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The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is a public research university in Huntsville,Alabama. The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and comprises eight colleges:arts,humanities &social sciences;business;education;engineering;honors;nursing;science;and graduate. The university's enrollment is approximately 10,000. It is part of the University of Alabama System and is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities:Very High Research Activity".
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Huntsville,Alabama,USA.
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The 2022 Alabama Senate elections took place on November 8,2022,as part of the 2022 United States elections. Alabama voters elected state senators in all 35 of the state's Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alabama Senate in Montgomery.
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- ↑ Before 1916, the office was known as "President" of the city council. Hettinger was the 9th to hold the title of "Mayor."
- ↑ "Huntsville's History of Mayors". City of Huntsville, Alabama. Archived from the original on January 15, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- 1 2 Clines, Keith (July 16, 1995). "Hettinger city's mayor since '88". The Huntsville Times . pp. S11, S59.
- ↑ Laney, Monique (2015). German Rocketeers in the Heart of Dixie: Making Sense of the Nazi Past During the Civil Rights Era. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-300-19803-4.
- ↑ Clines, Keith (May 5, 1995). "Mayor considers senate campaign". The Huntsville Times . pp. A1, A9.
- ↑ Clines, Keith (September 29, 1996). "Hettinger city's mayor since '88". The Huntsville Times . pp. A1, A10.
- ↑ Storey, Deborah (August 29, 1996). "Entire cast of original 'Star Trek' will beam on stage in Huntsville". The Huntsville Times . p. A1.