An event titled “The Death Penalty from a Social Justice Perspective,” featuring Gary Drinkard, exonerated Alabama death row survivor, and Joanne Terrell, faculty member in The University of Alabama School of Social Work and death penalty mitigator, will be held Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m.
Guest speaker Dr. Lori K. Holleran Steiker, associate professor of social work at the University of Texas at Austin, will discus substance abuse issues in social work during a presentation at The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work Colloquium Series.
The James Patterson Teacher Education Scholarships were recently awarded to eight College of Education students at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama is a partner in a five-year, $8 million grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance physics teaching in Alabama’s high schools.
Dr. Lisa M. Hooper, counseling professor at The University of Alabama, has received the Dr. Linda Seligman Award from the American Mental Health Counselor Association.
Dr. Stephen Katsinas, director of the Education Policy Center at The University of Alabama, will receive the 2012 Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor Award Friday, Oct. 19 at UA’s President’s Mansion.
Guest speaker Dr. Robert M. Ortega, associate professor of social work at the University of Michigan, will give a talk, “Finding the Place for Humility in Culturally Responsive Practice,“ Monday, Oct. 8 at noon in 104 Little Hall.
The University of Alabama School of Social Work will open its 2012 Fall Colloquium Series Monday, Sept. 24, with guest lecturer Kimble Forrister.
A second-year doctoral student from The University of Alabama School of Social Work will attend a dinner with Vice President Joe Biden honoring the nation’s emerging LGBT leaders.
Dr. Peter Hlebowitsh has been named the 10th dean of The University of Alabama College of Education, succeeding Dr. James McLean, who is set to retire at the end of the year.