UA earns $1.7 million grant
Tuscaloosa News – July 5
The University of Alabama’s college of nursing received a $1.7 million federal grant to help Latino nurses pursue more advanced degrees with the goal of improving credentials and career opportunities while also improving healthcare outcomes in under-served communities. The UA Capstone College of Nursing received the four-year grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration Nursing Workforce Diversity Program for the Bama-Latino Project. The program will provide financial support and mentorship to 80 Latino nurses with associate’s degrees as they pursue a bachelor of science in nursing in UA’s online RN-BSN mobility program.
Al.com – July 5
WAFF 48 (Huntsville) – July 3
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – July 3
Watch for heat hazards during the 4th
Alabama Public Radio – July 4
A lot of outdoor activities are scheduled for Independence Day today. The temperatures are also creeping into the nineties with lots of humidity. So, health officials say it’s important to be aware of the risk of heat illness. One of the most common conditions is heat exhaustion. That’s when you get overheated and lose electrolytes through sweating. If it goes untreated, heat exhaustion can lead to heat stroke, which can be fatal. Dr. Ed Geno teaches family medicine at the University of Alabama.
Alabama’s Economic Forecast = Sunny!
Alabama Public Radio – July 2
A new survey shows optimism is high among Alabama business leaders. The latest Alabama Business Confidence Index shows level of sixty one point six percent. That’s well above the five-year average for the third straight quarter. The report is compiled from a survey on expectations for the coming quarter.
CBS 5 (Mobile) – July 3
Associated Press – July 2
Birmingham Business Journal – July 2
CBS 5 (Mobile) – July 3
Crimson White – July 3
Tuscaloosa home sales strong in May
Tuscaloosa New s-July 5
Home sales in Tuscaloosa remain strong with 282 homes sold in May, according to the latest home sale data released by the Alabama Center for Real Estate (ACRE). “Overall, this was the best month of May since 284 homes were sold in May of 2007,” said Bryan Davis, research and media coordinator for ACRE. It also marked a 12 percent increase over home sales in May 2016, when 251 homes sold, and a 38.2 percent jump over the number of homes sold in April, according the data released Monday. Since 2012, the historical April-to-May home sale increase is 12.5 percent.
Six named to UA business hall of fame
Tuscaloosa News – July 3
Former University of Alabama Director of Athletics Bill Battle is among the inductees into the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce’s Alabama Business Hall of Fame. The other inductees include Charles E. Adair of Montgomery, Dr. James R. Andrews of Birmingham, Dorothy Davidson of Huntsville, UA System trustee emeritus John D. Johns of Birmingham and Don Logan of Birmingham. The 2017 class will be honored during a ceremony Nov. 9 in Birmingham. Adair, a UA alumnus, is the president of Kowaliga Capital, an investment management company, in Montgomery.
Three earn degrees from Alabama
The Connection (Robertson County, Tennessee) – July 3
The University of Alabama awarded approximately 5,000 degrees during spring commencement. Local degree recipients included: Errol Christos of White House – Master of Science in Human Environmental Sciences, Dustin Clayton of White House – Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Sara Keel of Adams – Bachelor of Arts.
Commercial Dispatch (Columbus, Mississippi) – July 1
Tax preparer mistakes: Taxpayer penalties and the tax treatment of indemnity payments
The Tax Adviser – July 1
Taxpayers may be subject to a number of penalties, including the penalty for failure to file a return or failure to pay tax under Sec. 6651 and the accuracy-related penalty on underpayments under Sec. 6662. All of these penalties may be waived if the taxpayer had reasonable cause for the failure. . . . Edward J. Schnee is the Culverhouse Professor of Accounting at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. For more information about this column, contact thetaxadviser@aicpa.org.
Kids can learn early in life how to swim
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – July 3
Daniella Susnara says it’s still possible for a child to stay above water even if they fall in a pool accidentally. “You just want them to be able to float. So they fall in the water, they don’t know how to get to the edge? That’s fine. And they just flip over to their back and they just know how to float til help arrives,” Susnara said. She offered advice to parents two days after a two-year-old nearly drowned in a swimming pool at a home in Blount County. Susnara, a graduate assistant at the University of Alabama and an instructor in the Swim to the Top Program, believes kids as young as two years old can get used to being in the water.
