Alumni Special: John McGreal
John McGreal has been working for The University of Alabama as a regional recruiter in the Midwest since 2012. In 2015, he was promoted to manager, and in this role he oversees 10 recruitment territories and nine recruiters who cover 20 different states, accounting for at least 50% of the geographic area of the country....
Alumni Special: Jessica Snow
She left high school abruptly in the fall of her junior year. And by age 31, Jessica Snow was already an associate director at The University of Alabama with over a decade of professional experience and two post-graduate degrees to her name. How did she accomplish this? By taking a nontraditional path to higher education...
Alumni Special: Megan Wagner
Megan Wagner graduated with her bachelor’s from Marquette University in Milwaukee, and then joined the Peace Corps and moved to Guyana. After a few years with the Peace Corps and making a life in Guyana, she decided to move back to the States. In January 2015, she chose sweet home Alabama as a landing spot...
Student Spotlight: Tina Cameron
Tina Cameron has practiced nursing for 28 years, and in May 2018 she went back to school to earn her Bachelor of Science in Nursing through The University of Alabama’s online program. She earned her associate degree in nursing from a technical school in Columbia, South Carolina, where she’s from, but she had been out...
Alumni Special: Ashley Gilmore
Technical Sergeant Ashley Gilmore has served in the U.S. Air Force for nearly a decade, working with education and training. Currently in reserve status, she also performs the same roles as a civilian for the Air Force in Charleston, South Carolina. Ashley and her husband’s military service has taken their family around the globe, and...
Alumni Special: Tracie Hicks
In 1987, two weeks after high school graduation and at the age of 17, Tracie Hicks left home for basic training. While she was there, her father passed away unexpectedly. She had participated in ROTC in high school, and her goal was to continue through collegiate-level Army ROTC and commission as an officer when she...
Alumni Special: Michael Logan
Michael Logan is a husband, father and Navy Surface Warfare Officer on an NROTC shore tour that has him traveling almost every Sunday–Thursday as he visits and assesses Navy ROTC programs around the country. After serving in the Navy for 13 years, he began eyeing a master’s degree and decided his shore tour was a...
Alumni Special: Justin Murphy
Chief Warrant Officer Justin Murphy has been a legal administrator for the U.S. Army JAG Corp for nine years and is currently serving in Italy. He’s originally from Seattle, but his service has taken him all over the map. In 2011, he worked at Fort Irwin, California, about halfway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles...
Alumni Spotlight: Ben Ellis
From the stage of graduation to the screen of the Bama Theatre, Ben Ellis is making his mark on Tuscaloosa. This retired air traffic controller returned to his childhood town of Tuscaloosa and is the sound engineer of the independent documentary The Strip: Tuscaloosa’s Most Colorful Quarter-Mile. He is also a 2013 graduate of The...
Student Spotlight: Beka Wright
A Tennessee native, Beka Wright took a leap and began pursuing her Master of Arts in Journalism in 2017 through The University of Alabama’s online program. Beka earned her bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Journalism and American History from Tennessee Tech University. After completing her undergraduate work in 2016, Beka knew she...