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Archaeologists to study antebellum UA dorm site
Tuscaloosa News – May 14
Archaeologists will begin digging in the spot of the university’s original dormitories today, a site long since covered in asphalt as part of Capstone Drive on the north side of the Quad.

Degree of success comes at 63
Tuscaloosa News -- May 12
University of Alabama graduate Lillian Little Blackburn speaks with UA President Robert Witt at a reception Friday at the President's Mansion. ...

University of Alabama Graduation: Stephens questions U.S. role in Iraq
Birmingham News – May 13
Caps and gowns filled the floor of Coleman Coliseum twice here Saturday as the University of Alabama held its spring commencement.... James T. Stephens, former president of EBSCO and current chairman of the board of the company founded by his father, addressed the graduates and challenged them to do better than previous generations...

Slain Police Officer’s Daughter Graduates from UA
WBRC-Fox 6 -- May 11 and May 12
Rasheka Smith will graduate from UA on Saturday, and then travel to Washington, D.C., where her mother’s name will be placed on the fallen police officer’s memorial. Mary Smith was killed in the line of duty in 2006 in Fairfield.

UA nominated for freedom award
Tuscaloosa News – May 13
The University of Alabama is among 22 employers in the state nominated for the 2007 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award…

Lawmakers give grades on session
Montgomery Advertiser – May 13
William Stewart, professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alabama, agreed most voters don't make the distinction. ...

University of Alabama degree candidates
Tuscaloosa News – May 13
…LaToya LaTrice Lynn, bachelor’s degree…

Business Buzz
Tuscaloosa News – May 13
Susan Gaskins, a professor at the University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing, is the recipient of the 2007 Lamplighter Award from the Alabama League for Nursing…

'Launchpad' lures university entrepreneurs
Birmingham Business Journal - May 11
East Bay Business Times – May 14
…That is the goal of the EDPA's inaugural Alabama Launchpad, a business-plan competition involving 61 teams from six state universities: Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Auburn University, the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Education Briefs
Birmingham News – May 13
Sarah Patterson, associate athletic director and women's gymnastics head coach at the University of Alabama, has received the E. Roger Sayers Distinguished Service Award for 2007.
The University of Alabama has named its law library collection in honor of law school alumnus Thomas G. Mancuso. Mancuso, a shareholder and president of Mancuso & Franco P.C. in Montgomery, pledged $50,000 to the law school to establish the Thomas G. Mancuso Library Collection for Tax and Corporate Law.

Morgan student's hard work yields multiple scholarships
Selma Times-Journal – May 13
…17-year-old is valedictorian of his class, finishing the year with a 4.0 GPA. His pristine academic record has earned him the highly competitive four-year Presidential Scholarship at the University of Alabama, where he's headed this fall.