Shannon Thomason
| This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Public Relations Specialist
thomason@uab.edu | (205) 975-8858Identifies and develops stories that highlight the arts, faculty news, student stories and beyond a UAB. Connects media with experts to enhance their story.
Specific beats:
- Advancement
- The Arts at UAB
- AEIVA
- Alys Stephens Center
- Arts in Medicine
- ArtPlay
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department of Art and Art History
- Department of Communication Studies
- Department of Music
- Department of Theatre
- Institute for Human Rights
- Department of World Languages and Literatures
- The Graduate School
- Libraries
- National Alumni Society
- WBHM
Between 400 and 500 volunteers are expected to pitch in at service sites across the Birmingham area.
Faculty and students in the Department of Art and Art History will lead the design workshops.
The legendary Yo-Yo Ma will star in the center’s biggest fundraiser of the year, the Viva Health Starlight Gala.
Off-Campus Student Services will be a centralized resource for all students who do not live on campus.
The public will have an opportunity for a Q-and-A with the actress at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 31.
From Alabama’s only bhangra/Bollywood dance competition to an outdoor concert with Red Baraat, explore India’s arts, food and culture.
Kenneth Broberg was silver medalist at the 15th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Wooten is one of Rolling Stone magazine's Top 10 Bassists of All Time, and a founding member of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.
BBC Music declared the quartet "an absolute triumph. Their playing has everything you could possibly wish for."
A free public reception is planned for 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 23.