Stories Tagged ‘Black Belt’ 
UA School of Library and Information Studies Awards More Than $8,800 in Books to Black Belt Schools
The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies awarded more than $8,800 in books to elementary and high school library media centers in the Black Belt region of the state through the SLIS Book Bonanza for the Black Belt Program.
UA Students Lead Projects in the Black Belt
A group of University of Alabama honors students will spend May 16-26 in the Black Belt carrying out projects ranging from a fly-in at Marion's Vaiden Field to producing a high school dance video to recording ghost stories.
Black Belt 100 Lenses Photo Exhibit to Open in UA Crossroads Center
The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center will present the Black Belt 100 Lenses Photographic Exhibit, opening on Wednesday, April 22, at 1 p.m. in the Crossroads Lounge at 232 Ferguson Center.
UA Network Helps Marion Residents Catch Entrepreneurial Fever
There may be a recession going on in Alabama and the nation, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at downtown Marion, county seat of Perry County in the heart of the state’s Black Belt.
Seven Alabamians Recognized by UA for Entrepreneurial Efforts; Educators, Practitioners Receive Awards
Seven Alabamians have been recognized by the Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute at The University of Alabama for their efforts in teaching, promoting and displaying effective entrepreneurship around the state.
100 Lenses Photography Exhibit Opens at UA
The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center and the UA Center for Community-Based Partnerships are celebrating the opening of the 100 Lenses Photographic Exhibit as part of Homecoming festivities on Tuesday, Oct. 28 from 1-3 p.m. at the Crossroads Lounge in 232 Ferguson Center.
UA Conference Explores ‘Future of Health Care’ Through Telehealth, Pharmacology and Rural Medicine Issues
Telehealth – the use of state-of-the-art telecommunications and computer technology to help health-care professionals – will be one of the key topics at a conference on the future of health care in the United States on Thursday, Sept. 4, and Friday, Sept. 5, at The University of Alabama.
Students in UA’s Black Belt 100 Lenses Project to Display Work in Eutaw
Photographs featuring the creative work of Greene County youth taking part in the Black Belt 100 Lenses project through The University of Alabama will be on display in Eutaw at the William McKinley Branch Courthouse starting Thursday, July 17 with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m.
Black Belt 100 Lenses Project to be Shown at UA
The University of Alabama Crossroads Community Center and the Center for Community-Based Partnerships will display the Black Belt 100 Lenses Project with an opening celebration for the exhibit Tuesday, March 25, at 4 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Crossroads Lounge.
UA Engineers Without Borders Continues Community Service With Hale County
When residents of Hale County realized their community did not have a recreational field equipped for their children to play baseball, they called The University of Alabama’s Engineers Without Borders for help. When members of the community were being billed hundreds of dollars for water they never received because of faulty pipes or leaks in their homes, EWB was there.
Black Belt 100 Lenses Documentary Project to be Shown in Livingston
Highway signs, vintage buildings, crop rows and fishing holes are some of the images Sumter County students have captured as part of a Black Belt documentary project to be shown on Thursday, Jan. 17 from 4-6 p.m. in Livingston.
UA Invited to Join Elite Outreach Group
The University of Alabama has been invited to join an elite national organization that recognizes the University's achievements in outreach scholarship.
UA Professor Receives Distinguished Educator Award from National Rural Health Association
Dr. John R. Wheat, professor of community and rural medicine at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences and School of Medicine, recently received the Distinguished Educator Award from the National Rural Health Association.
UA 2007 Interim Term Classes Range from Black Belt Action Service-Learning to The Daily Show
The University of Alabama will offer its 2007 Interim Program May 14-June 1 giving UA students an opportunity to experience a creative and innovative approach to learning.
Documenting Justice UA Student Films to be Shown May 1 at Bama Theatre
The Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility at The University of Alabama will host the first Documenting Justice Film Screening on Tuesday, May 1 at 7 p.m. at the Bama Theatre in downtown Tuscaloosa.
UA Engineers Without Borders Restores Black Belt Baseball Field in Hale County
As summer approaches, both children and adults anticipate warm weather, vacations to the beach, and the beginning of America’s favorite pastime, baseball. But as some Hale County residents realize, their youth do not have recreational fields equipped for children to play baseball – a problem The University of Alabama Engineers Without Borders chapter is working to solve.
UA’s Eighth Annual Rural Health Conference to Focus on Health and Spirituality
Barbara Alving, M.D., director of the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health, will give one of the keynote addresses at the eighth annual Rural Health Conference April 19-20 at The University of Alabama's Bryant Conference Center.
Books for Alabama Black Belt Campaign at UA
The University of Alabama is participating in "Books for the Alabama Black Belt," a campaign with a goal of providing one book per child in the state’s 12 Black Belt counties.
Students from Alabama Black Belt Participate in UA Health Program
Eight students selected from the Black Belt region recently completed the 2006 Minority Rural Health Pipeline Program at The University of Alabama.
UA’s Rural Health Conference to Focus on Hispanic Health Disparities
The Institute for Rural Health Research at The University of Alabama is hosting its seventh annual Rural Health Conference on April 20-21 at UA's Bryant Conference Center.
Black Belt Foundation Selects UA Group for Project
The Black Belt Community Foundation has selected a University of Alabama outreach team to develop its communications and marketing plans for 2006.