Press Releases http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu Two students at the University of South Alabama were recognized by USA Career Services as Co-op and Intern Students of the Year at a ceremony on May 9. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/051713.html 17 MAY 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Catherine K. Pitman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6637 - pubrel@southalabama.edu After a nationwide search, the University of South Alabama Jaguar Marching Band is ready to announce a new feature twirler for the 2013 season. Taylor Meckley of Fredericktown, Pa., will take the field this fall to electrify Jaguar fans with her baton work. The selection was made after a rigorous audition process. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/051613b.html 16 MAY 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Katlyn Conklin - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6637 - pubrel@usouthal.edu University of South Alabama’s Mitchell College of Business Master of Business Administration class of 2013 is ranked among the best in the nation with its performance on the 2013 ETS MBA field exam. This year, the entire class scored in the 2013 ETS MBA field exam. This year, the entire class scored in the 92 nd percentile on the standardized test assessing knowledge of accounting, finance, management and marketing. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/051613.html 16 MAY 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu The University of South Alabama recently recognized students for their outstanding work as members of the USA Greek Councils during the 2013 Greek Awards Banquet. These students are members of the College Panhellenic Council (CPC), the Interfraternity Council (IFC), and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC). http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/051413.html 14 MAY 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Catherine K. Pitman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6637 - pubrel@usouthal.edu Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Meisler have recently given the University of South Alabama $70,000 to establish a new program to be known as the Bert and Fanny Meisler Visiting Professor of History and Jewish Studies. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/050913.html 09 MAY 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Jennifer Z. Ekman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6360 - jekman@usouthal.edu Three of the University of South Alabama’s pioneers – a founding legislator, the first Student Government Association president and longtime University president – will greet the graduates during the University’s 50th Anniversary Commencement on Saturday, May 11. As USA celebrates its 50th Anniversary, it will award its 75,000th degree. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/050713b.html 07 MAY 2013 17:30:25 CTZ >Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu University of South Alabama sophomore Arslan Arshad, a chemical engineering major, has been named as a 2013 Goldwater Scholar by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The prestigious scholarships are awarded to college students who intend to pursue careers in science, mathematics, and engineering. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/050713.html 07 MAY 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Keith Ayers - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6211 - kayers@usouthal.edu Opportunities for students to attend the University of South Alabama on an academic scholarship have increased significantly thanks to a longtime University donor and supporter who has made the largest gift ever given to a public university in the state of Alabama. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/050313.html 03 MAY 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu University of South Alabama junior Racheal Cooley, a civil engineering major, has been recognized by the Alabama section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as Student Civil Engineer of the Year. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/043013.html 30 APR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Keith Ayers - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6211 - kayers@usouthal.edu MOBILE, Ala. The University of South Alabama will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on May 3, 50 years to the day since USA was created by legislative act in 1963. The event will include a tribute to President Gordon Moulton, whose career spanned most of that period, including 15 years as president overseeing USA’s phenomenal growth. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/042413.html 24 APR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Alice Jackson - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6639 - majackson@southalabama.edu In honor of the University’s 50th Anniversary, a Faculty Senate committee named 50 Outstanding Faculty Members, including current and former faculty, to represent the broad spectrum of the University’s educators over the years. Nominations came from alumni, students, faculty members and friends of the University. Selection criteria included number of nominations; strength of each nomination; diversity of nomination sources, such as students, alumni, faculty, and administration; and faculty accomplishments in the areas of teaching, research, and/or service. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/041913.html 19 APR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu USA Senior Brittney Harrell has been named the national recipient of the Allied Design and Technology Award from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). The award was presented at the National Conference of the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) in Milwaukee on March 18. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/041713.html 17 APR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu Dr. Alvin J. Williams, distinguished professor of marketing in the Mitchell College of Business, received the John H. Hoagland award from the Educational Resources Committee of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) at a recognition dinner on March 14. The award, which recognizes and honors the contributions of outstanding academics and practitioners in supply management, was presented at the 23rd Annual North American Research Symposium in Chandler, Ariz. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/041113.html 11 APR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu Birmingham, AL--The Economic Development Partnership of Alabama Foundation has announced a second round of the popular Alabama Launchpad Start-up Competition that helps Alabama’s entrepreneurs develop their ideas into successful high-growth companies for the state. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/040513.html 05 APR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu The University of South Alabama is pleased to announce the new common reading program called Common Read/Common World. This is an optional learning initiative based on the shared experience of students, faculty, staff, and community members reading the same book. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/040213.html 02 APR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu Cassie Fambro, Editor-in-Chief of The Vanguard, captured first place in the news writing category at the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards ceremony for her coverage of the fatal shooting of Gil Collar on the campus of the University of South Alabama. Jake Howell, JagLife editor, won second place for column writing with his piece, “Making Life Mean More Than Just Class.” http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/032913.html 29 MAR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Kelli Dickson - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6211 - kellidickson@live.com The University of South Alabama department of political science and criminal justice will begin a new endowed lectureship, thanks to a gift from the Wilters family and the University of South Alabama Foundation. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/032513.html 25 MAR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu To honor the University of South Alabama’s 50th anniversary, Tom Meyer, assistant professor in the College of Nursing at USA, is asking kayak enthusiasts to take the Bartram Challenge. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/031313.html 13 MAR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Catherine K. Pitman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6360 - ckp1222@jagmail.southalabama.edu The University of South Alabama Mitchell College of Business Center for Real Estate and Economic Development will hold its 6th Annual Gulf Coast Commercial Real Estate Summit and Market Review on Wednesday, March 20 at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/031113.html 11 MAR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Jennifer Z. Ekman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6360 - jekman@usouthal.edu The University of South Alabama has received a gift of $250,000 from alumni Dr. and Mrs. Steven H. Stokes to start a new Center for Environmental Resiliency. