| Alumni Publications | |
Alabama Alumni Magazine, a quarterly publication highlighting alumni and campus activities. It includes campus news, in-depth features, and short profiles. It also has a personals section listing alumni updates on jobs and personal lives.
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| Major Alumni Events | |
- Alumni Weekend – A-Day football scrimmage is an opportunity for alumni to recognize officers, honor award winners, and salute reunion groups of the Golden Fifties Club.
- Capstone Leadership Assembly for Student Success (CLASS) – Alumni search the state of Alabama to find high school juniors who excel in leadership activities. These students are invited to UA's campus for a day full of workshops and leadership seminars.
- The Golden Fifties Club is a group of Alabama alumni who celebrate more than 50 years since they graduated from the University. They unite each year to honor the class celebrating its 50 year reunion.
- Homecoming – On game day, the Alumni office sponsors on the Quad with tent displays, which represent the colleges and schools of the University and feature entertainment three hours prior to kickoff.
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| Alumni Services | |
- $3 discount on oil change at all Express Oil change locations
- 10% discount on souvenirs at the Supe Store, the Trunk, Alabama Book Store, the College Store, and Bama Fever
- Alabama Alumni Association's International Tour Program offers alumni and friends vacation tour options through selected agencies to accommodate a variety of tour sites, costs, and schedules
- The Alumni Life Insurance Program – affordable group-term life insurance
- Alumni Scholarship Program – scholarship awards that recognizes both academics and alumni loyalty to recruit children and grandchildren of UA graduates
- Benefit card and car decal
- Discovering Bama Campus Visit Program – a catered personalized tour of the campus coordinated by the Alumni Office staff for high school students and their parents (recommendation from an active member necessary)
- E-mail updates including information on Homecoming, A-Day, reunions, and other campus events that cater to returning alumni
- Free fare on the Tuscaloosa Trolley (excludes football shuttles on game day)
- Hotel discounts and car rental discounts
- Opportunity to join The Alabama Credit Union and apply for a Crimson Pride Mastercard credit card with no annual fee
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| Famous Alumni | |
- Shaun Alexander (Class of '99) – pro football running back for the Seattle Seahawks
- Mel Allen (Class of '56) – sportscaster
- Hugo Black (Class of '06) – Supreme Court justice
- Paul "Bear" Bryant (Class of '35) – former Crimson Tide football coach, became most winning coach in the history of college football in 1981
- Mark Childress (Class of '78) – novelist and features editor of Southern Living
- Sylvester Croom (Class of '75) – Mississippi State University football head coach, Green Bay Packers running back coach
- Hugh Culverhouse (Class of '41, Law '47) – owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Winston Groom (Class of '65) – author of "Forrest Gump"
- Sanford Grossman (Class of '57) – director of NFL telecasts for CBS and now FOX
- Joe Namath (Class of '65) – Super Bowl champion quarterback of the New York Jets
- Don Siegelman (Class of '68) – Alabama govenor
- Latrell Sprewell (Class of '92) – NBA guard-forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves
- Bart Starr (Class of '56) – Super Bowl champion quarterback
- George Wallace (Class of '42) – former Alabama governor, known as the standard bearer of white opposition to integration in the 1960s
- Sela Ward (Class of '77) – actress and book writer
- E.O. Wilson (Class of '49; MS '50) – Pulizer Prize–winning scientist
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