UA’s Thorington Receives State’s First Certification as Advanced Child Care Practitioner

Valerie Thorington, staff member in Child Development Resources and Services at The University of Alabama, made UA history in early November when she became the first in the state to become a Baby Talk II Advanced Practitioner.

Tonea Stewart and Community Choir Headline 2003 MLK ‘Realizing the Dream’ Concert at UA

Ala. – Tonea Stewart and the Realizing the Dream Community Choir will highlight the 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. “Realizing the Dream” event at The University of Alabama Moody Music Concert Hall, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003, at 7:30 p.m.

Birmingham Area Residents Among UA Graduates

The University of Alabama awarded 1,352 degrees at the fall commencement ceremony held Monday, Dec. 16, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

UA Hosts Art Department Faculty Art Exhibition

The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art on The University of Alabama campus will feature the work of current and emeritus department of art faculty of the College of Art & Sciences in the exhibition “Department of Art Faculty Exhibition 2003.”

Driving South

“The spark that caused the automobile manufacturing fire in this state was struck at The University of Alabama,” says Dr. Malcolm Portera, chancellor of The University of Alabama System.

$40,000 Grant Enables UA Web Site to Serve Pickens County

Pickens County now can share its stories with the world through a new Web site that journalism students at The University of Alabama have created.

Anniston Star Publisher Brandt Ayers Addresses UA Grads During Winter Commencement Exercises

Speaking today at The University of Alabama’s winter commencement ceremony, Brandt Ayers, editor and publisher of The Anniston Star, said that the Baby Boomer generation, like the World War II generation, should be considered great for what they have accomplished.

UA’s College of Communication and Information Sciences Completes Re-Accreditation with High Marks

The journalism and mass communication programs in the College of Communication and Information Sciences at The University of Alabama have successfully completed a re-accreditation process that has solidified their rankings among the top programs in the country.

Media Advisory — UA’s Winter Commencement Exercises, December 16, 2002, 9 a.m., Coleman Coliseum

SPEAKER Brandt Ayers, Editor and Publisher of The Anniston Star For the past three generations, the Ayers’ family has run The Anniston Star, which the Columbia Journalism Review recently ranked among the 35 best newspapers in the nation. Time Magazine has twice named it “one of the best small newspapers in the United States.” Ayers,

UA Nursing Professor Selected as Reviewer for National Council Licensure Examination

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing Inc. selected a University of Alabama nursing professor as one of six nurses to review items used as part of the National Council Licensure Examination for nurses.