Dollar Man, ” featuring an injured test...
Scholar in Orbit, Out of Centerpoint
Christopher Gray landed more than $1.3 million in scholarships and used that expertise to devise an...
CollegeCounts — Alabama’s Rebuilt 529 Plan
When Jamie Duboise was in third grade, her parents put money in the Alabama 529 Prepaid Affordable College Tuition plan. She received a...
College Management Reformation
Mark Heinrich, who has been the chancellor of the Alabama Community College System since 2012, this year began one of his toughest...
Institution Cultivator
From ag to academia — Jay Gogue bookends his career at Auburn.
The Workforce of Tomorrow
Going to a four-year university used to be an option for Benton Tice, a 17-year-old junior at Sylacauga High School. Instead, Tice has...
Culverhouse College of Commerce – Value Investing U
C.T. Fitzpatrick has created a successful career in value investing. And he definitely sees value in investing $3 million in the University of Alabama’s...
Freetextbooks.com – Taming The High Price of Textbooks
Thirty-year-old Jonathan Robinson, founder of Birmingham-based Freetextbooks.com, has always liked looking for and finding ways to make money. But his entrepreneurial nature didn’t lead...
