ESPN will televise the University of Alabama’s annual A-Day spring game
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 25
Last year, despite an ESPN national television audience, A-Day drew 84,050 fans. That figure led all spring games in the Southeastern Conference…The Crimson Tide has averaged nearly 85,000 fans in attendance for A-Day over the last three years, including a capacity crowd of 92,138 for UA head coach Nick Saban’s A-Day debut in 2007…
Alabama Welcomes Teach for America
Crimson White – Feb. 25
Teach for America, an organization focused on eliminating educational inequality by placing highly effective teachers in disadvantaged public schools, announced last week it will expand into Alabama…The teachers assigned to the Black Belt counties will all enroll at the University to earn their state teaching certification. They will also have an opportunity to obtain a master’s degree in teaching.
More Students and Not Enough Space: Rural Community Colleges Discuss Challenges
Chronicle of Higher Education – Feb. 25
Rural community colleges are the fastest-growing of all community colleges in the United States, but they face many challenges as they expand, a group of community-college leaders told Education Department officials and Congressional staff members on Wednesday…Stephen G. Katsinas, director of the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama, called for Congressional hearings on rural community colleges and asked the Obama administration to revive programs that were cut under President George W. Bush, including regional seminars in rural areas that help community colleges apply for federal grants. An increase in Pell Grants, Mr. Katsinas said, is “the single most important federal action” the government could take to expand access to higher education for all rural Americans…
A month celebrating black history ends with a flourish
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Feb. 24
The University of Alabama’s University Union capped off a week of black history lessons at Charles A. Brown Elementary School with a grand finale, connecting the past to the future. The program featured an 11-year-old drummer, several step teams, rappers and even a hip hop violinist…
Blood and bone marrow drive honors UA freshman
Crimson White – Feb. 25
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity and Chi Omega sorority held a bone marrow registry and blood drive Wednesday in honor of Blaise, a UA freshman, and Madeline Finnegan, siblings who have both been diagnosed with Fanconi anemia…
Visiting professor to discuss close reading
Crimson White – Feb. 25
The Hudson Strode Lecture Series in Theory and Criticism will feature Jane Gallop as a guest speaker today at 5 p.m. The lecture is titled “The Ethics of Close Reading,” will be held in Morgan Hall Room 301. The lecture series, which is sponsored by the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies, began in fall 2006, according to its director, Sharon O’Dair…