The University of Alabama in Huntsville (also known as
UAH or
UAHuntsville) is a state-supported,
publicIn the United States, a state university or state college is one of the public colleges or universities in the state university system. There are no federally-run colleges or universities in the United States other than the United States military academies and military staff colleges...
,
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al
universityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
, located in
HuntsvilleHuntsville is a city, centrally located in the northern most part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located in Madison county and extends west into neighboring Limestone county. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison county, and the fourth largest city in Alabama. The 2000 census estimated...
,
AlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its...
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The university is accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges and SchoolsThe Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is a regional educational accreditation agency for over 13,000 public and private educational institutions ranging from preschool to college level in the southern United States...
to award
baccalaureateA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for four years, but can range from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
, master's and doctoral degrees. The university is organized in five colleges: business, engineering, liberal arts, nursing and science.
UAH is renowned for its engineering and science programs, such as astrophysics, atmospheric science and aerospace engineering. Scientists at UAH managed the first "commercial," non-government rocket programs (Consort and Joust) in the U.S. The first
"high-temperature" superconductorYttrium barium copper oxide, often abbreviated YBCO, is a crystalline chemical compound with the formula YBa
2Cu
3O
7...
was discovered at UAH and the first U.S. experiment flown aboard the Soviet Mir space station came from UAH
UAH is a
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university, and has a history of cooperation with both
NASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program. NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for...
at the nearby
Marshall Space Flight CenterThe George C. Marshall Space Flight Center , the original home of NASA, is a lead center for propulsion, Space Shuttle propulsion, Space Shuttle external tank, crew training and payloads, International Space Station design and construction, for computers, networks, and information management...
, and the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command at
Redstone ArsenalRedstone Arsenal is a U.S. Army post and a census-designated place located next to the city of Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States and is part of the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The primary tenant organizations are the United States Army Aviation and Missile...
. In conjunction with helping NASA reach its goals, UAH makes NASA's research and technology available to all of Alabama's colleges and universities. The
National Space Science and Technology CenterThe National Space Science and Technology Center is a joint research venture between NASA and the seven research universities of the state of Alabama, represented by the Space Science and Technology Alliance. The aim of the NSSTC is to foster collaboration in research between government,...
is on the UAH campus.
UAH is one of three members of the
University of Alabama SystemThe University of Alabama System consists of three public universities in Alabama, USA: the University of Alabama , the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Alabama in Huntsville...
, which also has includes the
University of Alabama at BirminghamThe University of Alabama at Birmingham is a doctoral, public research university covering 83 blocks in the heart of Alabama's largest city Birmingham, Alabama, USA...
and the
University of AlabamaThe University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship university of the University of Alabama System. Within Alabama, it is often called "the Capstone"...
located in Tuscaloosa. All of the institutions operate independently, with only the president of each university reporting to the Board of Trustees of the system.
The university enrollment is approximately 7,500, and has a distributed ratio of 49:51, women to men. Incoming freshmen have an average score of 25 on the
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, which is one of the best among Alabama's public universities.
History
The genesis for a publicly funded institution of higher education in
HuntsvilleHuntsville is a city, centrally located in the northern most part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located in Madison county and extends west into neighboring Limestone county. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison county, and the fourth largest city in Alabama. The 2000 census estimated...
was many years in the making. Begun in January 1950 as an extension of the
University of AlabamaThe University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship university of the University of Alabama System. Within Alabama, it is often called "the Capstone"...
and known as the University of Alabama Huntsville Center, classes were first taught at West Huntsville
High SchoolHigh school is the name used in some parts of the world, particularly in Scotland, Northern America and Oceania, to describe an institution that provides all or part of secondary education...
. UAH's first undergraduate degrees were awarded in May 1968 as part of the spring commencement ceremony at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, (although a "cap and gown" ceremony was held in Huntsville).
