Alabama, Notre Dame to team up for Miami service project
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 20
Alabama and Notre Dame students, alumni and faculty are putting aside their rivalry for a few hours to make a difference in a Miami community. The day before the big match up, representatives from the two universities will team up with nonprofit Roots in the City for an urban gardening project in Overtown, a city near downtown Miami, during the third Discover BCS National Championship Service Project. Volunteers will be making plant beds, painting cinder blocks, potting plants, moving soil and whatever else is needed, said Wahnee Sherman, director of UA’s Community Service Center. “Service is a great equalizer,” she said. “People can really put aside whatever their differences might be to do something positive for a community.”
UA’s 2013 Economic Outlook Conference in Montgomery set for Jan. 16
AL.com – Dec. 20
The University of Alabama will provide folks with an opportunity to talk about what has gone right and, in perhaps most cases, wrong with the U.S. economy at its 2013 Economic Outlook Conference. The conference will look back at the past five years and the impact the recession has had on governments, businesses and organizations across Alabama, as well as fiscal uncertainty for the future as those entities plan for 2013. The conference, presented by UA’s Center for Business and Economic Research, will take place Wednesday, Jan. 16 at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center. Leading experts on the U.S. and Alabama economies will review recent trends and discuss prospects for 2013, according to UA. Speakers include Dr. David Altig, executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and Dr. Sam Addy, director of CBER and associate dean for research and outreach in the Culverhouse College of Commerce.
Groups to show three films, one set locally
Guntersville Advertiser-Gleam – Dec. 19
The Mountain Valley Arts Council and the Guntersville Public Library will present three films by Andrew Beck Grace on Jan. 12. One of the films is about Guntersville’s Whole Backstage Theatre…A reception in honor of Grace will be held at 6:00 p.m. Jan. 11. A documentary filmmaker and native Alabamian, Mr. Grace is a past fellow at the CPB/PBS Producers Academy and directs the Documenting Justice program at the University of Alabama. The films that will be shown Jan. 12 are “Backstage,“ “The Durrs of Montgomery“ and his latest film, “Eating Alabama.“