Raised in the Congo, Bob Fabien Zinga came to the United States to pursue freedom and educational opportunities. After earning a degree from the University of Alabama and joining the U.S. Navy Reserve, Zinga is now using the story of his journey for freedom to teach about a different type of freedom — freedom from […]
UA administrators honored for National Guard support
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Five University of Alabama administrators have been honored with Patriotic Employer awards from the National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve or ESGR. The honorees include Judy Bonner, John McGowan, Louis Pitschmann, Teri Terry and Ashley Ewing. The awards were recently presented by ESGR volunteer James Ramage. The recipients […]
Raging against “the Machine”
When a Congolese student ran against the white Greek establishment for University of Alabama’s student government presidency, the campus was forced to confront its history of racial strife. Confident, articulate and an honors student at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Fabien Zinga seems like an ideal candidate for student government president. But if the […]