UA opens new Supe Store
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – July 22
A new University of Alabama Supply Store opened today, along with a new Starbucks Coffee featuring a drive-thru. The new Supe Store’s main level features Bama apparel, accessories, souvenirs, cards and gifts. The second floor features course materials, school and office supplies and technology accessories.
NBC 13 (Birmingham) – July 22
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – July 22
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – July 22
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – July 22
New businesses open in growing part of UA campus
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – July 22
Summer is often a busy time for construction on The University of Alabama campus. But with school just around the corner, some of those projects are wrapping up. The completion of one particular project drew a crowd of people Friday morning.
ABC 9 (Columbus, Ga.) – July 22
Multi-million dollar grant allows people with mental illness, substance abuse problems get help in West Alabama
CBS 42 (Birmingham) – July 23
A multi-million dollar grant will allow people with mental illness or substance abuse problems to get help in West Alabama. The University of Alabama School of Social Work is partnering with the Alabama Department of Mental Health on an $8-million project. The project will start integrated mental health and substance abuse care services in West Alabama. Leaders say the grant money will help those who need help getting what they need. The project is expected to impact more than 80,000 people.
Birmingham Business Journal – July 22
UA intern focuses on food, community health
(Jasper) Daily Mountain Eagle – July 24
The following is the final article in a five-part series the Daily Mountain Eagle will publish this week on interns from New College at the University of Alabama spending the summer working on projects in Walker County. Ally Siegler, a native of O’Fallon, Illinois, is learning all about Southern culture while earning her degree in food and community health at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Siegler, a student in the university’s New College program, has spent the past several weeks in Walker County interning with the Walker County Center of Technology, the McDowell Farm School and the City of Jasper’s Park and Recreation’s Move More, Live Better program. “I originally didn’t want to go to college far away from home, but the University of Alabama has been doing a lot of out-of-state recruitment and they upped their scholarships for out-of-state students,” Siegler said. “So I went and visited the campus and just fell in love with a new kind of culture that I had never experienced before, which includes going to school on a huge college campus and experiencing lifestyle here in the South.”
Jasper Main Street intern secured grant to further literacy
(Jasper) Daily Mountain Eagle – July 23
Memphis native Cokie Thompson has spent the past several weeks in Jasper as an intern with Jasper Main Street, an experience that has inspired her to stay on a nonprofit track after college. Thompson attends the University of Alabama and made her journey to Jasper this summer as part of the Walker County Internship Program. She’s a journalism major, minoring in political science and educational studies, and she’s ironically named after journalist Cokie Roberts. Instead of taking a traditional print or broadcast track after college, Thompson plans to take her many areas of speciality and give back in a profound way. “I’m sort of looking at how I can use all those things in an educational, civic engagement kind of way. I don’t think a traditional reporting job is something that I really want to do long-term,” she said. “I thought about teaching journalism in some capacity, but right now I’m on a nonprofit track. … I’m hoping to do a gap year with AmeriCorps or some kind of service program, and then grad school.” Thompson does, however, have her writing chops. She wrote for UA’s Crimson White for nearly two years, and she put her writing skills to good use in her work with Jasper Main Street.
June job picture shows slowdown
Tuscaloosa News – July 23
Unemployment figures released by the state on Friday show a less robust job picture, and in West Alabama, things may be even less robust. “Employment growth seems to have slowed down slightly from year ago levels,” said economist Ahmad Ijaz, executive director of the University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research.
High School students take part in UA’s SITE summer camp
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – July 22
Students from all 50 states converge on The University of Alabama campus for the Student Introduction to Engineering Camp….Marcus Ashford, an associate professor of engineering heads the SITE camp.
Are your parents to blame for your job headaches?
Qatar Tribune – July 24
If you are having problems at work then there is a likelihood that your parents might be responsible to some extent for your troubles, a new research has startlingly revealed. According to the study published in the journal Human Relations, the researchers studied manager-employee relationships in the workplace and found a link between parenting styles and workplace behaviours. “It seems cliche, but, once again, we end up blaming mom for everything in life. It really is about both parents, but because mothers are typically the primary caregivers of the children, they usually have more influence on their children,” said Peter Harms, Researcher, University of Alabama.
Journalistic revolution offers many roles, news exec tells Star students
Anniston Star – July 24
Molly Bingham spoke in front of about 30 journalists and journalism professors Saturday in Anniston, telling them about the decade she spent covering conflict in places such as Rwanda and Iraq. She said what struck her most about the people she covered was how much she had in common with them all … Bingham said the Internet has brought as big of a change to the news industry as there’s ever been. “We are living through a revolution right now,” she told the audience, who had gathered at the Anniston Museum of Natural History to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a community journalism program run by the University of Alabama and The Anniston Star.
