The Online College Database ranked UAB No. 5 among the top universities for teacher education in Alabama based on graduation rates for 2012. Notably, the UAB School of Education offered the lowest tuition among the top five.

Explore sights, sounds and customs from around the globe and improve your general knowledge of and appreciation for the beauty and differences in cultures. Series I includes China, India, United States and South Korea. Search "World Tour" on www.uab.edu/learningsystem.

Canvas will provide two WebEx seminars for faculty and instructional design/ technology staff this month, plus three days of on-campus training in late January or early February. Specific training dates will be announced on www.uab.edu/online before classes begin Jan. 6. A website to support Canvas users is expected to go live by Feb. 1. Direct questions to efisher@uab.edu or mbidez@uab.edu.

Denise Goska, program administrator with the Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care, has been named December's Employee of the Month. Goska has been a UAB employee for more than 24 years. 

Get your 2014 Heart Walk T-shirt now and support Team UAB. Long- and short-sleeve shirts are available; prices range from $10-$14. Contact Aaryn Levert-Kidd at 934-2351 or alkidd@uabmc.edu. Funds raised by Team UAB help support our cardiovascular research.

New Horizons at UAB offers men and women of retirement age  lectures and other activities centered around issues important to them during eight-week sessions. Details online.

Nominate a faculty member for the Odessa Woolfolk Community Service Award who has served the Birmingham community through education, economic development, health-care delivery, the arts, social services, human rights and/ or urban and public affairs. The deadline is 5 p.m. Feb. 19. Direct questions to Linda Piteo at 934-9438.