University of Alabama names four finalists in search for first diversity chief
Tuscaloosa News – March 8
Public campus forums begin March 20 for the finalists in the search for the University of Alabama’s first chief diversity and inclusion officer. The university announced four finalists for the vice president and associate provost for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on Monday. There is no timeline for the announcement of selection in the search, though the goal remains to have someone in place by end of the semester, said Monica Greppin Watts, associate vice president for Communications. The finalists will meet with faculty, staff and students in forums in North Lawn Hall Room 1014. Video recordings of the forums and online feedback forms will be posted as soon on the search website, www.ua.edu/diversitysearch/.
Museum of PR Kicks Off Women’s PR History Month
O’Dwyer’s – March 8
The inaugural celebration of Women’s PR History Month will kick-off Thursday March 9 at 6 p.m. at the Genome Center, 101 Sixth ave., New York. Speakers at the event, organized by the Museum of Public Relations, included historian Karen Miller Russell, professor at the University of Georgia; Meg Lamme, professor at the University of Alabama, and Karla Gower, professor at the University of Alabama and director, the Plank Center.
UA Center for Advanced Public Safety to receive grant to evaluate seatbelt use
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – March 7
Governor Robert Bentley wants to make Alabama roads safer. He is doing that by awarding about $140,000 in grants to evaluate new traffic safety data. That work is to be done by The University of Alabama Center for Advanced Public Safety. It’s part of the annual Click It or Ticket seatbelt enforcement campaign to evaluate seatbelt and childcare seat use in our state.
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – March 7
Alabama congressional pickle: To town hall or not
AL.com – March 8
Across the country, large contingents of angry anti-Trumpers are showing up at congressional town hall meetings to make their voices heard. “We saw what the Tea Party can do,” said Richard Fording, a political science professor at the University of Alabama. “This could be the Tea Party on steroids.”
UA Museum presents World War I exhibit
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – March 7
The University of Alabama’s Gorgas House Museum will be highlighting World War I contributions from William C. Gorgas. The exhibit includes original World War I uniforms along with Gorgas’ gas mask, canteen and other original items. The exhibit also highlights contributions that Gorgas made in sanitation.
Alabama’s governor was recorded having a sexually explicit conversation. Is impeachment next?
Washington Post – March 7
Alabama lawmakers who have been exploring ways to impeach the state’s embattled governor were divided on moving forward with the investigation after a meeting Tuesday. In a 6-6 vote, House Judiciary Committee members were split on whether to allow their legal counsel to continue investigating Gov. Robert Bentley (R) to find out if he conducted an affair using state resources. Half of the committee voted to hold off, citing an ongoing probe by the state attorney general’s office … “One thing he had going for him after he was elected is at least people thought he was a man of integrity,” Richard Fording, the chair of the University of Alabama’s political science department, told The Post last March. “That is all gone now.”
Art lecture focuses on being queer in the South
Crimson White – March 7
Last night, the University Gallery sponsored Dr. John Howard of King’s College at the University of London’s lecture entitled “Picturing Queer Souths.” The lecture marked the opening of the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center’s new gallery entitled, “Publicly Identified,” a gallery dedicated to queer life in Tuscaloosa and the South as a whole.
The Most Prestigious Sororities Across the Country
Cosmopolitan – March 7
Late-night bonding. Secret rituals. Lifelong friendships. The privilege of living in an incredible house. To many, the feeling of sisterhood that comes with joining a sorority is invaluable … In 2016, Phi Mu’s University of Alabama chapter unveiled a gorgeous three-story, 39,444-square-foot sorority house that cost the princely sum of $13 million. Each semester, 68 women live in the house, whose highlights include a baby grand piano, marble floors, an elevator, and a chandelier that originally hung in New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
How to tell sketchy honor societies from legitimate ones
USA Today College – March 7
University of Alabama student Kasey Hullett was on his way to class when his mother called him about a letter that came in the mail. “You’ve been invited to be in this prestigious honor society,” she said, telling him how much it cost to join. “Look at this nice letter they sent. Do you want to go ahead and send it in and be a part of it?” “Toss it out. It’s a scam,” Hullett told his mother. Considering honor society invitations can be confusing. Every year, mixed among offers from prestigious honor societies are potential scams. (Matthew Wilson is a University of Alabama student and a USA TODAY College correspondent.)
Academic honors for Canton, Holbrook, Randolph & Stoughton students
Wicked Local Stoughton – March 7
Clark – Sara B. Vera-Cruz of Stoughton recently was named to the dean’s list at Clark University … Alabama – Rose Joyce of Stoughton was named to the dean’s list at the University of Alabama. Kelly Dever, of Canton, was recently named to the dean’s list at the University of Alabama.
Local Business Students Win Top Honors At National Conference
Public Now – March 6
Alabama State University’s College of Business Administration students took home top honors and more than $2,000 in prize money … A team of students from Alabama State University’s College of Business Administration (COBA) took home top honors and more than $2,000 in prize money during the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse Leadership Diversity Competition.