This Week On The Academic Minute (2016.07.25)
Academic Minute – July 24
Monday, July 25, Jonathan Wynn of the University of Massachusetts Amherst discusses why festivals are better for cities than building more concrete buildings; Tuesday, July 26, Henna-Riikka Peltola of the University of Jyvaskyla explores sadness in music … Thursday, July 28, Joshua Rothman of the University of Alabama details a new portrait of slavery that is emerging.
46 charged with rioting in I-94 shutdown
WWNT Radio – July 24
St. Paul’s city attorney says he is charging almost 50 people arrested in a weekend protest on Interstate 94 over the death of Philando Castile, who was shot by a police officer … Union contracts, meanwhile, often allow the destruction of police misconduct records, require the withholding of names of officers involved in shootings and grant police steep discounts on punishment even when police chiefs try to fire them, notes Stephen Rushin, a law professor at the University of Alabama who specializes in policing.
COLLEGE NEWS: July 24
Tuscaloosa News – July 24
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: Ernest A. Mancini, professor emeritus in geological sciences, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal from the American Geosciences Institute. The medal recognizes a senior scientist who has a record of achievements and service in Earth sciences and who has been acknowledged for accomplishments in fields of expertise by professional societies, universities or other organizations.
The Paradox of New Buildings on Campus
The Atlantic – July 25
Akerman Hall is a gateway to the complex that houses the University of Minnesota’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. But wandering through it is more like an experience in archeology … The backlog of maintenance has only grown since the economic downturn. It’s up 18 percent since 2007 at private, nonprofit campuses and 22 percent at public universities and colleges, according to Sightlines, a higher-education-facilities consulting firm. Nearly four out of five leaders of community colleges nationwide surveyed by the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama called money for facilities “a major need.”
Attica Locke Wins the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction
Galley Cat – July 22
The University of Alabama School of Law and the American Bar Association Journal (a.k.a. the ABA Journal) have named Pleasantville by Attica Locke the winner of the 2016 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. Along with this award, she will receive $3,000 in prize money, a signed copy of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and a feature article that will be published in the ABA Journal.
University of Alabama grant makes backyard gardens possible
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – July 22
Community gardens are popping up throughput West Alabama. They are part of the new raised garden program. The gardens are funded by Tuscaloosa’s Temporary Emergency Services. It’s made possible with a grant from The University of Alabama.
Alabama Releases Insurance Guide for Coastal Residents
Insurance Journal – July 22
The Alabama Center for Insurance Information & Research (ACIIR) in partnership with Smart Home America and the Coastal Alabama Partnership has released its new Alabama Coastal Insurance Shopper’s Guide to help homeowners on the Gulf Coast prepare for weather-related disasters … The ACIIR is a part of The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce.
Clearing the course for Hot Hundred bike ride
Tuscaloosa News – July 24
An important part of the preparations for this weekend’s Hot Hundred Bike Ride, which benefits the Tuscaloosa Mental Health Alliance, took place Sunday. Members of the Druid City Bicycle Club gathered at Sanders Ferry Road to clean up litter along the ride’s course, a stretch of road that is also heavily used by the Tuscaloosa biking community. “We want the cyclists going out and seeing a litter-free route to get started with,” said Stephen Secor, a University of Alabama professor in the department of biological sciences and a member of the bike club.
College notes
Fredricksburg.com (Va.) – July 24
Samantha J. Anderson and Sarah Lane Davidson of Fredericksburg, Bethany T. West of Stafford County, and Allen Parker of Triangle were named to the president’s list.
Gehlsen weathers the storm
Clinton Herald (Iowa) – July 24
A short power outage didn’t dampen Maggie Gehlsen’s mood at the 56th annual Miss Clinton County pageant. The DeWitt resident and University of Alabama student on Saturday earned the 2016 Miss Clinton County title while a storm swirled outside. She will now represent Clinton County at next year’s Miss Iowa contest.
Intern Talk: How to Measure Success During Your Internship
PRSSA – July 24
So you’re halfway through your dream internship; now what? There are numerous ways to gauge how you are working — thriving — in your internship. The important thing is that you are measuring your work. Whether it’s for a resume, LinkedIn or end-of-internship evaluation, you should keep track of your accomplishments, challenges and goals. (Sarah Dougherty is the 2016–2017 vice president of career services and a senior at the University of Alabama. Follow her on Twitter @sarahgdougherty.)
PORT RAIL: Don’t fear speaking the truth to power
Tuscaloosa News – July 24
Today the Christian church is under attack and Christians seem to be hiding from the assailants, afraid to speak our mind and the truth for fear of “offending” someone or being attacked for being narrow-minded, religious fanatics. Let me suggest that we come from behind the pulpits and church buildings and speak loudly and boldly to all Americans. I am not simply addressing pastors, priests, ministers, rabbis, evangelists and all who speak from the pulpit, but all of us. (Larry Clayton is a retired University of Alabama history professor. Readers can email him at larryclayton7@gmail.com.)