Public relations students have coordinated a healthy initiative for kids to help fight childhood obesity. The “It’s Your Move!” campaign kicks off today at the YMCA in downtown Tuscaloosa. The campaign urges children to be conscious of their activities and make healthy lifestyle choices between the hours of 3-5 p.m. “We really wanted to [...]
As the University of Alabama grows and expands, new buildings are erected, and facilities are renovated to raise the standards of UA life. UA’s admission standards have followed suit, enacting a slight raise in accepted standardized test scores. The hike in standards raised UA’s minimum ACT entrance score to 21, equal to the national test [...]
Kenneth Luckie Vandervoort was elected last week to the University of Alabama System’s board of trustees. A resident of Anniston, Vandervoort was elected by the current board member’s to represent the Third Congressional district. Vandervoort is a 1978 graduate of Alabama. He was an active student at the Capstone, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, [...]
Birmingham resident Myra Jackson recently won $10,000 from the SaveNow WinLater initiative put on by the University of Alabama Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility. Jackson, whose home was destroyed by the tornadoes on April 27, became eligible to win the prize money because she invested part of her 2010 income tax refund into [...]
A proposed coal mine on University of Alabama property could threaten more than just drinking water, two Birmingham breweries wrote in letters sent to University President Robert Witt late last month. The owners of Avondale Brewing Company and Good People Brewing Company have joined with Black Warrior Riverkeeper, a nonprofit organization opposing the mine, out [...]
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