Industry training to extend statewide
Tuscaloosa News – April 4
…The statewide program will be run by the Alabama Productivity Center at the University of Alabama. The next step will be a pilot training program in June, said David Miller, director of the center and the Reese Phifer professor of manufacturing management at UA…
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – April 3
NBC13 (Birmingham) – April 3
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – April 3
WSFA (Montgomery) – April 3
UA network aids entrepreneurs in 14 counties
Tuscaloosa News – April 5
…Several turned to the Alabama Entrepreneurial Research Network at the University of Alabama for help. The network assists entrepreneurs in 14 economically distressed counties…
State reliance on sales, income taxes increases
Tuscaloosa News – April 5
…”There’s no doubt this decade has been one of our best economically,” said Sam Addy, director of the Center for Business and Research at the University of Alabama.
There’s a downside, though, at least in Addy’s opinion. He said the state budgets are now nearly 89 percent reliant on sales and income taxes, which are tied to the economy. He said that realization demands policy considerations, especially if the current recession has a lasting effect on the taxes that fund education. “Our tax structure is not the best. It’s not sustainable, it’s skewed to income and sales and finally, it’s not fair,” Addy said…
Education briefs
Birmingham News – April 5
…The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center will sponsor its annual Take Back the Night march to support the end of violence against women on Tuesday, 6-7 p.m., at the Ferguson Center Plaza. – “Headwaters: A Journey on Alabama Rivers,” a new book from the University of Alabama Press presenting a photographic exploration of Alabama’s waterways, will be the subject of a talk, signing and reception on April 23, 6-8 p.m., at the Alabama Museum of Natural History in Smith Hall on UA’s campus. — Stephen Black, director of the Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility at the University of Alabama, has received the 2009 Children’s Advocate Award from Childcare Resources in recognition of his commitment to children in Central Alabama. –The University of Alabama’s Multiple Abilities Program has received a prestigious award from the International Reading Association: a certificate of distinction that commends the program for exemplary preparation of pre-service teachers in the area of literacy. — The National Science Foundation selected two University of Alabama chemistry professors, Michael Jennings and Timothy Snowden, for awards totaling $1.1 million
Festival features storytellers’ skills at River Road Park
Tuscaloosa News – April 5
…the Black Warrior Storytelling Festival…Mary Margaret Randall, a junior at the University of Alabama who is an intern with the Creative Campus Initiative, organized the inaugural festival…Among the storytellers at the festival were Rick Bragg, who won a Pulitzer Prize as a New York Times correspondent, Doug Wells, who has been a concert pianist and a Hollywood voice coach, and Theresa Burroughs, founder of the Safe House Museum in Greensboro…
College News
Tuscaloosa News – April 6
Lee Patterson, senior at Elkmont High School, received the University of Alabama Presidential Scholarship, a four-year award. He was an Elkmont High School representative at Alabama Boys State during the summer. He received the 2009 Limestone County Spirit Award at the conclusion of the Limestone County Basketball Tournament. He also received Auburn’s the Spirit of Auburn Founder’s Scholarship, another four-year award. He is the son of Charles and Mary Patterson of Elkmont and grandson of Kendall and Joy Patterson of Northport.