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01. LIST OF TABLES
02. LIST OF FIGURES
03. THE GRADUATE COUNCIL
04. STAFF DIRECTORY
05. BURNUM DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD
06. BLACKMON-MOODY OUTSTANDING PROFESSOR
07. GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILES
08. INTRODUCTION AND REVIEW OF THE YEAR
19. RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES
10. APPLICATIONS AND ADMISSIONS
11. ENROLLMENT
12. AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENROLLMENT
13. INTERNATIONAL ENROLLMENT
14. CREDIT HOURS
15. DEGREES CONFERRED
16. TECHNOLOGY AND THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
17. GRADUATE FACULTY
18. GRADUATE STUDENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT
19. MINORITY GRADUATE STUDENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT
20. GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIPS
21. WORKSHOP FOR NEW GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS
22. GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
23. ACADEMIC COMMON MARKET

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Charles G. “Skip” Snead, director of the School of Music and professor of horn in The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award. Snead was presented with the award during a ceremony on March 16, 2005 in the Recital Hall of the Moody Music Building. Dr. Ronald Rogers, assistant vice president for academic affairs and dean of the graduate school, opened the evening with remarks, and UA President Robert E. Witt presented the award. Snead provided a musical performance, and the evening concluded with a reception.

The Burnum Award is one of the highest honors the Capstone bestows on its faculty. It is presented annually to a professor who is judged by a faculty selection committee to have demonstrated superior scholarly or artistic achievements and profound dedication to the art of teaching.

As a scholar, scientist and mentor, Dr. Rogers embodies the qualities Dr. Burnum wished to honor with this award.

Snead has served as professor of horn since 1988 in the UA School of Music. He was appointed interim director on April 2004 and named director of the School of Music in January 2005.

“The College of Arts and Sciences is blessed with a top-notch faculty,” said Dr. Robert Olin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “The prominence of our faculty members is our greatest strength. Skip Snead exemplifies this not only in his performance and scholarship but also his superior administrative skills. He will represent the prestigious Burnum Award well.”
“Professor Snead is one of the finest horn professors and performers in the world,” said Dr. Ronald Rogers, assistant vice president for academic affairs and dean of the graduate school, who coordinates the nominations. “He not only teaches a large number of students, but he has guided them to winning many national and international awards. He personifies the ideals of the Burnum Award: superior artistic achievements and a profound dedication to the art of teaching.”

Chief among Snead’s accomplishments as performer is his role as a founding member of the TransAtlantic Horn Quartet. Presently this is the preeminent group of its kind in the world. The quartet has performed at Tanglewood in Massachusetts and Wigmore Hall in London. These venues represent the highest level of performance in the world.

He also serves as principal horn with the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra and Macon Symphony of Macon, Georgia.

In addition to his work as a performer, he is internationally recognized as a teacher and clinician. His teaching residencies include at the Royal Academy of Music and The Royal College of Music both in London, The Royal Welsh College in Cardiff Wales, The Royal Northern College in Manchester England, The Gheorge Dima Academy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and The Tanglewood Music Festival in Lennox, Mass.

He has given master classes and lectures throughout the Unites States, including a recent residency as a Housewright Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair at Florida State University. Snead also serves on the executive board of the American Horn Competition and the Peer Review Board of the Center for International Exchange, Fulbright Senior Specialists Program.

“I am so very pleased and honored to have been selected as the recipient of this year's Burnum Award,” said Snead. “To be included in the company of the previous Burnum winners is a distinction of which I will try to prove worthy. I am fortunate to have the opportunity to work among outstanding colleagues at UA who have supported and motivated me to achieve many of the goals in my career.”

Snead continued, “In addition, this award would not have come without the many hours of hard work and multiple impressive achievements by a long list of talented students. I am grateful to all of these people for their roles in making this possible. I am very proud to be able to take my place among the Burnum Award winners and look forward to serving the University for many years to come.”

This is the 25th year the award had been given. The annual award was established by Dr. and Mrs. John F. Burnum of Tuscaloosa to recognize and promote excellence in research, scholarship and teaching. Burnum Award honoree names are permanently displayed on a bronze plaque in the lobby of UA’s Rose Administration Building.
 

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Dr. John E. Lochman, professor and Saxon Chair in Clinical Psychology at The University of Alabama, is the recipient of the University’s Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award. He was honored in an October 23rd 2005 ceremony at the UA President’s Mansion.

