Scholarships and Awards
Mary T. Hamner Endowed Scholarship:
Mary T. Hamner was a graduate of the University of Alabama and long term resident of Tuscaloosa. She taught high school for almost 40 years. Ms. Hamner received services for hearing loss through the Speech and Hearing Center form 1988 until she passed away in 1999, leaving a portion of her estate to the Speech and Hearing Center. In her memory the Mary T. Hamner Award was established to provide an annual merit scholarship to an outstanding Undergraduate (junior) and Graduate student majoring in Communicative Disorders.
2011 Undergraduate Recipient: Sarah Nowlin
2011 Graduate Recipient: Sarah Kendrick
Joe T. McCrary Endowed Scholarship:
The Joe T. McCrary Endowed Scholarship was established in 2005 in memory of Joe McCrary, spouse of University of Alabama Speech and Hearing Center clinical supervisor, Debra McCrary. It is given each year to the outstanding senior in communicative disorders. The recipient is chosen by the academic and clinical faculty of the Department of Communicative Disorders.
2011 Recipient: Sara Phillips
Restore Therapy Scholarship:
2011 Recipient: Sara Tinter
Rosa Moore Dunning Endowed Scholarship:
2011 Recipient: Kenderia Smith
University of Alabama Graduate Fellowships:
Graduate Council Fellowship
2010 Recipients: Rebecca Paxton and Emily Woods
National Alumni Association Fellowship:
2010 Recipient: Elizabeth Hughes
McNair Fellowship:
2011 Recipient: Mya McGee
2010 Recipient: Ivy Porter
Dean’s Merit Assistantship:
2010 Recipient: Sara Saldana
The Sam S. May Commitment to Service Award:
UA’s Sam S. May Commitment to Service Award recognizes departments, departmental units, offices, teams, or centers that demonstrate exceptional customer service and continuous improvement in customer relations.
The award honors a special man who worked at the University from 1911-1941 as a custodian in the chemistry department. May learned chemistry from instructors during his lunch hour. He later tutored students and helped in research projects. May was presented an award for his service to students and faculty, and he is listed in The University of Alabama’s Pictorial History.
2003 – The University of Alabama Speech and Hearing Center
Dr. Robert Olin, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, hosted the winners in an award reception. The Speech and Hearing Center was founded in 1938, one of the first of its kind and many years before child speech therapy became publicly accepted. The center provides more than 9000 individual services to nearly 1,500 children and adults a year.