New National Water Center opens at UA
KTEN-NBC (Sherman, Texas) – May 28
The Commerce Department formally opened the National Water Center on Wednesday. The federal office in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is intended to help improve forecasts and emergency response during water-related crises like the California drought and flooding in Texas. Officials say the information available at the center is so detailed that it includes the location of mobile home parks , which are particularly susceptible to flood damage. The $24 million facility was built on the campus of The University of Alabama.
Jefferson County Schools partners with UA Early College
WCFT-ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) (Live Interview) – May 28
Dr. Sherri Savage, Director of School Counselors for the Jefferson County Board of Education, discusses a new partnership with Jefferson County Schools and UA’s Early College.
How Sales Managers SHOULD Spend Their Time?
Customer Think – May 28
If sales managers could just put in an order for more time and have it arrive at their office door, all would be well in sales management. But that’s not reality. The reality is, sales managers are pulled in multiple directions every day, which often results in more reactive than proactive efforts. So if you aren’t going to be given more hours during the day any time soon, how should you spend the hours you do have? According to a recent study by Dr. Adam Rapp of The University of Alabama, sales managers typically spend their time on four types of activities: managing sellers (32%), managing information (26%), direct customer interaction (23%) and administrative activities (15%).
Cleveland police reform: Why federal oversight matters (+video)
Christian Science Monitor – May 28
The agreement entered into by the Cleveland Police Department this week, in which the department has promised to enact widespread systemic reforms, especially around the use of force, is one of the most stringent Justice Department settlements yet. But federal investigations and consent decrees like the one in Cleveland have become increasingly common, and many experts say they’re one of the best chances troubled police departments have for taking on the daunting task of reform, addressing police misconduct, and improving relations with a distrustful community … Another city that has been a model for success is Los Angeles, says Stephen Rushin, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama School of Law who has studied the DOJ settlements with police departments. Initially supposed to be under consent decree for five years, the process ultimately took 12 years before the LAPD was deemed to be under compliance and released, but those years meant some widespread changes, says Professor Rushin. “Critics said this would impair the ability of police to fight crime,” Rushin notes. “But LA is a great test case, because they not only saw a reduction in misconduct [by every measure], but they also had one of the largest sustained drops in crime in US history.” Those two facts aren’t necessarily connected, he notes, but they showed “that you can have a consent decree that addresses misconduct and can also effectively fight crime.”
790 Talk (Las Vegas, Nev.) – May 28
Northridge High School graduate is National Merit winner
Tuscaloosa News –May 28
William Stewart, who graduated this month from Northridge High School was selected as a 2015 College-Sponsored National Merit Scholarship winner. His National Merit Scholarship will be between $500 and $2,000 annually, according to the National Merit Scholarship Corp. Stewart said he will use the scholarship to attend the University of Alabama, where he plans to study business. He is one of 2,200 winners nationwide. More than 1.4 million students from 22,000 high schools entered the scholarship competition when they took the 2013 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as an initial screen of program entrants. Semifinalists in the competition were the highest-scoring students in each state and represented less than 1 percent of the nation’s seniors.
4 recent ASC industry leadership moves & honors – May 28, 2015
Becker’s ASC Review – May 28
Here are four ambulatory surgery center industry leaders who have recently taken on new roles or received industry honors. … Ernesto Perez, CRNA, received the 2015 Ernestine Tucker Opening Doors Inclusion and Engagement Award from the Capstone College of Nursing at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Mr. Perez is a CRNA at the Surgery Partners’ center Armenia Surgery Center in Tampa, Fla.