Author: Alex Khachadoorian


Realizing the Dream Weekend Celebrated at The University of Alabama

Related Stories:2017 Legacy Banquet2017 Dream ConcertJohn Quiñones TranscriptQuinones/Rubio Student Session Tuscaloosa, Ala. — The annual Realizing the Dream weekend began with a buzz of excitement at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus as students, faculty, staff, community members and award recipients past and present gathered in Sellers Auditorium Jan. 13 for the…


Britt Puts Another Crack in the Glass Ceiling as Chief of Staff

MONTGOMERY—At a time when Democrats are trumpeting the cracks made in the glass ceiling separating women from the highest positions in government, Alabama’s Republican Senior Senator Richard Shelby, quietly opened a new fissure by hiring Katie Boyd Britt as his new Chief of Staff. “Katie is a talented and hardworking professional, whose energy and knowledge…


Yellowhammer’s Cliff Sims accepts senior communications job in Trump White House

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Friday announced that Yellowhammer Founder and CEO Cliff Sims will be taking a senior role in his incoming administration as Special Assistant to the President and Director of White House Message Strategy. Sims founded Yellowhammer as his personal blog roughly five years ago and grew it into the…


New skin care service opensin east Montgomery

River Region Dermatology is now open in east Montgomery providing comprehensive skin care services on Berryhill Road behind EastChase. About 10 jobs were created when the doors opened at the practice, which includes two dermatologists, a nurse practitioner, two aestheticians, two nurses, and three other employees. River Region Dermatology (RRD) provides services in medical dermatology,…


Birmingham Attorney Tyrell F. Jordan Creates an Endowed Scholarship to Support Students from Underrepresented Urban Communities

When Tyrell F. Jordan was preparing for college, the conversation became old hat. “I would tell folks I was going to The University of Alabama, and they wouldn’t believe me. They wanted to say it was somewhere else. I would finally have to say, ‘No. Roll Tide. You see them on TV every Saturday,’” said Jordan, who grew up attending inner-city…


UA Announces 2017 Realizing the Dream Schedule

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Legendary gospel artist Kirk Franklin will be the featured performer for the 2017 Realizing the Dream Concert Sunday, January 15, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. at The University of Alabama’s Moody Music Concert Hall on campus. John Quiñones, veteran ABC news figure and host of the highly rated “What Would You Do?,” a…


UA Alumna Wins National Dialogue Award

Breanna Swims, right, UA alumna and recipient of a Sustained Dialogue Institute National Dialogue Award for 2016, poses with mentor and nominator Lane McLelland, directory of the Crossroads Community Center at UA and a former National Dialogue Award winer, at the 3rd Annual National Dialogue Awards ceremony, which was held Nov. 17 at the National…


Seven from UA Present at Annual Engagement Scholarship Consortium

Tuscaloosa, Ala. — The University of Alabama was well represented at the 2016 Engagement Scholarship Consortium (ESC) annual conference, held Oct. 11-12 in Omaha, Nebraska. UA was the first non-land-grant institution selected for membership in the ESC and regularly sends a large delegation to the annual conference. In addition to those presenting, many staff members and students…


UA Aims for Record Goal in 2016 United Way Campaign

Photos by Jianlong Yang | CCBP Student Members of the University community joined the College of Continuing Studies (CCS), host of the 2016 United Way campaign, on Thursday, Oct. 6 for a Campaign Kickoff event at the Ferguson Center Plaza on campus. This year’s goal is a record $365,000 — a $20,000 increase from the…


UA Community Affairs Board of Advisors Member Endows Scholarship at Group’s Fall Meeting; Cathy Randall Serves as Guest Speaker

Photos by Jianlong Yang | CCBP Student TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Division of Community Affairs advisory board highlighted its fall meeting with the announcement of an endowed scholarship and a rousing pep talk from a lifetime leader in community service. Tyrell F. Jordan, a Birmingham attorney and member of the board of advisors, has created…