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…
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,…
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…
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…
[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] [ua_image_boxes title=”Realizing the Dream” url=”http://realizingthedream.ua.edu” bg_color=”light” type=”” bordered=”false” clickable=”true” centered=”true” image=”http://communityaffairs.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2017_BanquetIcon.jpg”]Visit the Realizing the Dream website for more information about the 2017 Banquet and Concert.[/ua_image_boxes] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] December 16, 2016 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Legendary gospel artist Kirk Franklin will be the featured performer for the 2017 Realizing the Dream Concert Sunday,…
[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] Breanna Swims, right, UA alumna and recipient of a Sustained Dialogue Institute National Dialogue Award for 2016, poses with mentor and nominator Lane McLelland, director of the Crossroads Community Center at UA and a former National Dialogue Award winner, at the 3rd Annual National Dialogue Awards ceremony, which was held Nov.…
[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] [envira-gallery id=”3383″] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] 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.…
[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] Photos by Jianlong Yang CCBP Student [envira-gallery id=”3356″] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] 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…
[ua_row] [ua_col] Photos by Jianlong Yang CCBP Student [envira-gallery id=”3302″] [/ua_col] [ua_col] 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…
[ua_row class=”row”][ua_col class=”col-md-3″] [/ua_col] [ua_col class=”col-md-6″] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Division of Community Affairs The University of Alabama 250 Rose Administration Building, Box 870113 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0113 Email: community.affairs@ua.edu Phone: 205-348-8376 Sept. 12, 2016 By Diane Kennedy-Jackson Community Affairs Publications Coordinator TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Community Affairs board of advisors will meet on the campus…
