Printmaking offers UAH student a unique outlet for artistic expression
Oct 12, 2016
Aoife McDonnell has been drawing for as long as she can remember. So it’s probably safe to say that her plan to major in psychology at UAH was doomed from the beginning. "I tried not to go into art!" she says with a laugh. "But I just ended up doing it." Now the American-born daughter of Irish immigrants is about to graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) before launching her professional career as an artist. ...
UAH’s nursing and theatre programs reunite for performance on coping with stress
Oct 10, 2016
Dr. Maria Steele knows a little something about being in a stressful situation. The clinical assistant professor of nursing at UAH had just started a new job at a hospital on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast when Hurricane Katrina hit. “It was just chaos,” she says. So to blow off steam, she began exercising regularly, joining a boot camp and losing weight. “It was an emotion-based coping mechanism, and it made me feel so much better.” ...
Meet UAH's new History Faculty Member Dylan Baun
Oct 10, 2016
Dylan Baun won a major chemistry award in his junior year of high school. It would seem his future was set. But Baun was more curious about the "connections" between premodern democracy and modern government than the properties of atoms or creating chemical compounds. ...
UAH welcomes domestic violence expert Jacquelyn C. Campbell
Oct 03, 2016
In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Jacqueline C. Campbell, an internationally recognized domestic violence expert from Johns Hopkins University will conduct a free workshop "Administering the Danger Assessment," Thursday, Oct. 13, on the campus of UAH. ...
UAH welcomes Distinguished Speaker Raphael R. Koster
Sep 23, 2016
Raphael "Raph" R. Koster, veteran game designer, entrepreneur, theorist and author of the best-selling book Theory of Fun for Game Design will visit UAH as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series, Oct. 9-11. ...
ISIS and the Destruction of Archaeological sites" topic of public talk by Zooarchaeologist Tina Greenfield at UAH
Sep 19, 2016
Some of the oldest recordings on clay tablets, the "Gate of God" which guarded the ancient city of Nineveh, the Mosque of the Prophet Yunus dedicated to the Prophet Jonah, and the world's oldest known Christian church are all ancient sites and artifacts that ISIS fighters have damaged or destroyed. ...
UAH’s Department of Music hosts Golden Jubilee to celebrate 50th anniversary
Sep 19, 2016
The 2016-2017 academic year marks the 50th anniversary of the Department of Music at UAH, and to honor the occasion, the Department will be hosting a yearlong Golden Jubilee celebration. ...
Despite surprise, interactive content still shines in study
Sep 19, 2016
Even though a study on the persuasive power of different types of media by a UAH assistant professor of English had a surprising result in the interactive age, interactive content still proved its power of persuasion. ...
UAH History Department hosts teacher-training workshop for National History Day
Sep 15, 2016
The History Department at UAH recently hosted a free, one-day training workshop to help local teachers prepare for National History Day, a nationwide academic competition that challenges students in grades 6-12 to develop research and critical thinking skills through the study of history. The event was facilitated by Joel Walker, an education specialist for the National Archives at Atlanta, and Deborah Hester, a sixth-grade teacher at Hampton Cove Middle School and a Behring Ambassador for National History Day. ...
Scholarship to study Arabic brings UAH history major closer to career goal
Sep 14, 2016
Adam Goodson already knows exactly what he wants to do when he graduates from UAH: serve in the Middle East as a member of the U.S. Army's Special Forces. That's why the senior history major spent this past summer in Meknes, Morocco, studying Arabic as a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) recipient - and why he's now spending the fall semester in Amman, Jordan, with AMIDEAST's education abroad program. "It's an asset to the military, being able to interact with people from the Middle East and to get their perspective," says Goodson. ...