Shelby says economy remains weak
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 14
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby did not have much positive news to bring to the fall meeting of the University of Alabama Retirees Association, although he insisted he’s still an optimist about the country’s long-range prospects. “My take on the economy right now is not good,” the Tuscaloosa Republican told the organization of more than 1,000 retired UA professors and staff at University Church of Christ. “We are going through a worldwide recession, and there are only two countries that I know of that are doing well and, no surprise, they are Germany and China. “We are going to have to suffer awhile,” Shelby said. “We don’t like that. I don’t like that.”…
UA astronomers give public a chance to watch Jupiter-Moon sky show next week
Birmingham News – Oct. 14
… The public gets the chance to view the Jupiter-moon pair on Oct. 19 at the University of Alabama if skies are clear. The department of physics and astronomy will let visitors watch through a 16-inch research-grade reflector telescope on the top of Gallalee Hall on the UA campus. The four large Galilean moons of Jupiter — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto — may also be visible. Gallalee is at the northeast corner of University Boulevard and Hackberry Drive, less than a block from Denny Chimes…
Homecoming festivities at UA
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 13
It’s a busy week at the University of Alabama with homecoming festivities underway; all leading up to a weekend full of events and of course the football game…
Alabama news links: University of Alabama picks homecoming court
Mobile Press-Register – Oct. 14
The 2010 University of Alabama homecoming Court was chosen in a general student election held Tuesday. The 2010 UA Homecoming Queen will be announced Friday during a pep rally on the Quad beginning at 7 p.m. The queen will be crowned at halftime of the homecoming football game between Alabama and Mississippi on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The following students, all seniors, were selected as members of the 2010 UA Homecoming Court: Pandora Austin of Starkville, Miss…Chelsea Banks of Tuscaloosa…Anna Foley of Richardson, Texas…Shellie Street of Mobile…Bethany Travis of Kennesaw, Ga….Some 8,615 votes were cast in this year’s election, with voting done online through student myBama accounts. Students also voted on open Graduate School senate seats and 4 optional questions related to spring programming at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater. A total of 6,888 students responded to the optional feedback questions…
Greeks raise money for special needs students
Crimson White – Oct. 14
Crossing Points, the University’s transition program for special needs students, teamed up with Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Kappa Delta sorority last week to raise more than $35,000 with a golf tournament at Old Colony…Two professors founded Crossing Points in 1988. The program began with eight students, and today there are 25, said Amy Williamson, a Crossing Points teacher…Williamson said the students have a wide range of disabilities. “Some have autism, some have Down syndrome, some are classified as developmentally slow,” she said. She said students with special needs are allowed to stay in high school until age 21. “This gives them a college experience,” she said. “Instead of focusing on academics, we focus on success in life after school.” Bradley Kidd, a freshman majoring in business, said ATO chose to work with Crossing Points Golf Tournament as the freshmen pledge class community service project due to the fraternity’s close relationship with Betty Shirley. Shirley is an active Kappa Delta alumna who has ties with many UA organizations including Crossing Points, said Margaret-Anne Dyson, a freshman majoring in public relations. “Her grandson has mental retardation and was a student of Crossing Points a couple of years ago,” Kidd said. “He now works at the supply store at the Ferguson Center…
UA economists say it could be a long time before state’s economy recovers
FOX6 (Birmingham) – Oct. 13
University of Alabama economists say it could be a long time before the state’s economy recovers. That story tops tonight’s Birmingham business journal. UA economists say they don’t expect state job growth to reach pre-recession levels for another five years.
Artist to speak as part of Paul R. Jones Lecture Series
Crimson White – Oct. 14
Artist Wadsworth Jarrell, whose piece “Jazz Giants” is featured in the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, will hold a lecture tonight. The lecture, part of the Paul R. Jones Artist Lecture Series, will take place at 5:15 p.m. in ten Hoor Hall Room 30. There will be a reception following the lecture and Jarrell will sign copies of his book “Wadsworth Jarrell: The Artist as Revolutionary.” The event is free and open to the public. Jarrell will speak about his life as a politically engaged artist…
Food drive yields delicious results
Crimson White – Oct. 14
…As a part of the Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive, Honors College Dean Shane Sharpe and SOURCE Director of Organizational Leadership Richard Cockrum “won” a competition among campus leaders to be pied in the face…Sharpe said BABH is a great cause and said he’s proud of the students who are supporting it. “The pie in the face was all in good fun,” he said…Sharpe and Cockrum garnered the most dollars Monday in a competition where students donated money in the buckets of the campus leaders they most wanted to see pied. The two raised almost $300 between them, while the event overall raised more than $500 for the West Alabama Food Bank. Other contestants included SGA President James Fowler and Vice Provost Mark Nelson…
Bankhead Series brings renowned poets
Crimson White – Oct. 14
The Bankhead Visiting Writers Series will host its second reading of the year with GC Waldrep and Sabrina Orah Mark reading their poetry tonight at 7 in Smith Hall Room 205. Admission is free. The series is hosted by the University’s creative writing program, which invites “prose, non-fiction and poets from all across the writing world to come and give a reading that is free and open to the public,” said Curtis Rutherford, assistant to the director of the creative writing program…The event will also host Sabrina Orah Mark. According to her website, sabrinaorahmark.com, she is currently teaching literature and creative writing at Agnes Scott College and The University of Georgia…
UA students learn about co-op program
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 13
University of Alabama students had the chance to meet with employers from all over the country today. It’s part of the cooperative education program, it accepts college freshmen of all majors, especially engineering…
Princeton Review speaker gives advice to prospective grad students
Crimson White – Oct. 14
…On Wednesday, the University’s Golden Key International Honors Society invited Hally Pinaud, marketing manager with the Princeton Review, to speak students who are interested in applying to graduate school inside the Ferguson Center Theater. Pinaud led a presentation about the decision making process for prospective students, how to find the right school for themselves, how to finance the costs of graduate school and what schools look for when reading over applications…
Communication school holds career fair
Crimson White – Oct. 14
The College of Communications and Information Sciences is hosting the 15th annual Communication Career Fair Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Ferguson Center ballroom. The Capstone has one of the longest-running campus job fairs for the communications industry, a UA news release stated…The fair gives students the opportunity to talk to professionals about the skills needed for internships and jobs in the mass communication field, said Caryl Cooper, assistant dean of the CIS and coordinator of the event…