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
The 5K benefits the UAB Veteran Relief Fund, which aids veteran and dependent students with emergency funds for housing, books, medical care and more.
For Pay What You Choose shows, donations are encouraged to help bring new entertainment to the community, but all are welcome to attend — just register online for tickets.
Highlights of UAB Homecoming Week include the Gurney Derby, parade, UAB Football vs. Tulsa, the Mr. and Ms. UAB Scholarship Competition, Marching Blazers' Alumni Band Day and more.
The Alys Stephens Center and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra offer discounted tickets to UAB students. Plus, check out free student rush tickets one hour before showtime, and the new Pay What You Choose series.
Veterans throughout the community who may be looking for health care, disability claims assistance, education benefits or even career opportunities are invited to attend.
The 16th annual Uncork Education, with live and silent auctions, tastings, Blazer Plinko, and heavy hors d’oeuvres, will for the first time be at the historic Florentine Ballroom.
In this 2009 Tony Award winner for Best Play, two upscale couples meet to discuss a playground fight between their children; but as tensions emerge, their polite veneer begins to break down.
Opera Birmingham’s “The Littlest Mermaid” and “Yuletide in Dogtown” from UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center and ArtPlay are Pay What You Choose shows this season, along with free Halloween and holiday family days.
Wonder and Panion, both Grammy Award winners, have collaborated musically for more than 30 years. Panion will conduct orchestras in each city for Wonder’s performances.
The STARTALK Chinese language learning program, presented by the UAB Department of World Languages and Literatures for students in grades 9-14, includes online learning and a residential summer camp.