Jim Bakken
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As chief communications officer for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB Medicine, Bakken leads teams that set and execute internal and external communications strategy. Prior to joining UAB in 2012, Bakken spent a decade working with a diverse client base at two full-service communications firms. Bakken spent eight years in Nashville at McNeely Pigott and Fox – one of the largest PR firms in the Southeast – prior to launching Peritus Public Relations in Birmingham in 2010. Bakken has served on the board of the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations, is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America and has been a Birmingham Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 honoree.
The Camille Armstrong Memorial Scholarship Step Show and UAB Homecoming committees will host the tournament.
Business students will again help prepare taxes for filers who earn less than $49,000 annually.
The UAB Campus Rec to host youth day camp Feb. 18
The Campus Rec to hold wheelchair flag football game Jan. 22.
UAB's Community Week will be held Jan. 19-26, 2013.
A UAB health and wellness expert encourages positive weight loss efforts through healthy weight loss in small increments.
Julia Gohlke's proposed research topic has been funded for two years.
UAB’s Digital Media Commons will feature community stories during an open house on Jan. 17, 2013.
The online Master of Public Health in Health Care Organization degree at UAB was recognized in several areas.
Striking images of women braving breast cancer will be on display at UAB Jan. 7-31, 2013.