UAB Briefs: Musical tribute to MLK, Ballet Memphis performance
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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Musical tribute to MLK
The Blind Boys of Alabama, a Grammy Award-winning gospel group, will offer a tribute concert to celebrate the legacy of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. in the Jemison Concert Hall at Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center on Sunday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m., according to a UAB news release.
The concert will also feature the combined choirs of Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Birmingham-Southern, Miles and Talladega colleges, Tuskegee University and UAB, with an orchestra conducted by UAB professor Henry Panion III.
The Blind Boys first rose to fame in the segregated South have since won five Grammys, plus another Lifetime Achievement Grammy, and been named to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
The concert is presented by the city of Birmingham, the Alabama Bicentennial Commission and the UAB Department of Music,
Tickets are $24, $34 and $44. Call 975-2787 or go to alysstephens.org.
Expressing humanity through dance
Ballet Memphis – guest company-in-residence for the 2018 Alabama Dance Festival – will perform four original works in the “I Am” project, inspired by the struggle for civil rights, at the Alys Stephens Center on Saturday, Jan. 20, at 8 p.m., according to a UAB news release.
The “I Am” project reflects the values of dignity, equality and kindness and the importance of understanding humanity through interactions with others, the release states.
Ballet Memphis is now in its 30th season.
Tickets are $25, $35 and $45. Call 975-2787 or visit alysstephens.org.
A limited number of $25 tickets are available for UAB faculty, and UAB students may purchase $10 tickets.
Plaudits for online program
The UAB School of Public Health has been nationally recognized by Master’s in Public Health Degrees for having a top-quality master’s in public health online degree.
The School of Public Health’s online degree comes in second out of a final list of 10 national programs.
Factors such as tuition, website quality, available concentrations and a recognition by U.S. News & World Report were taken into consideration, according to a UAB news release.
Sticking to it
Josh Klapow, a UAB clinical psychologist, says the key to setting New Year's resolutions that work is to turn those resolutions into habits.
“Everyone is motivated when they first decide to make a New Year’s resolution,” said Klapow. “The problem is that you can ride the wave of motivation for only a short while. If you want to stick with your resolution, you’d better make it a habit.”
Klapow suggests the S.M.A.R.T. system, which consists of five tricks that can turn any resolution into a habit.
- Set specific goals
- Monitor your actions, meaning that you must keep track of what you are doing.
- Arrange for success, meaning that you must eliminate barriers. For example, if you want to go to the gym in the morning, then lay your clothes out the night before and have the coffee and gym bag ready to go.
- Recruit a support team, since research shows that having others support you in your efforts will help you succeed.
- Treat your actions, meaning that you should reward yourself for sticking to you resolutions.