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MISS PARAGON
BEAUTIES--Traneshia
Stoudemire (second from left) is The University of
West Alabama’s Miss Paragon 2008. The
Andalusia
junior was selected from nearly 50 contestants in
the annual campus beauty pageant sponsored by Blue
Key Honor Fraternity.
Miss Paragon beauties include, from left, senior
Mahalia Gray of Northport, second alternate; junior
Kendra Mitchell of Shubuta, Miss., first alternate;
and junior Britney McElroy of Toomsuba, Miss., third
alternate.
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UWA presents Russian
Fulbright lecturer Jan. 28
The University of West Alabama
kicks off its 2009 Fulbright Lecture Series as
Russian scholar Natalia Volchkova, a Fulbright
Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Department
of Economics, presents a public lecture, “Russia:
People and Culture,” on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m.
in the Bell Conference Center.
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UWA welcomes
renowned Latin guitartist The
University of West Alabama and the Sumter County
Fine Arts Council welcome guitarist David Burgess
Thursday, Jan. 15 as he performs some of Brazil’s
finest solo guitar music.
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UWA to host Kansas
City Barbeque Society judging school
Can you tell the difference
between good barbecue and great barbecue? With help
from the Kansas City
Barbeque Society, the world’s largest group of
barbecue enthusiasts, you can learn to pick out the
best brisket or the perfect pork on Jan. 17, 2009,
at UWA. |
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UWA honors
outstanding faculty, staff with peer-selected awards
The University of West Alabama recognized three
longtime employees with the annual Loraine McIlwain
Bell Trustee Awards at Monday’s board of trustees
meeting. Dianne Colquitt, Pam Hall and Micky Smith
were selected by their peers for the prestigious
campus awards. |
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UWA awarded federal
grant to enhance teacher ed for African Americans
The University of West Alabama Tutwiler College of
Education today announced a $1,052,000 grant from
the U.S. Department of Education to establish a
program that increases the number of African
Americans entering teacher education and becoming
master teachers capable of breaking the cycle of
poor education provided in rural Black Belt schools. |
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