UA Alumna Jody Singer Named Director of Marshall Space Flight Center

By Bryant Welbourne

University of Alabama alumna Jody Singer has been named director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, becoming the first woman to assume the role in the center’s history.

In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,200 students and more than 170 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.


Author: Bryant Welbourne    /    Posted on: September 13, 2018    /    Posted in:   Alumni, Awards and Honors, UA News