One year later, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees voted to make UAH an independent and autonomous campus. Dr. Benjamin Graves, a graduate of the
University of MississippiThe University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1848, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford and three branch campuses located in Booneville, Tupelo, and Southaven...
in 1942, who was president of
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in
Jackson, MississippiJackson is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County , but the city also contains areas in Madison and Rankin Counties...
was tapped as UAH's first president in 1970. He returned to faculty status in 1979 and retired in 1989.The first degree awarded for work completed entirely on the UAH campus was awarded to Julian Palmore in 1964. Mr. Palmore was at the time a
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ensignEnsign is a junior rank of commissioned officer in the militaries of some countries, normally in the infantry or navy. As the junior officer in an infantry regiment was traditionally the carrier of the ensign flag, the rank itself acquired the name....
assigned to
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's Research Projects Division. The first official on-campus graduation ceremony at UAH was in June 1970. The first woman to earn a
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from UAH was Virginia Kobler in 1979, in
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.
UAH's second president, Dr. John Wright was Vice
ChancellorA Chancellor is the head of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as President or Rector.In most Commonwealth nations, the Chancellor is usually a titular non-resident head, often with a Pro-Chancellor as practical Chairman of the governing body ; the actual chief executive of a...
of the
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and began his service in 1979. Wright's term ended in 1988 and Dr. Louis Padulo became UAH's third president.
Huntsville leader Joseph Moquin took over the UAH presidency on an interim basis in 1990. Dr. Frank Franz, who was then
provostA provost is not only the senior academic administrator but at many institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
at
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, was chosen as UAH's fourth president. His wife, Dr. Judy Franz, accompanied him and was granted full professorship in the physics faculty. Her renown in the scientific community was reaffirmed when she was named executive officer of the
American Physical SocietyThe American Physical Society was founded in 1899 and is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen science journals, including the world renowned Physical Review andPhysical Review Letters, and...
in 1994. At the beginning of the 2006-2007 academic year, Frank Franz announced his plan to step down as president after that year.
http://www.uah.edu/News/newsread.php?newsID=334.
On July 1, 2007, Dr. David B. Williams, formerly a professor of materials science and engineering and the vice
provostA provost is not only the senior academic administrator but at many institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
for research at
Lehigh UniversityLehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school and has grown to include four diverse colleges...
, began serving as UAH's fifth president.
http://www.uah.edu/News/president/.
UAHuntsville or UAH?
In August 2007, the University officially announced the creation of a new signature element to better tie together the concept of "UAH" with its location in Huntsville. Dr. Williams, the University President cited the reasoning as being a lack of understanding as to where UAH is located and what it does with people outside of the Southeast or tech and defense fields. The new signature element was not taken well by students, and within two weeks a petition was started and signed 600 times by students wishing to ban the concept. Dr. Williams has made it clear that the new signature element was simply "marketing" and would not replace the schools unofficial name or logo. Because of the opinions voiced by the students it was determined that anything funded by student activity fees is not allowed to use UAHuntsville, but must use UAH instead.
Academics
UAH offers 60 degree-granting programs that meet the highest standards of excellence, including 29 bachelor's degree programs, 18 Masters' degree programs, and 13 Ph.D. programs through its five colleges:
BusinessA business is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself...
,
EngineeringEngineering is the discipline, art and profession of acquiring and applying technical, scientific and mathematical knowledge to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that safely realize a desired objective or inventions.The American Engineers' Council...
,
Liberal ArtsLiberal arts are the skills derived from the Classical education curriculum.-Definition:The term liberal arts denotes a curriculum that imparts general knowledge and develops the student’s rational thought and intellectual capabilities, unlike the professional, vocational, technical curricula...
,
NursingNursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from birth to the end of life....
, and
ScienceScience is in its broadest sense to any systematic knowledge-base or prescriptive practice that is capable of resulting in a prediction or predictable type of outcome...
.
The UAH Propulsion Research Center (PRC) is a research center that promotes interdisciplinary research opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students. The PRC was founded by Dr. Clark W. Hawk in 1991 and has since provided support for NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Energy. Research topics explored include air breathing propulsion, solid, liquid & hybrid propellent combustion, magnetoinertial fusion, electric propulsion, high temperature materials, and space and terrestrial power systems.
