UAB Briefs: Gospel Choir reunion, honoring vets, Birmingham 101
Welcome to another installment of UAB Briefs.
In this weekly online feature, we keep track of interesting people and events on campus.
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Gospel Choir to honor its founder
Current members of the UAB Gospel Choir, as well as alumni from Alabama and other states, will take part in a reunion performance in the Jemison Concert Hall at the Alys Stephens Center on Monday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m., according to a UAB news release.
The event will be the group’s 22nd anniversary and represent a farewell to founding director Kevin P. Turner, who will leave UAB in January 2018, the release states.
The 90-minute concert will feature renditions of hit songs, crowd favorites and a tribute to choir members who have died.
Also appearing will be performing arts troupe Workmanship Incorporated and local recording artists Kyndra Stoudimire and Harrel D. Young Williams.
Concert-goers are invited to arrive early to take commemorative pictures with the director. Concert hall doors will open at 6:30 p.m
Tickets are $7 general admission and $6 for UAB students, faculty and staff.
Call 975-2787 or go to alysstephens.org.
Honoring veterans
UAB Veterans Services will commemorate Veterans Day by hosting its annual wreath-laying ceremony on the campus green on Friday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m. according to a UAB news release.
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) will be the guest speaker.
The service will begin with the posting of colors by the UAB ROTC, followed by a prayer from retired Bessemer Police Chief Nathaniel Rutledge and remarks by Sewell.
Following the ceremony, light refreshments will be served in the Veterans Services Office at the Hill Student Center.
UAB is committed to supporting veterans in education, employment and health care, according to the release.
Birmingham 101
Ramsay High School will kick off the second year of Birmingham 101, a series of events at UAB that focuses on the history of Birmingham high schools and their ties to the university, with the screening of a Ramsay mini-documentary produced by the Leadership and Service Council and Student Media in the Hill Student Center Alumni Theater on Monday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m.
The program highlights one high school each semester and is organized by UAB Student Affairs Student Involvement and Leadership.
Previously featured schools for the Birmingham 101 series included West End High, Woodlawn High, Parker High and Ensley High.
The featured school for next semester is Jackson-Olin High in Ensley.