Sumler, of Flora, Miss., was awarded $2,200 in scholarship money, after winning the Miss UAB title and the talent award for her vocal performance.
The museum will feature the “Question Bridge” exhibit, a transmedia art project that explores black masculinity with video dialogue between black men.
Tripp, an honors student, will receive a cash award of $2,000 while in his senior year studying civil engineering
Money raised will go to Optometry Cares, a foundation of the American Optometric Association that works to expand eye health and vision care access to everyone in the United States.
The show focuses on student athletes who have built character dealing with adversities.
The event, part of National Health Service Corps Day, is from noon to 1 p.m.
Gregory Pence, Ph.D., will discuss “Should We Clone People?”
The event, hosted by the Department of English, will take place at 6 p.m. in the Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. South.
The week will feature speakers, an artist, trainings, a spoken-word performance, classroom lectures and consultation meetings by local and national experts.
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.
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.
The program, which offers a major and a minor, promotes an appreciation of the different values and structures of the world’s diverse societies.
Ryder, a student in the University Honors Program, is a double major in biology and anthropology with minors in Middle Eastern studies and chemistry.
The event is part of the College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Lecture Series and 50 Years Forward.
Awards and scholarships were established in the schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Public Health and the College of Arts and Sciences.
The Dr. Jimmy Bartlett Endowed Alumni Optometry Scholarship was made possible through gifts in Bartlett’s honor by the UAB School of Optometry Alumni Association.