From the Tuscaloosa News
When Barry Mason accepted the award for the Civitan Club’s Citizen of the Year on Tuesday night, he joined a time-honored tradition of service to the larger community.
Mason, dean of the University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, was the 75th recipient of the award, which honors those who have made extraordinary contributions to their community. Read More
Dr. J. Michael Hardin, associate dean for research at the Culverhouse College of Commerce, has been appointed to the board of the Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation, a nonprofit, physician-sponsored organization designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) as Alabama’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO). Read More
TUSCALOOSA, Al. - More than 1700 articles of clothing have been collected over the past year for distribution to impoverished children in Third World countries, thanks to the combined efforts of The University of Alabama’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and Cintas Corp.
The collection of clothing, from students, faculty and staff, made the local Cintas Corp.’s “Clothe the Kids” program the most successful in the company’s South-Central Region history.
“Clothe the Kids” was started in 2003 by Cintas Corp. in conjunction with Matthew 25 Ministries to raise awareness of the need for children’s clothing in foreign countries. The program collects donations of slightly used clothing and/or money for new clothing to help impoverished children in Third-World countries.
Since the program began more than 500,000 items of clothing have been donated. This year with the help of the SIFE team, Cintas, Tuscaloosa expects to be in the top-10 collections in the nation. Stacey Bledsoe, human resource manager for Cintas, was instrumental in helping the SIFE team reach its goals. “With SIFE’s help we were able to exceed our goals for this year,” Bledsoe said. “I look forward to having SIFE and UA’s help again next year.”
The prestigious Austin Cup, awarded each year to the top graduating senior in The University of Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, was awarded this year to W. Steven Spiehler, Jr., a major in health care management. Read More
Character, said Cynthia Cooper, “is forged not at some crossroad where you face a major morale decision, but it’s formed brick-by-brick, day-to-day, with the decisions you make every day in your life.” Read More