The Blackmon-Moody Award is one of the highest honors bestowed on faculty at the University. Created by Frederick Moody Blackmon of Montgomery to honor the memory of his grandmother, Sarah McCorkle Moody of Tuscaloosa, the award is given annually to a UA faculty member who has made an extraordinary contribution to his or her profession and to The University of Alabama.

“You have brought distinction and recognition to yourself and The University of Alabama in numerous ways,” wrote UA President Robert E. Witt in notifying Lochman of the award. “Your prolific research program on understanding, treating, and preventing aggression and violence in children and youth has earned you national and international recognition. Your colleagues at other universities think you are one of the top scholars in your field.”

Lochman, a faculty member in UA’s College of Arts and Sciences since 1998, specializes in the behavior and treatment of high-risk aggressive children and adolescents. He has conducted extensive research into preventive intervention programs and cognitive-behavioral intervention techniques for high-risk children both at school and in the family.

“Dr. Lochman’s remarkable productivity and highly respected research has brought distinction to the University,” wrote Dr. Robert F. Olin, dean of Arts and Sciences, in his nomination letter. “His research in aggression and violence in children draws great interest nationwide from his esteemed peers as well as from funding agencies and graduate students.”

Lochman co-developed the Coping Power Program, a school-based intervention program for children with aggressive behaviors consisting of structured group sessions and periodic individual sessions for both the child and parent. Studies with children with aggressive behavior in several states and in the Netherlands indicate the program is effective in reducing delinquency and substance abuse rates among youth.

Lochman and his program colleagues currently are training clinicians in Baltimore, with Johns Hopkins University; in New York City, with Columbia University; in Rochester, N.Y.; in New Jersey and in Oregon. Ongoing intervention research is being conducted with the program in other countries, including Spain and Puerto Rico.

“His Coping Power Program has been recognized nationally for its quality and real impact on the lives of children and adolescents,” Olin wrote.

Lochman, who is also an adjunct professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical Center, has published more than 125 journal articles, 60 book chapters and two books, and he has presented almost 200 papers at psychology conferences. He serves as editor-in-chief for Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, is on the editorial boards for Developmental Psychology, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, and Behavior Therapy, is an editorial consultant for the journal Child Development and action editor for Prevention Science.

Lochman received his bachelor’s degree from the Purdue University and his master’s and doctorate from the University of Connecticut, all in psychology.

Dr. Ronald Rogers, assistant vice president for academic affairs and dean of UA’s graduate school, chaired the selection committee recommending Lochman for the Blackmon-Moody Award.

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	"UA was an optimal choice for me to start my graduate education. Not many schools offer a specific Book Arts program in graduate studies. There is so much to learn and UA is helping me to absorb all of the knowledge that I can." Amy Leigh Pirkle, M.A. student in Book Arts and Graduate Council fellow
	"I yearn to become an expert in the sphere of human services and to develop as a specialist in my field. UA’s Social Work program is highly distinguished and being a student here allows me to uphold the dignity of the Graduate School." Gi Won Cho, Ph.D. student in Social Work and Graduate Council fellow
	"The thought of being able to enhance my cultural views and exchange intellectual ideas has always been appealing to me. Attending UA has made the thought into a reality. The American Studies Program at UA places the goal of “real Success” at the fingertips of all of its students." John George, M.A. student in American Studies and Graduate Council fellow
	"Diversity within the program is what attracted me to UA’s Graduate School. Being able to work with specific faculty has helped me to study a broad range of areas in order to tighten my focus and find my strengths." Khiela Holmes, Ph.D. student in Psychology and SREB fellow
	"As a non-traditional student, finding a graduate school that could accommodate my needs was not an easy task. UA offers complimentary courses to my lifetime experiences and gives me the arena to continue my quest for knowledge." Steven Schwab, Ph.D. student in History and Graduate Council fellow

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FIGURE 1: KEY INDICATOR TRENDS

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• Off-campus events and recruitment travel;
• On- campus events;
• The use of prospect databases;
• International student recruitment activities;
• Minority representation;
• Published materials, both printed and electronic;
• Fostering collaboration among graduate, undergraduate, and college activities;
• Integration with and support of departments and colleges from the Graduate School;
• Using graduate students in recruitment (Ambassadors);
• Increasing financial support;
• Improving closing techniques in order to enhance enrollment.

