We Celebrate Everyone
C&IS appreciates and embraces everyone, no matter their background, religion, ability or culture. Our multi-year, college-wide efforts encourage exploration and appreciation of our differences, including everything from college-wide communication to the classes in our curriculum and student organizations designed to build leadership skills.
Funding and Financial Aid
C&IS empowers students of all backgrounds and abilities to write, speak, design, film and explore through scholarships and awards.
Disability Services
In collaboration with the University community, the Office of Disability Services (ODS) is committed to ensuring educational access that enhances the lives of students with disabilities. Our work enriches the campus environment by supporting the institution in its collective responsibility to provide an accessible education.
Accessibility
The College of Communication & Information Sciences supports accessibility at all levels, whether that is building access, course or testing accommodations or web accessibility.
If you have a question about accessibility or accommodation, email us at uaccis@ua.edu.
Further, The University of Alabama’s Technology Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology encourages individuals with disabilities to participate in the University’s many programs and activities and is committed to ensuring that all facilities and the information, services, courses and technology that we provide are inclusive and accessible in accordance with applicable law.
Preserving LGBTQ+ History
Josh Burford (MLIS ’05) is the director of outreach and lead archivist for the Invisible Histories Project, an initiative dedicated to preserving queer history in the South.
In 2020, he was selected as one of NBC’s Pride50, and in 2022, he received an Outstanding Alumni Award for his work.
C&IS is proud to count Josh among our alumni.
AAF’s Most Promising Rising Star
Kennedy Studdard, an alum of the College of Communication & Information Sciences (C&IS), received the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) Most Promising Rising Star Award in February 2024.
Linton Barbershop
One of the most historically symbolic buildings in Tuscaloosa, “The Block” was once home to Black-owned businesses at the center of the Civil Rights Movement.
This is the Digital Media Center’s Emmy award-winning documentary.
No Stone Unturned: Preserving Slave Cemeteries in Alabama
APR News spent nine months investigating efforts to find and preserve slave cemeteries and interviewing families of kidnapped Africans.
This is their award winning podcast.
Episode 1: Preserving Slave Cemeteries in Alabama
Alabama’s constitution still allows forced labor, 157 years after the thirteenth amendment abolished the practice. And that’s not the only lasting impact of the Alabama slave trade.
This is the story behind the technology used to address a centuries-old problem: finding unmarked buried slaves.