March 3, 2008

LIVINGSTON, Ala.--The University of West Alabama will recognize outstanding students for their academic achievements and leadership roles at the institution’s annual Honors Day, scheduled for Wednesday, March 19, 2008.
 

Honorees will be treated to a luncheon at the Bell Conference Center before the Honors Day Convocation in Bibb Graves Auditorium at 2:30 p.m. Students will be acknowledged for their honor society memberships, and several scholarships and special awards will be presented.
 

Rep. A. J. McCampbell will serve as keynote speaker at the Honors Day luncheon. McCampbell represents Greene, Marengo, Sumter and Tuscaloosa counties in the Alabama House of Representatives.
 

In addition to recognizing student honorees, the University will induct two alumni into the Society of the Golden Key. Induction into the Society is the highest honor bestowed upon a UWA graduate or professor.
 

Jeanette B. Adams of Butler holds three UWA degrees. The retired Patrician Academy headmaster previously served on UWA’s faculty, and she is the recipient of the Julia Tutwiler College of Education Alumni Achievement Award.
 

Andrew L. Coats of Birmingham, a 1973 graduate, is the founder and president of Occupational Health Dynamics. An adjunct faculty member at both the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Coats received the College of Liberal Arts Alumni Achievement Award in 2007.
 

For more information about Honors Day, please call 205-652-3892.