UA sets time for Homecoming Parade
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Sept. 21
The University of Alabama has set a time for its Homecoming Parade. It will start at 1 p.m. Saturday, October 1. The parade will begin on Greensboro Avenue downtown and then turn on University Boulevard and go through campus. The annual bonfire is happening Friday night at 7:00 on the Quad. The Crimson Tide will play the Kentucky Wildcats. This year’s Homecoming theme is “A Legendary Legacy: Honor, Build, Live.”
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Sept. 21
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Sept. 21
UA career fair brings over 200 employers to Tuscaloosa campus
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Sept. 21
University of Alabama students are preparing for their futures, and an upcoming on-campus job fair is offering some choices. Exactly 215 employers were on campus Wednesday at Coleman Coliseum for the annual career fair. Both graduates and students attended, and employers are recruiting all majors. UA student and marketing major Savannah Hall is hoping the experience will help her find a good job. “This career fair is a very big part of my future, and having 200 plus companies here is giving me lots of opportunities,” Hall said. “So this is great for me, and I am hoping to get what I need.”
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Sept. 21
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Sept. 21
Work by UA and UAB professors exhibited in joint art exhibit
Crimson White – Sept. 22
For the first time ever, work by the art faculty of both the University and UAB is being displayed together. A joint exhibition in in Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center in downtown Tuscaloosa features a variety of work from 22 professors, including painters, sculptors and printmakers. The idea for a collaboration between the two schools was conceived of by UA professor Craig Wedderspoon and UAB professors Stacy Holloway and Gary Chapman. Wedderspoon said he would like to increase collaborations between the two schools, and, in the future, have a triple show featuring work from all the colleges in the University of Alabama system. The exhibit includes paintings by William Dooley, prints by Sarah Marshall, paintings and drawings by Chapman and sculpture by Holloway and Wedderspoon. It is located at Dinah Washington’s University of Alabama gallery, which hosts work from faculty and pieces from the University’s collection all year. The exhibit is open to the public for free from 9 a.m. –– 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
New play at Allen Bales Theatre deals with Catholic Church scandal
Crimson White – Sept. 19
The stage of the Allen Bales Theatre transforms many times a year, telling stories that excite, entertain and make students think. Starting on the Sept. 19, “Doubt” will have students wondering about the true meaning of the word. Written by John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt” first premiered in 2004 in the Manhattan Theatre Club. The play is set in 1964, where a priest that wants to be more inclusive is caught in an inappropriate scandal. Along with sexual issues, the play also deals with themes of race and society. “I think we’re far enough removed from the scandal in the Catholic Church that it’s not something that is so fresh and raw and hard to deal with,” Tom Alsip, the director of the University’s production of “Doubt,” said. “Yet, at the same time, it’s also something that is fresh enough that we do understand it still.” Alsip has worked as an actor in off-Broadway productions and taught classes at NYU, where he began directing. He came to the University to get his MFA degree and is currently in his second year of the program.
UA nursing student take part in mock hospital
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – Sept. 21
Some University of Alabama nursing students are getting hands on job experience today. The Capstone College of Nursing held a mock hospital simulation exercise. It’s a life-like experience for these students forcing them to prioritize, delegate and make decisions about their patients. Students who pose as patients are required to review a case study of a medical issue and then present a realistic picture of their problem to the nurse.
Jamestowners recognized by schools, military
Jamestown Press – Sept. 21
Mike DiGasper was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2016 semester at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Students must post a minimum 3.5 GPA to be eligible.
AAFP names new board of directors
Health Exec – Sept. 21
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) elected its board of directors for the next year at its annual meeting in Orlando. Assuming the role of president will be John Meigs, Jr., MD, a family physician from Centreville, Alabama. He had previously served one year as president-elect along with four years as speaker and three years as vice speaker to the AAFP Congress of Delegates. In addition to his practice, he serves as a clinical professor at the University of Alabama.