UA MBA Program is on list of best business programs
WTVA-NBC (Tupelo, Miss.) – Dec. 3
The University of Mississippi graduate business program is among the best in the nation. College Choice, an independent college search and rankings website, recently published its list of top 50 online MBA and graduate business programs in the U.S. The University of Illinois Springfield, University of North Dakota, University of Nebraska, and the University of Alabama are also in the top five. The list was calculated based primarily on affordability and reputation.
How does playing golf undermine performance in business?
WNYC-FM (Radio) National Public Radio (New York, NY) – Dec. 3
CEOs say they need to play golf to make contacts and build relationships with clients, but how does all of that time away from the office weigh on the companies they are supposed to be running? University of Alabama Economics professor, Dr. David Cicero, has crunched the numbers.
Alabama AD Bill Battle on the challenges, lessons and pride of running the Crimson Tide
Birmingham Business Journal – Dec. 3
As the leader of the University of Alabama athletics program, Bill Battle oversees a department that is raking in more than $150 million in annual revenue and nearly $10 million in licensing revenue. Battle, who established the Collegiate Licensing Co. in Birmingham and helped revolutionize the world of athletic licensing, knows all about that. The BBJ caught up with Battle to hear about the biggest challenge of his job, the lessons he’s learned along the way, and the proudest moment of his career. Here are a few excerpts from our interview. You can see the rest in our full Executive Profile. What’s the biggest challenge of your job? There are so many moving parts to the department. Our business is event management, and we participate in almost 400 events every year, and we host half of those, so we’ve got to provide for not only getting the teams ready to play but providing for the fans to come, the safety and security and traffic flow.
Jupiter, moon viewing set Friday on University of Alabama campus
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 3
People are invited to view Jupiter and the full moon Friday through telescopes at the University of Alabama. The free sky viewing, cloud conditions permitting, will begin at 7 p.m. at Gallalee Hall. Gallalee Hall is at the northeast corner of University Boulevard and Hackberry Drive, less than a block from Denny Chimes. Jeremy Bailin, UA assistant professor of astronomy, is the event’s host. For more information about the sky viewings, call 205-348-5050 or visit http://astronomy.ua.edu/Public.html.
New Spike Lee thriller starring Alabama native Stephen Tyrone Williams has a trailer; watch it now
Al.com – Dec. 3
The new Spike Lee film backed by Kickstarter last summer finally has a trailer, so we get a look at Alabama’s own Stephen Tyrone Williams in his first starring role on film now with its first trailer. “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” surpassed its Kickstarter goal of $1.25 million with several days to go before its deadline last August, thanks for more than 6,000 backers, and here we are with the finished product. Billed as a comedy, romance and thriller, all we really know is that it’s about people who are addicted to blood. Lee emphasized back during the Kickstarter campaign that the characters are not vampires, but things get pretty bloody. The film played at a handful of film festivals, so you can search to get more details on the plot, but we’ll steer clear for now. A new Spike Lee film is usually enough for film fans to get excited, but for Alabama film fans specifically, seeing the Tuscaloosa native Williams in his feature film debut is a huge thrill. Williams graduated from Central High School in Tuscaloosa in 2000 and then University of Alabama in 2004.
Special collections library exhibits student research (print edition only)
Crimson White –Dec. 4
The Hoole Special Collections Library will host an exhibit for student research beginning Thursday. The exhibition will include work from undergraduates, particularly freshmen. … The exhibition will be on display from Thursday until spring break and is open to the public.
Top of the List: Alabama’s largest colleges and universities
Birmingham Business Journal – Dec. 3
Even though several Alabama colleges and universities posted record enrollment in the past year, overall enrollment across the state actually decreased slightly. The BBJ recently gathered data from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education to rank the largest colleges and universities in the state by fall 2013 enrollment. Only nine of the top 25 schools on the List increased enrollment from the previous year. Some schools on the List, however, had outstanding semesters for student enrollment; The University of Alabama, UAB, and Samford University all saw record enrollment for the 2013 fall semester. The University of Alabama once again takes the top spot on our List with 34,852 students, followed by Auburn University. Top of the List – The top five colleges and universities by fall 2013 enrollment are: 1. University of Alabama- 34,852; 2. Auburn University- 24,864; 3. University of Alabama at Birmingham- 18,591.