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – June 30
WTVM 9 (Columbus, Georgia) – June 30
New Calhoun County business highlights area’s economic optimism
Anniston Star – June 30
Shane and Raechel Denney got into the restaurant business out of love, not economics. The couple decided to open the Model City Diner off of Alabama 202 outside of Anniston. “She is the best part of my life so far,” Denney said. “She just kind of woke me up and made me want to start doing things again.” … Ahmad Ijaz, the executive director and director of economic forecasting for the University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research, said new businesses form typically when the economy is improving. Many new businesses fail regardless of how well the economy is doing, Ijaz said in an email to The Anniston Star.
Romanian, US cadets get ‘Savage’ for night
Fort Carson Mountaineer (Colorado) – July 3
As the sun set on Mihail Kogalniceanu, 11 U.S. cadets and 20 Romanian naval academy students stuffed the last of their supplies into their backpacks and prepared for the first Savage Eagle Leader Course … Cadet Zemas Andargachew from the University of Alabama reflected on Savage Eagle the morning after the event. “As Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets, we have Ranger Challenge, which is pretty intense. But nothing we had done before comes close to how difficult this event was,” said Andargachew.
HOT DOGS AND FIREWORKS ARE GREAT, BUT IT IS TIME TO STOP SHOOTING EACH OTHER FOR NO REASON
Kwotable – July 1
As CNN reports, when it comes to gun massacres, the United States is tragically exceptional: There are more public mass shootings in the United States than in any other country in the world, according to a study published recently … The 90 US mass shootings are nearly one-third of the 292 such attacks globally for that period. While the United States has 5% of the world’s population, it had 31% of all public mass shootings … “People have been a little surprised by these statistics,” said Adam Lankford, an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Alabama, who did the analysis. Lankford presented his work at the American Sociological Association’s annual conference last year and said it’s the first research of its kind to do a global comparison.
Saturday in the Park features river cane arrow-making
Tuscaloosa News – July 1
The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park continued its Saturday in the Park programs this weekend with river cane arrow-making with Greg Drowningbear. Saturday in the Park is a series of demonstrations and presentations related to Native Americans, archaeology, natural history, sustainable gardening and more. Many of the topics directly relate to the recently renovated exhibits in the Jones Archaeological Museum or the archaeology, flora and fauna of the park.
Crimson White – July 3
Fairfax Schools & Military, 7/6/17 edition (student achievements)
Inside Nova (Virginia) – July 5
News of the achievements of local students and members of the Armed Forces … Eryn Burr Cooper, a 2015 Oakton High School graduate, has been named to the president’s list for the spring semester at the University of Alabama.
The Day (New London, Connecticut) – July 3
Brunswick News (Georgia) – July 3
New Jersey Herald – July 2
Post-Crescent (Appleton, Wisconsin) – July 5
Ridgefield Press (Connecticut) – July 3
Delco News Network (Rhode Island) – June 30
New Presidents or Provosts
Inside Higher Ed – July 5
Jayanth R. Banavar, dean of the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland at College Park, has been appointed provost and senior vice president at the University of Oregon … Kevin Whitaker, interim provost at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, has been promoted to executive vice president and provost there.
Alabama business confidence continues upward trend
Crimson White – July 3
Entrepreneurs feel good about Alabama’s future, according to a new analysis from the Alabama Business Confidence Index survey, or ABCI. The survey measures data received from the state’s industry leaders regarding their confidence level for how business will progress in the future. A score of 50 is the median level of confidence, with everything above 50 considered confidence in business growth in the future while anything below 50 represents beliefs that business growth will get worse. For the third consecutive quarter, Alabama posted a score over 60.
Ground broken for new home of Tuscaloosa business incubator
Crimson White – June 30
The city of Tuscaloosa will be housing their business incubator, The Edge Entrepreneurship Center, in a new 26,300 square-foot facility. The plan is a collaboration among The University of Alabama, the City of Tuscaloosa and the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama. The building will be located at the former Armed Services Reserve Center armory.