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/030813b.html 08 MAR 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Margaret M. Sullivan - USA Mitchell Cancer Institute - (251) 454-1182 - msullivan@usouthal.edu In a move to achieve its longstanding goal of attaining designation as a comprehensive cancer center by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI), the University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute (USA MCI), together with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center, today announced that the two centers plan to enter into a consortium partnership. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/030813a.html 08 MAR 2013 21:30:25 CTZ Keith Ayers - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6211 - kayers@usouthal.edu Gordon Moulton, whose career spanned most of the University of South Alabama’s first half-century and culminated with 15 years as USA’s president, will retire on July 1 from the institution he helped build. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/030813.html 08 MAR 2013 19:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu The University of South Alabama has received a $125,000 gift from the Rotary Club of Mobile-Sunrise to provide scholarships for incoming students and patient and family resources for the Mitchell Cancer Institute (MCI). http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/030713a.html 07 MAR 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Alice Jackson - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6639 - majackson@usouthal.edu The University of South Alabama’s College of Engineering will display Evonik Industries’ Wind Explorer, a lightweight, electric vehicle that crossed Australia on less than $15 of electricity, for public viewing at Shelby Hall through Saturday, March 9. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/030413.html 04 MAR 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu University of South Alabama Senior Connor Favreau was recently selected as a Portz Scholar for his undergraduate thesis at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Boston. He was one of four students nationwide to receive the award. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/022813.html 28 FEB 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu The University of South Alabama School of Computing has been awarded a $2.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to provide scholarship opportunities to highly qualified students taking information assurance education tracks. The tracks are security-oriented courses, which cover subjects including cryptography, software vulnerabilities, virus and malware defense, forensics, and cyber warfare. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/022213.html 22 FEB 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Joy Washington - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6638 - jwashing@usouthal.edu Dr. Wendy Goldman, professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University, will deliver a lecture, “Life on the Home Front: The Soviet Experience in World War II,” at the 2013 University of South Alabama Howard F. Mahan Lecture Series to the held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21 at the John W. Laidlaw Performing Arts Recital Hall. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/022113.html 21 FEB 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Alice Jackson - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6639 - majackson@usouthal.edu University administrators, faculty, staff, students and alumni will join hundreds of other representatives from across Alabama on Thursday, Feb. 28, for the annual Higher Education Day Rally on the front steps of the Alabama State House in Montgomery. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/021813.html 18 FEB 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Joy Washington - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6638 - jwashing@usouthal.edu The College of Education at the University of South Alabama will celebrate 50 years of teaching, research and service during its Founders Day Education Summit to be held from 8:30 a.m. till noon, Wednesday, Feb. 20 at the USA Mitchell Center Arena. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/021513.html 15 FEB 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Karen Edwards - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-7084 - kedwards@usouthal.edu The University of South Alabama National Alumni Association will honor two distinguished alumni and three service leaders at its annual awards gala on Thursday, March 7, 2013, at the Mitchell Center. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/021313.html 13 FEB 2013 19:30:25 CTZ Alice Jackson - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6639 - majackson@usouthal.edu Dr. Ann Bonham, chief scientific officer of the American Association of Medical Colleges, will visit the USA campus Feb. 14 to present a Distinguished Scientist Seminar. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/020813.html 08 FEB 2013 19:30:25 CTZ Jennifer Z. Ekman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6360 - jekman@usouthal.edu The Cottage Hill Civitan Club has named Mobile County Health Officer Dr. Bernard Eichold II as the 2012 Mobilian of the Year. http://www.civitan.org/cottagehill/moy2012.html 05 FEB 2013 19:30:25 CTZ Keith Ayers - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6211 - kayers@usouthal.edu The University of South Alabama Board of Trustees has granted President Gordon Moulton a 90-day temporary leave of absence effective Feb. 1. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/020113.html 05 FEB 2013 19:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu Two University of South Alabama sophomores earned second place for their work in Robotics at the ACM Mid-Southeast Chapter Fall Conference. ACM stands for the Association of Computing Machinery. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/012513b.html 25 JAN 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu University of South Alabama School of Computing graduate student Josh Cazalas was part of a team that took first place in the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center’s 2012 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/012513a.html 25 JAN 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu University of South Alabama students and alumni are invited to speak with representatives from various companies and organizations during the 2013 Spring Career Expo, which will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 1 – 4 p.m. in the USA Mitchell Center Waterman Globe Lobby. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/012513.html 25 JAN 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Alice Jackson - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6639 - majackson@usouthal.edu Some University of South Alabama students and faculty are learning new classroom technique as part of a five-year Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) to improve student preparation for class, classroom learning and the retention of classroom material for use beyond graduation. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/012213.html 22 JAN 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Joy Washington - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6638 - jwashing@usouthal.edu Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, professor of sociology at Georgetown University, MSNBC political analyst and best-selling author, will lecture at the University of South Alabama’s African-American Studies commemorative event to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at the Mobile Civic Center Theater. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/011513.html 15 JAN 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Jennifer Z. Ekman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6360 -jekman@southalabama.edu The University of South Alabama’s United Way Campaign recently held a reception to celebrate total giving of $266,679, making USA the largest employee-funded campaign for the United Way of Southwest Alabama. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/010713.html 07 JAN 2013 17:30:25 CTZ Meredith Portman - USA Public Relations - (251) 460-6633 - mportman@southalabama.edu The University of South Alabama will participate in the 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Monday, Jan. 21 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Dumas Wesley Community Center on 126 Mobile Street. http://www.southalabama.edu/publicrelations/pressreleases/2013pr/010313.html 03 JAN 2013 17:30:25 CTZ