At least eight departments or programs also hold accreditation from professional associations, including the
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, the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business, the
American Chemical SocietyThe American Chemical Society is a learned society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry...
, the
Commission on Collegiate Nursing EducationThe Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education is an autonomous nursing education accrediting agency that contributes to the improvement of the public's health. The CCNE is recognized by the U.S...
, the Computing Sciences Accreditation Board, and the
National Association of Schools of MusicThe National Association of Schools of Music, NASM, was founded in 1924 by Gilbert Raynolds Combs, and is an accreditor for higher education music school in the United States of America. The association currently accredits 610 institutions of higher learning...
.
Athletics
UAH is a member of the
National Collegiate Athletic AssociationThe National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada...
and fields 13 varsity teams at the
Division IIDivision II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It offers an alternative to both the highly competitive level of intercollegiate sports offered in NCAA Division I and to the non-scholarship level offered in Division III...
level and one (ice hockey) in
Division IDivision I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
. The UAH
Division IDivision I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
mens ice hockey team was denied entry into the CCHA in 2009.
Its
ice hockeyIce Hockey is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a puck into the opposing team's goal. It is a fast-paced and physical sport...
team won the NCAA Division II national championship in 1996 and 1998 and now competes in
Division IDivision I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
as a member of
College Hockey AmericaCollege Hockey America is a college athletic conference with teams ranging geographically from New York to Alabama and Minnesota. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. When the NCAA no longer sanctioned Division II hockey, this conference formed among schools who...
. UAH houses the only NCAA ice hockey program south of the
Mason-Dixon LineThe Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon in the resolution of a border dispute between British colonies in Colonial America. It forms a demarcation line among four U.S. states, forming part of the borders of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and...
. In 2012, UAH will host the
NCAAThe National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada...
Hockey Frozen Four championship finals, which will play at the
St. Pete Times ForumThe St. Pete Times Forum is an arena in Tampa, Florida, that has been used for ice hockey, basketball, and arena football games as well as concerts. It is home to the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League...
in
Tampa, FloridaTampa is a Gulf Coast city in Hillsborough County, on the west coast of the state of Florida in the United States. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. The population of Tampa in 2000 was 303,447...
. UAH was selected as host of the "Frozen Four", as being the closest collegiate hockey program to Florida. In 2007, UAH won the College Hockey America Tournament in a win over
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. The victory granted them an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament as the 16th seed. They were pitted against first seed
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, losing 3-2 in a double overtime heartbreaker; it was one of the longest games in NCAA Tournament history.
BasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
and hockey games are regularly scheduled as part of alumni returning for
homecomingHomecoming is the tradition of welcoming back of former residents and alumni of an institution. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America. It usually includes activities for students and alumni, such as sports and culture events and a...
, and carpets are rolled out on the rink between periods for the homecoming court walk.
UAHuntsville also sponsors soccer (men's and women's), women's
volleyball Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules...
,
cross countryCross country running is a sport in which runners compete to complete a course over open or rough terrain. The courses used at these events may include grass, mud, woodlands, and water...
(men's and women's),
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a
10 foot high hoop under organized rules...
(men's and women's),
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
(men's and women's), men's
baseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond...
and women's
softballSoftball is a team sport popular especially in the United States. It is a direct descendant of baseball. Some key differences between softball and baseball are that softballs are larger than baseballs, and pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand. Softball was invented by George Hancock...
at the
Division IIDivision II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It offers an alternative to both the highly competitive level of intercollegiate sports offered in NCAA Division I and to the non-scholarship level offered in Division III...
level as a member of the
Gulf South ConferenceThe Gulf South Conference is a College Athletic Conference which operates in the southeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division II.-Conference History:...
. UAH competes in
track and fieldTrack and field athletics is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing, jumping and walking. Organised athletics are traced back to the Ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC, and most modern events are conducted by the member clubs of the International Association of Athletics...