In 2004-05 the Graduate School’s recruitment staff attended over 35 Graduate and Professional School Day Programs, McNair conferences, and other recruitment events across the Southeast. Our recruiters interacted with over 2,000 prospects during these events. A total of 11 institutions in Texas, Georgia, and Florida were represented. The Graduate School attended 10 McNair events.

On-campus activities in which the Graduate School participated numbered almost 20 and during these events Graduate School representatives interacted with over 600 prospective graduate students. Major activities involved included:

• Graduate and Professional School Day

• Annual UA Graduate School Preview Day

• Annual Minority Student Seminar and Reception.

• Aerospace Engineering Seminar
• ELI’s Welcome to UA Day
• UA English language Institute Information Session
• NSF Diversity Continuum Program Conferences at UA
• Criminal Justice Open House
• Golden Key Honor Society
• McNair Scholars Program Seminars, and
• Returning Adult Student Seminar.

• Contact with over 2,600 prospective graduate students through on-campus and off-campus recruitment efforts (target of 2,000 exceeded substantially);
• Using the GRE Search Service of targeted mailing lists for prospective graduate students contact was made with over 9,000 names;
• Our enhanced web site continues to grow as our primary source of contact with prospective graduate students and record levels were achieved in July 2005 with a total of 921,957 hits for the month!
• The implementation of our Graduate Ambassadors Program where carefully selected graduate students from each college are available to respond to email questions directly from prospective students;
• Graduate School fellowships supported over 150 students with either a fellowship stipend or tuition scholarship or both.

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Enrollment in graduate degree programs moved slightly lower this fall compared with last year – 3,693 against 3,756 – although this continues to be achieved against a background of increasingly tougher competition from other institutions, job markets, and increasingly higher tuition rates.

More encouraging is the data which show that overall the numbers of new students enrolling in graduate programs continue to increase with a total of 1,420 students enrolling as new or as former students in new programs this fall. The same figure for last year was 1,141 which reflects an increase of over 24%. Even more significant was the increase seen within that total in brand new students coming to UA Graduate School where we had an increase of over 40% as enrolment moved from 830 last year to 1,165 this fall.

The breakdown of enrollment between male and female was 41% male to 59% female, or 1,521 to 2,172. The number of female enrollees increased slightly compared with last year by 22.

For a more detailed analysis of enrollment for 2005, please refer to Tables 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. FIGURE 2: FALL ENROLLMENT
 

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Criteria for full and associate members. The dean of each academic division has the annual responsibility of nominating members who meet the following criteria to serve on the graduate faculty:
I.
A. Hold the Ph.D. or other terminal degree, and
B. Hold the rank of at least assistant professor in a full-time, tenure-track position.
II.
Full and associate members must demonstrate ability and continuing interest in the graduate program and in research or creative activity. Full members must show a strong, continuing record of productive research, publication, creative activity, and scholarly activity appropriate to the discipline. These broad requirements are best interpreted by each department and college considering their unique aspects.

III.
A. Be recommended by the departmental graduate faculty, department chairperson, and dean of the academic division.
B. The chairperson of the Graduate Council’s Committee on Graduate Faculty Membership will then act upon these nominations, in consultation with the dean of the Graduate School.

Terms of Appointment. Full and associate members are appointed for six-year, renewable terms.

Temporary Membership. Temporary membership may be extended to well-qualified individuals who do not satisfy the above criteria, to perform specific functions for specific time periods, not to exceed one calendar year. The departmental graduate faculty, department chairperson, and dean of the academic division should recommend them. The chairperson of the Graduate Council, the dean of the Graduate School, will then act upon these nominations.

Administrative Appointments. Faculty members currently on administrative appointments, or returning to the faculty from such appointments, are eligible for full or associate membership on the graduate faculty. They should show, at a minimum, promise of satisfying the appropriate departmental as well as University membership criteria. The individual’s record of teaching and research before becoming an administrator should be considered.

Retirement. Members of the graduate faculty are automatically permitted to retain graduate faculty status for one year after retirement. After a graduate faculty member retires, he or she may need to continue to serve as chair or committee member on students’ thesis and/or dissertation committees. These graduate faculty members may be appointed as temporary members of the graduate faculty for these purposes and/or to perform other specific functions. The nomination and appointment procedure for these temporary appointments are the same as those adopted by the academic unit and the University.

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The numbers of students from each state in the program (ranked by highest 5 states) taking advantage of these awards at this University were as follows:

ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006: Table of Contents | List of Tables | List of Figures

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