UA In the News — May 4

UA Grad-to-be bikes Mt. Kilimanjaro
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – May 3
University of Alabama senior and amateur MMA fighter Tate Nelson took on the impossible this past March. Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro on foot is hard enough, but Nelson tried in on a mountain bike. Nelson rode a bike up Mt. Kilimanjaro for charity…Nelson will graduate on Saturday with a degree in marketing.
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Spring graduation ceremonies are under way
Tuscaloosa News – May 4
The University of Alabama will hold its commencement exercises on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Coleman Coliseum. Students from the College of Arts & Sciences will participate in the first of five commencement ceremonies, which will begin at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration graduates will walk at 9 a.m. Saturday, while the College of Education, College of Engineering and Capstone College of Nursing will start at 1:30 p.m. At 6 p.m. Saturday, the College of Communication & Information Sciences, College of Human Environmental Sciences and School of Social Work will hold their commencement exercises. The UA School of Law will hold its commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday at Coleman Coliseum.

Alabama history tour covers Civil War and cotton but not slaves
Sun Commercial (Vincennes, Indiana) – May 3
Schoolchildren who visit the First White House of the Confederacy learn that its famous former resident, President Jefferson Davis, was leader of a “heroic resistance” who was “held by his Negroes in genuine affection as well as highest esteem.” … And the prevalence of Confederate markers such as the Montgomery museum helps normalize notions of benevolence among slaveholders and distort the realities of the era, said University of Alabama history professor Joshua D. Rothman. “There are a lot of people who still want to hold onto those myths,” he said. “If slavery was evil, then what slaveholders were doing was perpetuating evil. You can’t have it both ways.”
Norfolk Daily News (Virginia) – May 3

Health Matters: Anxiety
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – May 3
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. So, this month on Health Matters, we’ll be talking about a variety of mental health issues. Today, let’s talk with Mr. Bob McKinney, one of our social work and mental health specialists about what can happen when people have anxiety and don’t seek treatment.

Downtown Tuscaloosa businesses see business boom
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – May 3
Big names at the Tuscaloosa amphitheater mean big bucks for downtown businesses, especially restaurants. Tuesday night, downtown was the place to be before the Def Leopard concert. With the Dave Mathews band playing tonight, restaurants in the entertainment district are ready for another busy night…With The University of Alabama’s commencement ceremonies scheduled for this weekend, downtown merchants are expecting the business boom to continue.

UA Journalism Graduate Students do project on immigration
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – May 3
Immigration is a controversial issue, and UA Community Journalism Graduate students explored this topic in an online project. The project is called “State of Immigration”. It features in-depth stories on the hardships that immigrants can face in the U.S., along with the impact on law enforcement and religion.