Op-Ed: Alabama Poverty Project Offers New Hope to the Old Problem of Poverty in Alabama

Amidst the Christmas festivities as 2004 came to a close, the facts revealed in the widely-circulated mid-December newspaper article, “More Alabamians live in poverty than in 2000”, were nothing to celebrate and certainly do not honor the one whose birthday most of us were celebrating. Fifteen percent of our citizens, nearly 700,000, and 22 percent of our children, well over 200,000, live below the poverty line. When you add to that the many families struggling just above poverty who are one paycheck, layoff, divorce or health setback from sinking into poverty, the picture becomes more tragic.

University Women’s Club Awards UA Scholarships

The University Women’s Club recently awarded Isabella Hummel Graham Scholarships to five University of Alabama students.

Media Advisory — UA to Announce S.P.I.R.I.T. Student Campaign at Jan. 26 News Briefing

University of Alabama President Robert E. Witt will join with SGA President Hal Mooty and other student leaders to announce the University’s new S.P.I.R.I.T. student campaign at a news briefing at 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 26 in the conference room of 203 Rose Administration Building on the UA campus.

Op-Ed: Rural Medical Care — Where are We?

Being associated with The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, I am often asked by community leaders and rural residents with whom we work how we are doing in rural medical care. It is a fair question because CCHS was created in the 1970s and was assigned a mission relating to rural health and medical care, especially to produce rural physicians.

UA Student Named AAF Promising Minority Student

Kathy Kwuntawee Nontasak of Jackson, Miss., a senior advertising major in The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences, is one of 40 students chosen for the American Advertising Federation 2005 Most Promising Minority Students program.

UA Professor Receives NSF Major Research Instrumentation Grant

Dr. Gregory B. Thompson, assistant professor of metallurgical and materials engineering at The University of Alabama, recently received a $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation award to purchase a new transmission electron microscope.

UA Engineering Teams With Alabama School of Math and Science for Internship Program

The University of Alabama College of Engineering will host 14 students from the Alabama School of Math and Science for an internship program Jan. 24-28. The program gives high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to work with faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students associated with UA’s Electromechanical Systems Lab.

Church Music Conference to Feature Christopher Herrick at UA’s Moody Music Hall

The University of Alabama’s Church Music Conference will feature Christopher Herrick, international concert organist and lecturer, and faculty from the UA School of Music, Samford University and the University of Southern Mississippi at UA’s Moody Music Building on Jan. 29.

UA to Host Capstone Leadership Assembly

Rising student leaders from across Alabama will have the opportunity to build their skills in the Capstone Leadership Assembly for Student Success on Saturday, Feb. 5, at The University of Alabama.

Guest Recital to Feature UA Alumnus Edward White Jr. at Moody Music Building

The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences School of Music will present a guest recital featuring UA alumnus Edward White Jr., bass baritone; Katherine Sherwood White, mezzo soprano; and L. Jeffries Binford Jr., piano, on Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Moody Music Building.