Welcome back: After six-year hiatus, Iron Bowl trophy returns to UA
Tuscaloosa News – March 3
…After a six-year stay in Auburn, the trophy that goes to the victor of the Iron Bowl will return to Tuscaloosa today. ‘It’s been awhile,’ said Carl Bacon, director of the Ferguson Center, where the trophy is displayed…With the return of the trophy to UA goes a bit of its history. Instead of being displayed at Ferguson Center, the student union, the trophy will be displayed at the Paul W. Bryant Museum…Bacon said the trophy would be more visible to students at Ferguson Center, but he said that he understands the move to the museum. ‘It’ll be a big draw,’ said Ken Gaddy, director of the Bryant Museum. ‘Alabama fans will enjoy having it back where it belongs.’ The trophy will be displayed this spring near the Saban exhibit. For the fall, it will be part of a special exhibit of the Crimson Tide’s history with other teams, Gaddy said…
Education briefs
Birmingham News – March 3
One of the world’s largest collections of 20th century African-American art, the Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, will be on display at the University of Alabama and Stillman College. The exhibit at UA will be on display through Saturday in the Sellers Auditorium of the Bryant Conference Center…
Regions, Raycom to suspend matching 401(k) contributions
Montgomery Advertiser – March 3
…Montgomery-based Raycom, which owns WSFA, and Birmingham-based Regions Financial recently have announced that they will stop matching employee contributions until the economy improves. Both companies said the move will allow them to avoid additional job cuts. Retirement experts, such as Robert McLeod, a finance professor at the University of Alabama, said the market’s fall and the loss of company matching contributions is a double-whammy for many. “It could be very significant,” he said. “It could cut up to half the money going into the retirement account.”…