(men's and women's) as an independent member of Division II. Although this is a new part to UAH, it has become one of the most competitive UAH sports.
UAH's men's cross country team won its first Gulf South Conference championship in 2007 and qualified to the NCAA Division II National Championship in 2007 and 2008. The women's team won conference titles in 1999, 2003 and 2004 and made its last appearance at the national championships in 2007.
Pep Band
UAH also has an athletic
Pep BandA pep band is an ensemble of instrumentalists who play at functions or events with the purpose of entertaining and "pepping" up a crowd. Often members of a pep band are a subset of people from a larger ensemble such as a marching band or a concert band. Pep bands are generally associated with...
. A very vocal section of fans in their own right, the pep band has claimed to have the World's Longest Cheer. The leader of the cheer instructs the crowd to "Gimme a T!" (to which the crowd replies "T!"), "Gimme an H!" (to which the crowd replies "H!"), and so on until "The University of Alabama in Huntsville" has been spelled (with the crowd even instructed to "Gimme a space!"). After this, the cheer continues with "Now say it like an engineer! UAH!" (with UAH! repeated several times). In hockey games, it is common for this cheer to be interrupted by a goal, and in such an event, the pep band will resume where it left off after playing the fight song.
Student Government
The UAH Student Government Association is the primary recipient of student activity funding. With the exceptions of ACE and the campus newspaper
The Exponent, all student organizations must be chartered with the SGA. The SGA hosts a number of events including Frosh Mosh, an annual event that welcomes incoming freshman the weekend they arrive on campus. Events have included a hypnotist, live music, and the highly anticipated foam party. The SGA also charters two buses to allow approximately 80 UAH students to make an annual trip to
Niagara, New YorkNiagara is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 8,978. The town is named after the famous, local waterfall....
to cheer for the UAH Ice Hockey team as they compete against
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.
Residence Halls
UAH has four residence halls: Central Campus Residence Hall (CCRH), Frank Franz Residence Hall, North Campus Residence Hall and Southeast Campus Housing. CCRH is reserved for first-time freshman students whereas upper class students have option of living at the other residence halls.
Campus Housing originated with the construction of South East Housing. These suites were originally built by the late Dr. Benjamin Graves, the first President of UAH, with the assistance of the late Alabama Senator
John SparkmanJohn Jackson Sparkman was an American politician from the state of Alabama. A conservative Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from 1937 until 1979. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President as Adlai Stevenson's running mate in...
.
Greek Life
UAH is home to the following fraternities and sororities. Each Greek organization rents a fraternity or sorority house from the University. Each of these houses were built in 2006. The construction of these houses were made possible thanks to the generous benefactors Mark and Linda Smith and Jim and Susie Hudson.
Sororities
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
- Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913, at Howard University by twenty-two young women. Today, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority...
- Delta Zeta
Delta Zeta is a college sorority founded on October 24, 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Today, Delta Zeta has 158 collegiate chapters in the United States and over 200 alumnae chapters in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada...
- Kappa Delta
Kappa Delta was the first sorority founded at the State Female Normal School , in Farmville, Virginia. It is one of the "Farmville Four" sororities founded at the universities Kappa Delta (ΚΔ) was the first sorority founded at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University), in Farmville,...
- Chi Omega
Chi Omega is a women's fraternity and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Chi Omega boasts 174 active collegiate chapters and hundreds of alumnae chapters. The fraternity's headquarters is located in Memphis, Tennessee.- History :Chi Omega was founded April 5, 1895 at the...
, (silent)
Fraternities
- Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Alpha Phi Alpha has initiated over 185,000 men into the organization and has been open to men of all races since 1940...
- Alpha Tau Omega
ATΩ is an American Leadership fraternity that annually ranks among the top ten national fraternities for number of chapters, and total number of members. ATO has more than 250 active and inactive chapters with more than 200,000 members and more than 6,500 active undergraduate members...
