Coca-Cola presents scholarships to first-generation UA students
Crimson White – Jan. 23
Twelve UA students were honored at the Bryant Conference Center Tuesday afternoon when they were presented with scholarships on behalf of Coca-Cola. In its second year at the University, the program pays for tuition of first-generation students from the state of Alabama attending the University…
Fox 6 (Birmingham) — Jan. 22 and 23
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) –Jan. 22
Pulitzer winner offers insight into investigative reporting
Crimson White – Jan. 23
Brett Blackledge, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting, spoke at a workshop about enterprise reporting that was sponsored by the UA Society of Professional Journalists in Graves Hall. Blackledge was awarded the Pulitzer for his work in exposing the cronyism and corruption in the state’s two-year college system, resulting in the dismissal of the chancellor, and other corrective action…
Recession Unlikely in Alabama
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) –Jan. 22
…The Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama is forecasting modest growth for the state this year…
WTOK (Meridian, Miss.) — Jan. 22 and 23
WSFA (Montgomery) — Jan. 22
WTVM (Columbus, Ga.) — Jan. 22
BancTrust sheds three branches
Mobile Register – Jan. 23
…Benton Gup, finance professor at the University of Alabama, said at last count the Tuscaloosa area had about 15 banks and that “there is always some new bank starting.” Gup said several small, rural banks such as West Alabama have moved into the area in an attempt to spark business…
Profits fall for Regions, Wachovia
Montgomery Advertiser – Jan. 23
…Good news was hard to find in the reports, but Benton Gup, a finance professor at the University of Alabama, said the banking industry might be approaching a low point. Maybe they wanted to get all the bad news out at once, so in subsequent quarters things are better,” he said…
An economic downturn will affect Tuscaloosa’s employment levels significantly.
Tuscaloosa News – Jan. 23
…Robert McLeod, professor of finance at the University of Alabama, said the market had been anticipating further, albeit smaller, rate cuts for some time. “It wasn’t totally unexpected from the professional’s viewpoint,” McLeod said. “From the layman’s viewpoint, perhaps it was somewhat unexpected.”…
C&IS holds high school debate tournament
Crimson White – Jan. 23
The University’s forensics team sat in the front row of the Reese Phifer Hall auditorium Friday, while the rest of the hall was packed with members of the 19 different high school teams from three states competing in the College of Communication and Information Sciences’ Hall of Fame Forensics Tournament…