LGBTQ issues in education, health care, and more
The Daily Iowan –April 2
Speakers at a University of Iowa LGBTQ micro-conference on March 30 addressed various issues affecting the education, health care, advocacy, and rights of the LGBTQ community. Leaders in their fields addressed the practices they are taking to construct a more supportive environment for LGBTQ individuals … Daniel Hoffman of OneIowa, James Knapp of TransOhio, Cindy Kilgo of the University of Alabama, and UI Clinical Professor of Law Leonard Sandler described their advocacy efforts for LGBTQ individuals.
Visiting Writers Series to host author Matt Bell
Crimson White – April 1
The author and teacher Matt Bell is set to be the next featured guest of the Visiting Writers Series. Bell will participate in an upcoming craft talk on Tuesday, April 3 at 12:30 p.m. in Morgan Hall 301, as well as a reading at 7 p.m. at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center.
On Thad Cochran: A going away gift from the ‘Quiet Persuader’
Clarion Ledger (Mississippi) – March 30
On Sunday, Thad Cochran retires from the United States Senate after six terms and some 45 years of service to Mississippi and our nation. (Steve Katsinas is the director and professor of Higher Education and Political Science at the Education Policy Center of The University of Alabama.)
COLLEGE NEWS: April 1
Tuscaloosa News – April 1
University of Alabama: Robert Nicholas Macon of Northport has become recognized as a member of Sigma Alpha Lambda, National Leadership and Honros Organization at the University of Alabama. He is the son of Robert and Angela Macon and a 2017 graduate of Tuscaloosa County High School. . . . The Randall Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award Program recognizes and celebrates the best research activity conducted by undergraduate students at The University of Alabama. Undergraduate students who have conducted significant scholarly research are nominated by faculty/staff research directors. The recipients and their nominators are recognized at a luncheon in their honor during UA’s Honors Week.
Campus news
Marietta Daily Journal (Georgia) – April 1
The following Kennesaw State University students were recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines … Every spring, a group of University of Alabama theatre students fly to New York to participate in a showcase known informally as Bama on Broadway. This year, participating students included Caroline Ficken and Katherine O’Connell, both of Acworth.
Botetourt County scholars earn awards, degrees
The Roanoke Times (Virginia) – March 31
James Madison University is pleased to announce the following students who graduated with honors during the December 2017 commencement exercises …UA degree recipients announced … TUSCALOOSA, AL — The University of Alabama awarded some 2,077 degrees during winter commencement Dec. 16. Among the recipients were.