Shannon Thomason

Shannon Thomason

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Public Relations Specialist

thomason@uab.edu | (205) 975-8858

Identifies 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 
Enjoy uniquely Brazilian popular music, with hors d’oeuvres and beverages, in the intimate parlor of the Alys Stephens Center’s historic ArtPlay house.
Do, a student leadership staffer, is among a group of 10 people selected from across the country as “White House Champions of Change for Asian-American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.” He will travel to Washington, D.C., for a two-day visit May 4-5.
New improvements and enhancements will enable the Alys Stephens Center to transform the Jemison Concert Hall into a proscenium theater perfect for larger dance performances, and the center will be fully re-carpeted with the original design and materials.
With a legacy of leadership, UAB National Pan-Hellenic Council has demonstrated exemplary service and commitment to academic excellence for many years.
Chapman’s new works were inspired by the 108 days the family spent waiting for his daughter’s heart transplant. Also featured are works made by his daughter and her fellow pediatric heart patients as they awaited organ transplants.
Jones, of Prattville, graduates April 30 with a dual degree in music and theater with honors and heads to the University of Illinois for a Master of Music degree this fall.
Presented by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Collat School of Business, the series will bring music business professionals to speak and work with students, faculty and the community.
More than 1,800 students are expected to graduate in spring 2016, with an estimated 1,100 expected to walk in the day’s two ceremonies.
Fifteen graduating Department of Art and Art History students will have their works featured in the exhibition, with a free opening reception from 6-8 p.m. April 29.
Experience the history of the blues in an original show designed for the whole family and presented by ArtPlay, with a free sensory-friendly performance.
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