The University of Montevallo is proud to honor 567 students named to the President’s List for the fall 2024 semester. To make the President’s List, a student must earn at least a 3.8 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and be a full-time student at the University. The following students were named to the […]
The University of Montevallo is proud to recognize 377 students named to the Dean’s List for the 2024 fall semester. To make the Dean’s List, a student must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale and be a full-time student at the University. The following students in each UM college […]
Your home: Alabaster Your hometown: Birmingham What is your profession? I’m a customer service manager with BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama. What made you choose your career path? I was going to go to medical school and then I took human genetics. It was like, “Uh, this is not for me.” I majored in kinesiology because […]
Generosity Heals: Bob Chapman Gives Back, Thanks UM for his Health Care Career When Robert C. “Bob” Chapman first came to UM (then Alabama College), he didn’t know yet that his passion for health care would spark a nearly 40-year career in health care administration. “I recognized the health care needs of people, whether it’s […]
Reflecting on National Championship and Looking to the Future As a small child, Gabe Hixenbaugh wanted to be a boxer. “My mom wasn’t really about that, so she wanted me to get into wrestling instead,” the graduate student said. This alternative proved fruitful for the Alabaster native, who clinched a national wrestling championship victory in March […]
From Falcon Parent to Faculty, Dr. Crystal Bennett is Nurturing Future Nurses Growing up in Pensacola, Dr. Crystal Bennett became interested in nursing after visiting her grandmother in a nursing home and witnessing the compassionate care provided by the staff. “I remember watching people feed her and brush her hair,” she said. “And I thought, […]
The UM National Alumni Association hosted its annual awards dinner on Oct. 10, closing out the 2024 Founders’ Day festivities by honoring the recipients of its Outstanding Staff Service Award, Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award and Mary Lou Elder Williams Alumni Loyalty Award. Outstanding Staff Service Award The Outstanding Staff Service Award, which recognizes a […]
Annual Founders’ Day activities were held Thursday, Oct. 10, to commemorate the University’s 128-year history of service to education in the state of Alabama and its alumni. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and family came together to celebrate the “hope, strength and resilience” of the institution and its community. The day’s events began with the morning […]
