College Life: Finding the Perfect Balance
CBS 42 – July 18
UA professor Amy Trayler, who teaches social work, encourages students to stay active on campus to help juggle school work.
UA Early College holds LEAP
WVUA – July 18
These students are getting a jump start on their college careers, through LEAP. LEAP stands for “Leaders Exploring Academic Possibilities.” More than 30 local ninth graders are attending camp this week at The University of Alabama, and we were glad to provide a VIP tour of the digital media center! Our guests represent Brookwood, North River Christian, and Northridge high school.
CrossingPoints to offer new Certificate of Occupational Studies
Fox 6 – July 18
For the first time ever, student groups for young adults with disabilities, will enroll at The University of Alabama. Six students will be selected for the CrossingPoints Certificate of Occupational Studies program. The non-degree certificate application is online. Students will enroll this fall. They’ll check into a dorm room like other students, and attend classes.
SPORTING LIFE: Westminster Farm introduces children to riding horses
The Tuscaloosa News – July 18
Olivia Amason was 6 years old the first time she attended horse camp at Westminster Farm. It wasn’t love at first trot, but it grew on her, so much so that, six years later, at age 12, next month Amason will be competing at one of the country’s biggest equestrian competitions, the United States Equestrian Foundation Pony Finals. Rachel Hill is in her first summer as camp director, but the University of Alabama equestrian team member is no stranger to horse camp.
Debut author wins 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction with refugees’ story
ABA Journal – July 18
“The Boat People” is a spellbinding and timely novel that provokes a deeply compassionate lens through which to view the current refugee crisis,” according to Doubleday, the publisher of the debut novel by author Sharon Bala. The book is also the winner of the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, the University of Alabama School of Law and ABA Journal announced on Thursday. “It’s an absolute honor to learn that The Boat People has won the 2019 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction,” Bala said in the news release. “Writing this novel was a meditation on empathy. My greatest hope is that it has the same effect on readers.” The Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction was established in 2011 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird. It is awarded annually to a book-length work of fiction that best illuminates the role of lawyers in society and their power to effect change.
Boxford, Middleton and Topsfield Education Achievers
Wicked Local (Beverly, Massachusetts) – July 18
The University of Alabama Two Middleton residents graduate from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. The graduates and their degrees are Kelsey JoAnne O’Brien, Bachelor of Science in nursing, and Samantha Santarpio, Bachelor of Science in commerce and business administration. O’Brien was also named to the president’s list for the spring 2019 semester after earning a 4.0 GPA.
Americus Times Reporter (Georgia) – July 19