UA Scholastic Media Director Places in National Competition
Meredith Cummings, journalism instructor and director of scholastic media at The University of Alabama, placed third in the National Federation of Press Women’s 2013 Communications Contest.
UA in the News: June 4, 2013
UA to mark 50th anniversary of Stand in the Schoolhouse Door – UA engineers lead team researching Oklahoma tornado damage – Community Service Center collecting gift cards for tornado victims – Civil rights era photos on display – UA expert comments on drop in foreclosures – Students receive UA Presidential Scholarships
UA in the News: May 31-June 3, 2013
UA to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door – UA’s men’s golf team wins national championship – UA filmmaker’s ‘Eating Alabama’ premieres on PBS – UA collects gift cards for Oklahoma storm victims – SummerTide production celebrates music of Alabama – UA experts comment on career placement, Memorial Day – UA theatre department founder retires
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This week at The University of Alabama: Events planned to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door – Program looks at diversity in medicine – Civil rights photo exhibit opens – UA researchers study tornado damage – Camps focus on materials for science teachers, Native American culture, creative writing, rural medicine, financial management and critical thinking
UA in the News: May 30, 2013
UA grad student to represent Alabama in Miss USA competition – Carver High valedictorian to attend UA
UA Community Service Center, SGA Host Gift Card Drive for Oklahoma Tornado Survivors
The University of Alabama Community Service Center and the UA Student Government Association are sponsoring a campuswide gift card drive to benefit survivors of the recent storms in Moore, Okla.
UA in the News: May 29, 2013
UA to sponsor civil rights photo exhibit – Symposium to highlight medicine’s role in civil rights – Business school dean named to GMAC board – University Fellows work in Black Belt – UA expert comments on robots – UA offers numerous summer school courses – College of Education holds workshops for gifted and talented youth – and more…
UA in the News: May 28, 2013
UA business school dean details plans – UA expert comments on need for computer science courses in high schools – UA law school sponsors Harper Lee Prize – UA administrator speaks at Memorial Day program
UA to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of the Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
Fifty years after the first two African-American students enrolled at The University of Alabama following then Gov. George Wallace’s unsuccessful “Stand in the Schoolhouse Door,” UA will commemorate that historic day and celebrate 50 years of progress with two public events – a program featuring speakers and musical performances on June 11 and an interfaith prayer breakfast on June 7.
UA Child-Care Expert Offers Kindergarten Preparation Guidance
The first day of kindergarten can provoke feelings of anxiety and fear in both children and their parents, but there are numerous ways to help make the transition one of excitement and joy rather than trepidation, said one University of Alabama child-care professional.