The week will feature speakers, an artist, trainings, a spoken-word performance, classroom lectures and consultation meetings by local and national experts.
Gelwix, Wenzel, Awad and Singh were named assistant professors.
Hitchcock is an assistant professor of social work.
Wittig was honored for making significant contributions to the field and having mentored many public relations practitioners in the region.
The women will be honored at the Fund’s Smart Party event, a high-tech cocktail party and fundraiser benefitting The Women’s Fund.
Scholarships from $100 to $2,000 will be awarded in seven categories; 12 young women will compete for the title plus talent and lifestyle/fitness categories.
Colgate and the National Dental Association Foundation support the award, which is for $10,000.
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, the BCRFA and other organizations are hosting several local events:
Carolyn McKinstry is the author of “While the World Watched,” a memoir that chronicles her life growing up in Birmingham.
Reichart will perform a program of sonatas by Beethoven and Scriabin in the first performance of this season’s series.
Stephen C. Kenny, Ph.D., is an expert in North American history of the 19th and 20th centuries.
UAB's goal is to have 1,201 participate with the intention of breaking the single-site recruitment record of enrolling the most participants.