UA athletics grad rate at 82 percent
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 26
The University of Alabama scored an 82, the third-highest mark in the Southeastern Conference, on Graduation Success Rate figures released Tuesday by the NCAA. The figures covered student-athletes attending UA from 2001-2004. The GSR measures the rate of graduation among athletes at Division I institutions. “We continue to improve in terms of the Graduation Success Rate, and I believe that is a testament to the hard work of our student-athletes, academic staff and faculty,” Alabama Director of Athletics Mal Moore said. “This is also further evidence of the dedication of our student-athletes and the commitment of our coaches, staff and faculty to our academic mission. I commend everyone involved for consistently doing such an excellent job.”…
Alabama Launchpad names 16 finalists for upstart awards
Birmingham News – Oct. 26
The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama has announced the 16 members of the 2011-2012 Alabama Launchpad class…The University of Alabama at Birmingham led with the number of finalists in the competition with six. The University of Alabama, the University of Alabama in Huntsville and the University of South Alabama each had three teams while Auburn University had one team…The three companies from the University of Alabama are Bulheller Consulting Inc. (creator of a customized software modeling tool for robotics), MicroGreen Technologies (developer of a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable fertilizer), and Nanogn (creator of a nano drug delivery platform)…
Alabama Hispanics concerned over immigration law
BBC News – Oct. 26
…”It is such a broad law that it allows [the] monitoring of any form of contact between immigrants and authorities, or between immigrants and other citizens,” said University of Alabama law professor Paul Horowitz…
Alabama football players, athletes greet young fans at Halloween event (photo gallery)
Al.com – Oct. 26
Alabama football stars Trent Richardson and Dont’a Hightower utilized their time off during their bye week to meet and greet with some young fans and their families at the University of Alabama Athletics Department’s 2011 Halloween Extravaganza Tuesday night. Sponsored by the UA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the event saw every Alabama sport represented by athletes who mingled with fans and costumed trick-or-treaters in search of candy and games to play in the Hank Crisp Indoor Football Practice Facility…
Tuscaloosa News – Oct. 26
UA students try to get Shaq to Bama
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Oct. 25
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 25
…Students at the University ofAlabama are sending him messages, trying to get him to the Nov. 5 LSU-Alabama game. Last week Shaq became national spokesperson for the Century Council, an organization fighting against binge drinking on campus. Bama students want to be the very first university to shoot public service announcements with Shaq.
UA’s Center for Business and Economic Research estimates tornado recovery to pump $3 billion into the state’s economy
WAFF (Huntsville) – Oct. 25
WTVM (Columbus, Ga.) – Oct. 25
…The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research estimates the tornado recovery will pump nearly $3 billion dollars into the state’s economy.
Alabama State Speaker of the House visits UA
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 25
A top state leader is visiting the University of Alabama tonight, Mike Hubbard, Alabama’s Speaker of the House is speaking at a forum hosted by the UA College Republicans…
Presidential candidate to visit UA on Saturday
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Oct. 24
…Herman Cain will be in Tuscaloosa this weekend. Cain is coming to Tuscaloosa to appear at the Republican presidential straw poll…the event is being held at the Bryant Conference Center on the University of Alabama campus Saturday…
UA’s CHES Presents Jack Davis Alumni Awards
Insurancenewsnet.com – Oct. 26
The University of Alabama College of Human Environmental Sciences presented the Jack Davis Professional Achievement Awards during recent homecoming activities on campus. This year’s honorees include Colleen Cornelius, Elizabeth Hensleigh Chaney, Michael Blackwell, Carolyn Elizabeth Pritchett, Geoffrey Parks, Molly Killman, Johna Register-Mihalik, Sara Roberts Longshore and Kimberly Rose Reynolds…
Students recover from, reflect on storm’s effects
Crimson White – Oct. 26 (This special issue of the Crimson White marking the six-month anniversary of the April 27 tornadoes also included profiles of the six students who lost their lives in the storms.)
…Among the UA students affected were Adam Melton, who was in Arlington Square; Emily Fuller, who left Tuscaloosa for her home in Joplin, Mo., following the cancelation of finals; and Chelsea Thrash, who was thrown 150 feet out of her boyfriend’s Charleston Square apartment…
UA professor still standing after hard hit by April tornado
Crimson White – Oct. 26
…Journalism professor Meredith Cummings and her eight-year-old daughter took shelter in a closet as they heard their home being destroyed by the tornado on April 27…