The University of Alabama journalism department and National Elementary Schools Press Association officials will hold a news conference May 10 at 1 p.m. in the Tuscaloosa Magnet School library to announce the official move of the 18-year-old association from Asheville, N.C., to Tuscaloosa.
The University of Alabama will hold spring commencement exercises May 4 and 5. Feature story ideas include graduates who have overcome adversity and the story behind the ceremonial mace.
Marillyn A. Hewson, a graduate of The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been named president and chief operating officer of Lockheed Martin, succeeding president and COO Chris Kubasik. The changes are effective Jan. 1, 2013.
The University of Alabama will hold its spring commencement ceremonies Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5 in Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus. Three University-wide commencement ceremonies will be held this year, at 6 p.m., Friday, May 4 and at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 5, to award degrees.
Thirteen expectant families who have been working with Baby TALK, a University of Alabama-based community engagement program building parent-infant relationships, will be presented with a handmade quilt Wednesday, April 25 at 10 a.m. at Maude L. Whatley Health Center, 2731 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., in Tuscaloosa.
The security and well-being of our students and employees is one of our highest priorities. In emergency situations, UA will provide accurate, timely information to key stakeholders so they can make the most informed decisions possible regarding their personal safety and well-being. Early this morning, University police received reports of shots fired in close proximity to the campus.
Dr. Richard H. Streiffer, professor and past chairman of the department of family and community medicine at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, has been appointed dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences, the Tuscaloosa branch campus of the UA School of Medicine.
University of Alabama students continue to rank among the best in the country with three students chosen to receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships and one student given an honorable mention.
Students from across Alabama have won recognition from Letters About Literature, a national reading and writing program. The Alabama Center for the Book, based at The University of Alabama, sponsors the contest.
Margaret P. Garner, associate professor in The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences, has been named director-at-large for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, formerly the American Dietetic Association.