Camp offers fun for kids with diabetes
Tuscaloosa News – July 1
Camp Seale Harris provides an environment where children diagnosed with diabetes don’t feel alone or different, said Mary Ellen Dixon. “A lot of the time, these kids are the only one in their school with diabetes,” said Dixon, who is program and communications manager for Camp Seale Harris. “We host these day camps so they can meet other children like them, get the support they need and know they’re not alone in this battle.” The camp, for 5- to 15-year-olds, will be held again this year in Tuscaloosa, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 10–14 at the Robert E. Witt Student Activity Center at Presidential Village, 645 Abercrombie Lane, on the University of Alabama campus.
Nelson tackles UA Rural Health Scholars program
Brewton Standard (Florida) – June 29
Brewton resident Ora Nelson experienced college life firsthand this summer through the Rural Health Scholars program at The University of Alabama.
A Democratic Senator in deep red Alabama? At Doug Jones rally, optimism flourishes
OIA News – July 2
Alabama hasn’t elected a Democrat to a statewide office in more than a decade, and the party hasn’t held one of the state’s two Senate seats since Howell Heflin left office in early 1997. Pundits consider the state a safe GOP bet, where President Donald Trump won by a wider margin last November than Ronald Reagan did in the 1980s … “It would take a catastrophe of monumental proportions to make the November race anywhere near competitive,” said William Stewart, professor emeritus of political sciences at the University of Alabama and a longtime observer of state politics.
University of Alabama will be open Monday
Tuscaloosa News – July 1
The University of Alabama will be open Monday ahead of the Fourth of July, though other state offices will be closed after an executive order by Gov. Kay Ivey declared a holiday for state employees. A UA spokesperson confirmed the campus would be open on Monday. Shelton State Community College will be closed on Monday, per the governor’s order. The University of West Alabama will also be closed Monday based on previous scheduling for the holiday, according to a spokesperson.
Opera invasion: Texas town sings a new tune – in opera
Times Record News (Wichita Falls, Texas) – July 3
More than 50 students are cuddling up to the music of Puccini and honing their Italian on the campus of Midwestern State University as part of Red River Lyric Opera, an intense summertime bootcamp for vocalists, some of them students, some of them already professional singers and college professors. “They’ve come in from Wisconsin, New York, Boston, California, Oklahoma. One of our assistant directors is from Brownsville,” said Red River Lyric Opera General Director Darla Diltz, Wichitan-turned-New-Yorker who organizes the unique vocal camp. . . . “Conductor Geoffrey McDonald works in Philadelphia and New York City and is the music director with On Site Opera (in New York). He is very well known in New York and Philadelphia and works a lot in Berlin,” Diltz said. “Our director for ‘Alcina,’ Paul Houghtaling, is from the University of Alabama. Stephen Dubberly is from the University of North Texas. Director Copeland Woodruff is from Lawrence University in Wisconsin.”
Orientation and anticipation mark college beginnings
Shelby County Reporter – July 3
As the parent of a recent Pelham graduate who will begin at the University of Alabama this fall, my daughter and I are attending Bama Bound together. “Our goal is to prep you for the next step,” UA Director of Parent and Family Programs Kim Sterritt says. Her practical advice and humor reassures a room full of nervous parents. Her simple message to revisit the basics with our incoming freshmen reminds me that the child I will soon leave in Tuscaloosa has only been alive for 18 years. “Language matters,” Sterritt says simply encouraging positive communication. As the parent of a recent Pelham graduate who will begin at the University of Alabama this fall, my daughter and I are attending Bama Bound together. “Our goal is to prep you for the next step,” UA Director of Parent and Family Programs Kim Sterritt says. Her practical advice and humor reassures a room full of nervous parents. Her simple message to revisit the basics with our incoming freshmen reminds me that the child I will soon leave in Tuscaloosa has only been alive for 18 years. “Language matters,” Sterritt says simply encouraging positive communication.