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The ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú conferred honorary doctorates upon Alabama Rep. Artis J. "A.J." McCampbell and Sen. Bobby D. Singleton during summer commencement exercises on August 14. Each received the Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, in recognition of distinguished public service, commitment to educational opportunity, and leadership on behalf of the people and communities of Alabama's Black Belt.
To honor the 2023 theme of Black History Month, the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú is spotlighting its students, faculty, staff and a first-time member of the Alabama State Legislature.
Two by two, students from the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú climbed along the eastern side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the hilly, 83-year-old Alabama River crossing that’s embedded in the nation’s civil rights story.
Midway between the state capitals of Alabama and Mississippi — keystone sites of the civil rights movement — sits the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú campus. Other locations, namely Birmingham and Atlanta, are easy drives. It’s a stroke of geographic serendipity that ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú student engagement teams want to explore.
As the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú celebrates Black History Month with several events in February, it also will welcome home one of its most influential and historical figures.
The ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s College of Business will welcome alumnus Brad Bolton to campus on Feb. 22. Bolton is chairman of the Independent Community of Bankers of America (ICBA) and will speak to students and guests in Bridges Auditorium at Wallace Hall. The talk is open to the community.
By the time fall arrives on the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú campus, Dr. Reenay Rogers and her College of Education colleagues expect their newest endeavor to be worth the excitement it’s generating this winter.
The ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s latest effort to improve lives and economic opportunities in Sumter County is rooted in a single word: infrastructure.
ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú student Carlyn Rawls, who is studying in France.

By the time she enrolled at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, Carlyn Rawls was already captivated by the notion of studying abroad. Reared in Millbrook just north of the state Capitol, she soon learned options were bountiful for curious students without fear of moving to the globe’s opposite side. It’s an experience she sought.

The ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Foundation has received notice of a $3 million planned gift that will support student success and academic enrichment. The planned gift from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous is one of the largest in the University’s history.

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