RESEARCH
DEVOTION TO NATIONAL, RELIGIOUS SYMBOL ALLEVIATES STRESS OF IMMIGRATION – Mexican immigrants living in a rural Mississippi county and who are highly devoted to the Virgin of Guadalupe coped better with immigration-related stress than those less devoted to the religious, Mexican symbol, according to a study by anthropologists at UA. For assistance, contact Adam Jones, UA communications, at 205-348-4328 or adam.jones@ua.edu.
BEST BETS
UA TO HOLD COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE AUG. 5 – UA will hold its summer commencement exercise Aug. 5, at Coleman Coliseum on campus. More than 750 undergraduates and graduate students from all schools and colleges are expected to participate. The ceremony will begin at 9 a.m. UA anticipates awarding 1,442 degrees. For more information, contact David Miller, UA Strategic Communications, at 205-348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.
STUDENTS, RECENT ALUMNI INTERN THROUGH TELEVISON ACADEMY — Four UA College of Communication and Information Sciences students and recent alumni are working as Television Academy Foundation Interns in Los Angeles this summer. The interns include: Abigail Armstrong, of Tuscaloosa, in the category of TV Directing for “One Day at a Time,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “The Big Bang Theory”; Kathleen Bodle, of Tuscaloosa, in the category of Movies for TV, for Stan and Deliver Films; Drake McDonald, of Tuscaloosa, in the category of Children’s Programming and Development, for Disney Jr. and alumni Shanrica Evans, of Decatur, Georgia, in the category of Episodic Series, for “Shondaland.” Watch for an upcoming news release or contact Rand Nelson, communication specialist in the College of Communication and Information Sciences, 205-348-6416, james.nelson@ua.edu, for more details.
GRADUATE STUDENT RECEIVES MINORITY FELLOWSHIP – UA political science doctoral candidate Cameryn Blackmore was named one of 23 2017-18 APSA Minority Fellowship Program Fellows for the spring by the American Political Science Association. Each year APSA awards funds to support doctoral degree expenses. Blackmore, a 29-year-old native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is researching how judicial policy-making has impacted closing of the achievement gap that exists between black and white K-12 students. Her career goal is to become a professor. For more information, contact Jamon Smith, in UA communications, at 205-348-4956 or jamon.smith@ua.edu.
LOOKING AHEAD
UA TO UNVEIL PARKING SPACE FOR PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS – On Aug. 9, UA officials will unveil a parking space designated for recipients of the Purple Heart, a medal awarded to men and women who were wounded or killed in combat. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the row of spaces just west of the Ferguson Center along Campus Drive. Members of UA’s veteran community will speak at the ceremony. For more information, contact David Miller, UA Strategic Communications, at 205-348-0825 or david.c.miller@ua.edu.
WEEK OF WELCOME – UA’s Week of Welcome for new and returning students starts Saturday, Aug. 19, and features the Yea Alabama! Kickoff barbecue Aug. 21, the Script A formation at Bryant-Denny Stadium Aug. 22 and Welcome Back breakfasts Aug. 23 and 24. For more events, go to https://wow.sa.ua.edu/events/2017-08/. For more details, contact Richard LeComte, UA communications, richard.lecomte@ua.edu, 205-348-3782.