2007-09 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Graduate Catalog: Section 3.9http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/12600.htmlJen-Ho Fang Scholarship. This scholarship was established in 2003 to provide a $3,000 award to an outstandinggraduate or undergraduate student in the geological sciences. Contact: Department of Geological Sciences, 202 BevillBuilding or Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338.Lex Arden Fikes Jr. Award. This award is presented in memory of Lex Arden Fikes Jr., a graduate student in theDepartment of Political Science. It acknowledges the highest level of professional development and departmentalservice achieved by a student in the graduate program. All graduate students in the Department of Political Scienceare eligible to be nominated for this award by a faculty member in the department.Geological Sciences Advisory Board (GSAB) Scholarship Fund. This fund was established in 2002 to provide$2,000 renewable awards to geology students meeting minimum academic criteria. Contact: Department ofGeological Sciences, 202 Bevill Building or Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338.Isabella H. Graham Prize. This prize was established in 1932 by Dr. John Y. Graham in memory of his wife, andencourages and rewards graduate work in biology. Contact: Department of Biological Sciences, 319 Biology Buildingor Box 870344, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344.Miriam Locke Scholarships. This fund provides support of professional travel for graduate students in English.Contact: Department of English, 103 Morgan Hall or Box 870244, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244.Robert E. Gross Lockheed Fellowship in Physics. This is a fellowship awarded to graduate students majoring inphysics. Contact: Chairperson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 206 Gallalee Hall or Box 870324, Tuscaloosa,AL 35487-0324.Inge and Ilouise Hill Fellowships. Established by a donation from Mr. and Mrs. Inge Hill, these fellowships aid inrecruitment and retention of graduate students in the Department of Biological Sciences, by supplementing teachingor research assistantships. Contact: Department of Biological Sciences, 319 Biology Building or Box 870344,Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0344.W. Gary Hooks Fund. This fund was established in 1982 by friends, former students, and colleagues of geologyfaculty member Gary Hooks. The fund provides research support for graduate students in geology. Contact:Department of Geological Sciences, 202 Bevill Building or Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338.Henry E. Jacobs Fund. The fund was established in 1986 by friends and colleagues of Dr. Jacobs to provide traveland publication funds for graduate students in English. Contact: Department of English, 103 Morgan Hall or Box870244, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244.A. S. Johnson Memorial Fund. This fund, established in 1982, provides travel support for graduate students in theDepartment of Geology who are making presentations at regional, national, and international meetings. Contact:Department of Geological Sciences, 202 Bevill Building or Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338.Margaret S. Quayle Scholarship Fund. Established by Dr. Quayle in 1975, the fund provides gift scholarships todeserving graduate students in clinical psychology, preferably women. Contact: Department of Psychology, 348Gordon Palmer Hall or Box 870348, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348.Society for the Fine Arts (SFA) Scholarships in Creative Writing. Funded by members of SFA, this award of atleast $1,000 goes to deserving graduate students in the creative writing program of the Department of English.Contact: Creative Writing Program, 101 Morgan Hall or Box 870244, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244.Hudson Strode Fellowships for the Study of English Literature. These fellowships were established in 1989 tocommemorate Hudson Strode, who taught Shakespeare and creative writing classes at the University from 1916 to1963. The awards support graduate study in English, preferably Renaissance studies. Contact: Director of the StrodeProgram, Department of English, 103 Morgan Hall or Box 870244, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244. Application deadline:February 21.Hudson Strode Research Awards. These awards were established in 1989 to support graduate student researchprojects in English Renaissance literature. Contact: Director of the Strode Program, Department of English, 103Morgan Hall or Box 870244, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0244.Donald Strong Award. The Strong Award is presented annually for the best research paper written by a politicalscience graduate student. Papers are submitted to the Graduate Studies Committee by individual graduate students.Irene Thames Endowed Fine Arts Fellowship Fund. This fund was established in 1986 to recruit and supportgraduate students studying ceramics, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. Contact: Department ofArt, 103 Garland Hall or Box870270, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0270.Joab Thomas Endowed Fellowship Fund. Established in 1983 by friends and colleagues of Dr. Joab L. Thomas,president of the University from 1981 to 1988, this fund provides a fellowship for a graduate student pursuing an