Regions Charity Classic pours $24.7 million into state, study finds
Birmingham News – May 18
The Regions Charity Classic pumps $24.7 million a year into Alabama’s economy, according to a University of Alabama economic impact study released today. The findings from UA’s Center for Business and Economic Research study “shows how this event has grown over the years,” said Gene Hallman, chief executive of the Bruno Event Team, which stages the tournament…The study, provided without charge by the university, represents the first time an outside source has attempted to analyze the financial impact of the golf tournament…
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – May 18
Jobless rate in Alabama falls slightly
Montgomery Advertiser – May 17
…Sam Addy, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama, said the rate remained low in a historical context, even if it has gone up in the past year. “Things are still going well,” he said. “I think it will stay around 4 (percent) for the remainder of the year.” Addy said state income tax collections are up more than 8 percent compared to last year, which he said means either more people are working or they are making more money…
Woman honored with friendship award
Tuscaloosa News – May 17
Dr. Marilyn Emplaincourt has received the 2008 Dean Garner International Friendship Award from the Tuscaloosa Sister Cities Commission for her work inviting JVC, Inc. to Tuscaloosa in 1986 and developing the Japan Culture and Information Center…Emplaincourt is the retired director of the UA Japan Program and associate director of Capstone International Programs…
College news
Tuscaloosa News – May 19
At the beginning of June, Faythe Freese, associate professor of organ in the University of Alabama School of Music, will record a CD at L’Eglise de la Sainte-Trinité in Paris (Church of the Holy Trinity). Freese will be the second American allowed to record on this historic organ…
UA and Red Cross Team Up to Focus on Water Safety
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – May 16
…The University of Alabama and West Alabama Red Cross are teaming up to focus on water safety…the UA recreation department to train lifeguards and water safety instructors…