TUARA awards four Robert E. Witt First Generation Scholarships each academic year. Thanks to TUARA members’ donations and dues, the scholarship amount for each student is $1,000.
Each recipient must be enrolled full-time at UA, a resident of Alabama, have a minimum GPA of 3.0, be the first member of their family to attend college, and have demonstrated financial need; preference is given to sophomores. TUARA works with the campus admissions office to identify eligible candidates.
Two scholarships are awarded in each of the fall and spring semesters, and scholarship recipients are invited to attend the TUARA Annual Luncheon.
Recent recipients:
Spring 2025
Ruth Allen (Tuscaloosa, AL; accounting)
BreLeah Smith (Decatur, AL; social work)
Fall 2024
Austin Moffatt
Jayda Campbell-McGinnis (Huntsville, AL; communication studies and sport media)
Spring 2024
Mary Beck Weaver (Guntersville, AL; interior design)
Coriel Cameron (Tuscaloosa, AL; electrical engineering
Fall 2023
Ahmed Alshariki (Homewood, AL; criminology and criminal justice)
Timothy Dial (Somerville, AL; creative media and sports management)
Asya Wright (Phenix City, AL; psychology)
Spring 2023
Ahmed Alshariki (Homewood, AL; criminology and criminal justice)
Asya Wright (Phenix City, AL; psychology)
Fall 2022
Diamond Townsend (Athens, AL; accounting)
Taylor White (Selma, AL; news media)
Spring 2022
Tyler Findley (Birmingham, AL; creative media)
Kaitlin Harris (Tuscaloosa, AL; public health)
Fall 2021
Bria Hutchinson (Birmingham, AL; nursing)
Alyssa Lukich (Birmingham, AL; nursing)