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EDUCATION BRIEFS
Birmingham News – May 15
The University of Alabama Blackburn Institute has named the following area residents as 2007-2008 student fellows...
The University of Alabama National Alumni Association recently recognized with the 2007 Alumni Student Award Jennifer L. Phillips of Vestavia Hills and Maroun Ghossein of Birmingham….

Archeologists Look for Clues to UA’s Antebellum Past
WVTM-NBC 13 -- May 14
WBRC-Fox 6 -- May 14 and May 15
WVUA -- May 14
Archeologists are digging up part of the UA campus where two original dormitories use to stand. They are looking for pre-Civil War artifacts.

Funding opens doors at ASU
Montgomery Advertiser – May 15
Two Alabama State University graduates…will attend graduate school at the University of Alabama next fall. Both credit a unique funding package from the National Science Foundation for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

School news: Earth Month Challenge
Tuscaloosa News – May 15
Kendra Key, a freshman at the University of Alabama and a recycling advocate and supporter of the city’s recycling program, developed the concept for this event.

MY TURN: Jeffrey Banks
Finishing high school is exhausting
Tuscaloosa News – May 15
I am looking forward to attending the University of Alabama, and there are many different facets to college other than just showing up and taking the classes. One must sign up for orientation, a meal plan, housing, parking decals and several other things…

DuPont, Joiner up for Citizen of the Year
Tuscaloosa News – May 15, 2007
University of Alabama Director of Athletics Mal Moore will be the keynote speaker…

Senate bickering adds to logjam
Tuscaloosa News – May 15
…saying about the Alabama Legislature that goes like this: As long as the Legislature is in session, no one’s life or property is safe. With the Alabama Senate shutting down two-thirds of the 2007 session so far, that old saying needs modifying, said William Stewart, a political science professor at the University of Alabama…