- Delta Chi
Delta Chi or D-Chi is an international secret letter college social fraternity formed on October 13, 1890, at Cornell University initially as a professional fraternity for law students. Delta Chi is a member of North-American Interfraternity Conference . The Fraternity is headquartered at 314...
- Kappa Alpha Psi
Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin...
- Phi Beta Sigma
Phi Beta Sigma is a predominantly African-American fraternity which was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914. by three young African-American male students. The founders A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I...
- Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity is an international secret social Greek-letter college fraternity. It was founded at 47 West Range at the University of Virginia in the United States on Sunday evening, March 1 1868.-History:...
- Sigma Nu
Sigma Nu is an undergraduate social college fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. Sigma Nu was founded in 1869 by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia...
ACE
The Association for Campus Entertainment (ACE) is a student run and operated organization that plans weekly events throughout the school year. Events include, but not limited to, comedians, musicians, movie nights. Seasonal events include a trip to
The MAiZE on Halloween and Springfest, when nightly events are scheduled during the first week of spring. Notable guests include
Daniel ToshDaniel Tosh is an American stand-up comedian.-Early life:Tosh was born in Germany but grew up in Titusville, Florida, the son of a preacher with one brother and two sisters. After graduating from Astronaut High School in 1993 and later the University of Central Florida with a degree in marketing...
and
Recycled Percussion.
Clubs and Organizations
Team UAH is internationally renowned for its award-winning
concrete canoeA concrete canoe is a canoe made of concrete, typically created for an engineering competition.In spirit, the event is similar to that of a cardboard boat race—make the seemingly unfloatable float...
construction competition team, and is the current recordholder with five national titles in 2001, 1998, 1996, 1994, and 1993.
The National Concrete Canoe Competition is sponsored annually by the
American Society of Civil EngineersThe American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. ASCE's vision is to have engineers positioned as global leaders who strive toward...
.
The UAH ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) also competes in the annual
NASA Great Moonbuggy Race hosted by
Marshall Space Flight CenterThe George C. Marshall Space Flight Center , the original home of NASA, is a lead center for propulsion, Space Shuttle propulsion, Space Shuttle external tank, crew training and payloads, International Space Station design and construction, for computers, networks, and information management...
in Huntsville, Alabama. The UAH ASME chapter currently holds two championship titles.
Student Success Center
The Student Success Center (SSC) (formerly known as the Academic Resource Center (ARC)) offers tutoring for nearly all 100 - 200 level courses offered at UAH. Tutoring is available for math online and in person.
The SSC recruits university students for its PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) program, in which students sit in on courses that they have already succeeded in, and offer class-specific study sessions outside of class, usually 3 hours per week. Historically difficult freshman courses are targeted for PASS, including Calculus, Chemistry and Economics.
Recently, the SSC has absorbed the Cooperative Education program.
Cooperative Education
UAH offers numerous cooperative education opportunities for its students, many of which lead to post-graduation employment.
The Exponent
The Exponent is the name of UAH's newspaper, which is printed every other week and is available at locations around campus free of charge.
Notable alumni
- Jan Davis
Nancy Jan Davis is a former American astronaut. A veteran of three space flights, Dr. Davis has logged over 673 hours in space. Dr...
, astronaut
- John S. Hendricks, founder and chairman, Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications, Inc. is an American global media and entertainment company. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Today, DCI has global operations offering 29 network entertainment brands on over 100 channels in over 170 countries in 33 languages for...
- Jim Hudson
Jim Hudson , is a former professional American Football defensive back. He started in Super Bowl III for the New York Jets, and made a key interception just before the end of the first half....
, founder, Research Genetics, Hudson-Alpha Institute for Biotechnology
- Stephen Zelnak, CEO/chairman, Martin-Marietta Materials
- Patricia A. Stephens, PhD Biomedical Editor/Writer, Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Johns Hopkins also maintains full-time campuses elsewhere in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Italy, China, and Singapore...
, School of Medicine
- Todd A. Welch, DMD, Periodontal surgery and Implant Dentistry, Memphis, Tennessee
- James Record, former chairman Madison County Commission and Alabama State Senator
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