UA among top Universities for number of Goldwater Scholars

<p>[University</a> of Alabama News UA Among Top Universities in Enrollment of Goldwater Scholars; Four Students Receive Elite Award](<a href=“http://uanews.ua.edu/2011/04/ua-among-top-universities-in-enrollment-of-goldwater-scholars-four-students-receive-elite-award/]University”>http://uanews.ua.edu/2011/04/ua-among-top-universities-in-enrollment-of-goldwater-scholars-four-students-receive-elite-award/)</p>

<p>*The University of Alabama scored a perfect four out of four with Goldwater Scholars as all four UA students who applied have been named 2011 recipients of the elite academic award.</p>

<p>“All four of our nominees for the Goldwater Scholarship received the award this year. That is the first time in UA history we have received four,” said Dr. Gary Sloan, UA professor and coordinator of prestige scholarships and awards.</p>

<p>UA is among only five schools, including Princeton, Arizona State, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the University of Washington, with the maximum number of students named Goldwater Scholars for 2011.*</p>

<p>Congrats!!! Awesome!</p>