August 1, 2007

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Suzanne Scott-Trammell is the new director of Career Services at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She replaces Judy Traylor, who retired in May after 27 years with UAB. Career Services provides career counseling, job search and career guidance to students. The office recently swept the Alabama Association of Colleges and Employers (AACE) awards competition, capturing all four institutional awards.

Scott-Trammell comes to UAB from Birmingham-based Lee Hecht Harrison, an international career management service, where she was vice president of business development. Prior to that, she was manager of alumni career services at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, associate director of graduate business career services at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business. She began her career as an account executive at Kellogg Sales Co. in Birmingham.

She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Auburn University and a Master of Education in Counseling and Guidance from the University of Montevallo. She is a National Certified Counselor and Global Career Development Facilitator Instructor.

Career-related services are available for UAB students and alumni at three campus locations. The main office in the Hill University Center serves all majors. Two branch offices, located in the UAB School of Business and in the UAB School of Engineering, work exclusively with students majoring in those respective disciplines.

In July, AACE, a statewide affiliate of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), presented UAB Career Services with the following awards.

• 2007 AACE Achievement Award, recognizing the outstanding publications for the Career Services Marketing Plan
• 2007 AACE Achievement Award, recognizing outstanding audiovisual programs for New Student Orientation Parents Program
• Keith Cullen, assistant director, was honored with the Internal Informational/Educational Program award for his development of the Client Services Report (CSR), an internal data management and reporting system
• Matt Fifolt, Ph.D., assistant director, received an outstanding research award for the submission of his recent doctoral work titled “Students’ Perceptions of Mentoring in a University Cooperative Education Program.”

In addition, UAB Career Services successfully nominated Kelly Marsh with Enterprise Rent-A-Car of the Outstanding Employer Professional of the Year.

For more information about UAB Career Services visit www.uab.edu/careerservices.