UA retail expert Mayer dies at 82
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 16
University of Alabama emeritus Professor Morris Lehman Mayer, a retail marketing expert known for his generosity, died at 82 Friday. He had suffered from Parkinson’s disease. ‘He was the most unselfish man I ever knew,’ said J. Barry Mason, dean of the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration…The university created the Morris Lehman Mayer Award to honor one faculty member and one member of the graduating class based on Mayer’s ideals of integrity and leadership…
Research at UA Could Offer Hope for Autistic Children
Fox 6 (Birmingham) — Feb. 15 and 16
Researchers at the University of Alabama are working on a new way to test for autism in children…
Rants and Raves
Montgomery Advertiser – Feb. 16
RAVE: For the University of Alabama, which had seven students among the 60 chosen by USA Today for its first, second and third-team All-USA Academic Team. That was the most of any school, leading Yale University with five students. Senior Renee Rivas, who was on the first team, will receive $2,500…
UA leads national academic competition
Montgomery Advertiser – Feb. 16
The University of Alabama put up impressive numbers again Thursday as seven of its students were among 60 chosen by USA Today for its first, second and third-team All-USA Academic Team, the most of any school…Rivas, the first-team member from UA, was a co-author on a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “It’s rare for an undergrad student to co-author any paper, especially a high-impact paper in a respected journal,” said Guy Caldwell, who oversees a biological research lab that has produced three USA Today first-team students…
Teaching to teach
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 17
…Although fewer people nationwide become teachers, the numbers of students in the University of Alabama’s College of Education has actually increased over the last three years. In the fall 2005, there were 1,152 undergraduates studying education at UA. In the fall of 2007, the number had grown to 1,415. ‘I would like to think that it is a testament to the quality of our programs,’ said Associate Dean Joyce Stallworth…
Retirement? What retirement?
Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) – Feb. 17
…But sometimes, people err in the ways they plan, ”not starting to save early enough and not realizing how much you will need to have saved by the time you reach retirement age,” said Norman Stein, an expert in benefits law and professor at the University of Alabama. ”Many people think, for example, that $100,000 is a large amount, and it is for some purposes. But at age 65 it is not going to provide much retirement income for someone who lives, say, another 25 years,” he said…
Opinion: The subprime lending crisis is driving up the costs of repaying Jefferson County’s $4.4 billion debt.
Birmingham News –Feb. 18
…”Because they are so highly leveraged, they are so far in debt, their expenses are so high that something like this is going to cause more problems than it should,” University of Alabama finance professor Robert Brooks said of the county’s predicament…
SGA Elections Board announces candidates
Crimson White – Feb. 18
The SGA Elections Board has announced the 11 candidates for SGA Executive Council and the 51 candidates for SGA Senate…Running for SGA president are current SGA Vice President for Student Affairs, Cason Kirby, and UA table tennis club President Stephen Saucier…
Arts and Sciences advisers assist students in choosing the right major and minor
Crimson White – Feb. 18
…The “Finding a Major and Minor that Fits” workshop will be held Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in 205 Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library. It will be focused towards students who are still exploring their options for majors and minors. The workshop will cover topics including advising, changing divisions, the declaration process, resources and career information. Several academic advisers from within the College of Arts and Sciences will be available to interact with students at the workshop…
Penick wins national teaching award
Crimson White – Feb. 18
…Due to her dedication to teaching throughout her lifetime, Penick was nominated by many of her students and colleagues for the title of Music Teachers National Association Teacher of the Year…
Community Service Center to host Hunger and Homelessness Week
Crimson White – Feb. 18
…Hunger and Homelessness Week is being put on by the UA Community Service Center to help raise awareness about poverty and related issues that affect millions around the nation…
College News
Tuscaloosa News – Feb. 18
Julie A. Burt of Cottondale was named to fall 2007 dean’s list at the University of Alabama — The following students were elected president of their fraternities: Andrew Tucker of Florence, Alpha Tau Omega; Matt Ficken of Atlanta, Beta Theta Pi; Sam Shuttlesworth of Mobile, Delta Chi… — Hunger and Homelessness Week, which runs through Friday to raise awareness about the effects of poverty, will begin with students sleeping outside on the Quad to simulate homelessness in the Grate American Sleep Out on Wednesday night… — About 400 students from eight Alabama high schools are expected to be on campus for High School German Day Wednesday in the Ferguson Center…
Education Briefs
Birmingham News – Feb. 18
This week, the University of Alabama Community Service Center will host Hunger and Homelessness Week to raise awareness about the effects of poverty… — Dance Alabama!, a showcase of undergraduate choreographers at the University of Alabama, will be held in UA’s Morgan Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and at 5:30 p.m. Friday… — A panel of guest speakers will present the discussion “We Got to Do Better,” in celebration of African-American Heritage Month at the University of Alabama, on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in 301 Ferguson Center. — On Wednesday, more than 400 high schools students from across the state will be at the University of Alabama for High School German Day… — Award winning author Lia Purpura will present a reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bama Theatre as part of the Bankhead Visiting Writers Series. — On Friday, Phyllis Alston and H. James Chapmon will discuss “Honoring Our Own: Social Workers Involved in the Civil Rights Movement”… — The University of Alabama Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team took top honors at the Rocky Mountain Invitational held in Denver, Colo. on Feb. 9…Team members Stephanie Wheeler, Mary Allison Milford, Desiree Miller, and Alana Nichols have been chosen to represent the U.S. National Team in Osaka, Japan.
UA Announces Homecoming
WAAY (Huntsville) — Feb. 15
The University of Alabama announcing this year’s homecoming football game. Saturday November 1st, the Crimson Tide hosting Arkansas State.
UA PR Office Sends Care Package to NIU
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) — Feb. 15