UA students test drive hybrid car ahead of competition
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – March 27
University of Alabama students test drove their hybrid car at Tuscaloosa’s Regional Airport Tuesday in preparation for their upcoming competition. The project is part of a national EcoCar3 program sponsored by the federal department of energy and General Motors. This project has taken them four years to get to this point.
With second title, UA men’s wheelchair team back on top
Tuscaloosa News – March 24
Nestled in the northwest corner of the University of Alabama’s campus stands Stran-Hardin arena, a $10 million facility dedicated to Alabama’s Adapted Athletics program. The arena features a silver-toned concourse, a full-length basketball court, workout stations and training rooms. It has wheelchair-accessible bleachers on both sides of the court.
Crimson White – March 22
Take a look at the Alabama capitol when it was in Tuscaloosa
Al.com – March 28
After the oft-flooded city of Cahaba was abandoned as the state capital in 1825, Alabama legislators had to choose a new seat of government … The centerpiece of Capitol Park in Tuscaloosa is the ruin of the 1826 capitol building. The University of Alabama describes the architecture of the capitol in an article you can read here.
University of Alabama to lend helping hand for JSU storm cleanup
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – March 27
Jacksonville State University will receive a helping hand from another Alabama university Tuesday. Crews from the University of Alabama are traveling to Jacksonville to help in the recovery from last Monday’s EF-3 tornado.
“Make it a like a butterfly…” The Man Behind Dr. King’s Mustache
Alabama Public Radio – March 27
There are people whose work in the civil rights movement began at the side of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. For example, the Reverend Jesse Jackson visited the campus of the University of Alabama to speak to a student group. He was a member of King’s staff when the civil rights leader was assassinated fifty years ago.
Excellence in Education
Meridian Star – March 26
The following area residents were among 2,077 students awarded degrees during winter commencement exercises at the University of Alabama: Meridian, Mississippi — Lillian Ross Martin, bachelor of science in nursing and Raven De’Nyce Roberts, bachelor of science in nursing; Quitman, Mississippi — Sherrill J. Clark, bachelor of science in nursing; Enterprise, Mississippi —Krystin N. Waller, bachelor of arts; Butler — Robert Charles Connor III, bachelor of arts, Anna Elizabeth Pope, bachelor of arts in communication & information sciences, and Jordan Randolph, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering.