Author: Maggie Jones

MOBILE, Ala. – The Alabama School of the Arts at the University of Mobile will host faculty from Kazakh National University of Art, Kazakhstan, and ASOTA piano faculty for a joint recital.

The recital will be held on March 2 at 4:30 p.m. in Moorer Auditorium located in Martin Hall at the University of Mobile, 5735 College Parkway, Mobile, AL 36613. Admission is free.

Featured artists include Batyrzhan Smakov, countertenor; Kapeu Madina Bolatovna, violin; Dr. Kadisha Onalbayeva, piano; and Greg Wiggins, piano.

The recital will include works by Hendel, Mozart, Rossini, Vivaldi, Gluck, Beethoven and Schnittke.

This recital is a part of the annual University of Mobile Piano Festival which includes an upcoming piano ensemble concert, “Carnival from France to Mobile,” on March 21.

The Alabama School of the Arts Piano Festival is under the direction of Steinway Artist Dr. Kadisha Onalbayeva, director of piano studies and professor of music. For more information about the Alabama School of the Arts or upcoming performances in the Performing Arts Series, visit umobile.edu/pas or call 251.442.2222.

About the University of Mobile

The University of Mobile is a Christ-centered liberal arts and sciences institution with a vision of higher education for a higher purpose, founded to honor God by equipping students for their future professions through rigorous academic preparation and spiritual transformation. Core values are: Christ-Centered, Academically-Focused, Student-Devoted and Distinctively-Driven. The university offers on-campus and online bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in over 75 academic programs. Founded in 1961, the University of Mobile is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention and is located 10 miles north of Mobile, Alabama on a campus of over 880 acres.

For more information about the University of Mobile, visit the website at www.umobile.edu or call Enrollment Services at 1.800.WIN.RAMS or 251.442.2222.

Maggie Jones

Maggie Jones is a senior at the University of Mobile majoring in communication and minoring in music. She is a student ambassador as well as an intern for the university’s Office for Marketing and Public Relations. Maggie enjoys kayaking, watching movies and going on impromptu adventures around Mobile with friends.

MOBILE, Ala. – The 23^rd annual University of Mobile Classic, a golf tournament fundraiser, will be held April 17 at Heron Lakes Country Club in Mobile.

Entry tickets are offered at team and individual rates. The fee to register a four-person team is $500, while an individual player’s fee is $125. There is a $25 discount available for University of Mobile alumni players.

Registration is open and various sponsorships are still available, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000.

The tournament will take place on the greens at Heron Lakes Country Club. The event will begin with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m., with a burger bar lunch and prizes to follow.

Each year this fundraiser provides support for University of Mobile’s campus and students. Purchase tickets or sponsorships at umobile.edu/mobileclassic by April 10.

For more information, please contact the Office for Advancement at 251.442.2587 or advancement@umobile.edu.

About the University of Mobile

The University of Mobile is a Christ-centered liberal arts and sciences institution with a vision of higher education for a higher purpose, founded to honor God by equipping students for their future professions through rigorous academic preparation and spiritual transformation. Core values are: Christ-Centered, Academically-Focused, Student-Devoted and Distinctively-Driven. The university offers on-campus and online bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in over 75 academic programs. Founded in 1961, the University of Mobile is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention and is located 10 miles north of Mobile, Alabama on a campus of over 880 acres.

For more information about the University of Mobile, visit the website at www.umobile.edu or call Enrollment Services at 1.800.WIN.RAMS or 251.442.2222.

Maggie Jones

Maggie Jones is a senior at the University of Mobile majoring in communication and minoring in music. She is a student ambassador as well as an intern for the university’s Office for Marketing and Public Relations. Maggie enjoys kayaking, watching movies and going on impromptu adventures around Mobile with friends.

MOBILE, Ala. – The Alabama School of the Arts at the University of Mobile presents Dr. Ellen Elder in recital as part of the university’s third annual Piano Festival. Elder will perform works by Bartók and Schubert.

The free recital will be Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in Moorer Auditorium located in Martin Hall at the University of Mobile, 5735 College Parkway, Mobile, AL 36613.

Elder has been honored for her solo performance and teaching, including the Steinway & Sons Top Teacher Award. She received the Joanne A. Smith Piano Pedagogy Award for class piano teaching for two consecutive years.

She has performed throughout the United States and South America as a soloist, collaborator and masterclass clinician.

Elder has earned degrees from the University of Michigan and the University of Southern Mississippi. She is associate professor of piano at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she founded the Southern Miss Piano Institute that offers private lessons to pre-college students and adults in the community.

She is a member of the local and state music teacher organizations and served as the president of the Mississippi Music Teachers Association from 2014-2016. She currently serves as the president of the Hattiesburg Music Teachers League.

The Alabama School of the Arts Piano Festival is under the direction of Steinway Artist Dr. Kadisha Onalbayeva, director of piano studies and professor of music. For more information about the Alabama School of the Arts or upcoming performances in the Performing Arts Series, visit umobile.edu/pas or call 251.442.2222.

About the University of Mobile

The University of Mobile is a Christ-centered liberal arts and sciences institution with a vision of higher education for a higher purpose, founded to honor God by equipping students for their future professions through rigorous academic preparation and spiritual transformation. Core values are: Christ-Centered, Academically-Focused, Student-Devoted and Distinctively-Driven. The university offers on-campus and online bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in over 75 academic programs. Founded in 1961, the University of Mobile is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention and is located 10 miles north of Mobile, Alabama on a campus of over 880 acres.

For more information about the University of Mobile, visit the website at www.umobile.edu or call Enrollment Services at 1.800.WIN.RAMS or 251.442.2222.

Maggie Jones

Maggie Jones is a senior at the University of Mobile majoring in communication and minoring in music. She is a student ambassador as well as an intern for the university’s Office for Marketing and Public Relations. Maggie enjoys kayaking, watching movies and going on impromptu adventures around Mobile with friends.

MOBILE, Ala. – Abigail Breland, a nursing major from Little Rock, Arkansas, was crowned Miss University of Mobile 2020 on Jan. 18.

For the next year, Breland will represent UM at various events, including the Miss Alabama Competition this summer. Participation in Miss Alabama is the next step of the Miss America Competition.

Breland says, “The University of Mobile has been a part of my life since I was two years old. I feel so blessed to be able to give back to a place that has given me and my family so much.”

Breland’s platform as Miss UM is “True Identity.” True Identity is designed to inspire children with special needs and remind them they are not defined by their disability – their identity is found in the unique individual that they are.

“Seeing friends and family members with special needs conquer their disabilities and grow has truly inspired me. Their strength is why I want to encourage others that they are more than their disability,” says Breland.

Second runner-up was Abigail Pauley, musical theatre major from Statesville, North Carolina.

First runner-up was Claire Wood, worship leadership and church ministry major from Ozark, Alabama. Wood also won the talent portion of the competition.

Brenna Stringfellow, English and philosophy major from Grand Bay, Alabama, received People’s Choice Award. Ashton Mack, worship leadership and music business major from Opp, Alabama, received Miss Congeniality.

Miss UM 2019, Raven Young, gave a special thank you to her family, friends, sponsors, director, university, and many more. Young performed “I Am Changing” from Dream Girls the Musical, “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone, and “Home” from The Wiz during the competition held at Saraland High School.

About the University of Mobile

The University of Mobile is a Christ-centered liberal arts and sciences institution with a vision of higher education for a higher purpose, founded to honor God by equipping students for their future professions through rigorous academic preparation and spiritual transformation. Core values are: Christ-Centered, Academically-Focused, Student-Devoted and Distinctively-Driven. The university offers on-campus and online bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in over 75 academic programs. Founded in 1961, the University of Mobile is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State Convention and is located 10 miles north of Mobile, Alabama on a campus of over 880 acres.

For more information about the University of Mobile, visit the website at www.umobile.edu or call Enrollment Services at 1.800.WIN.RAMS or 251.442.2222.

Maggie Jones

Maggie Jones is a senior at the University of Mobile majoring in communication and minoring in music. She is a student ambassador as well as an intern for the university’s Office for Marketing and Public Relations. Maggie enjoys kayaking, watching movies and going on impromptu adventures around Mobile with friends.

I love representing the University of Mobile at events around the city as an ambassador. Each event I serve at brings new experiences and allows me to connect with people, including prospective students, current students, alumni and the university’s donors. Serving people is what God has called us to do, and being a part of this group has given me so many opportunities to do that.

One of the great things about the University of Mobile is that there are so many opportunities to grow and to serve. The UM Ambassador program in particular can help students foster and grow new skills.

This program helps students grow their communication skills to be better and more professional by guiding students through mock situations and then allowing them to put those skills into practice during events.

The program also allows students to serve the community and the university by leading tours of campus during preview days, hosting and attending different events such as the University of Mobile Scholarship Banquet and the Alabama Baptist Convention dinner, greeting people at events such as Christmas Spectacular, and serving those who purchased poinsettias by loading plants into their cars.

The UM Ambassadors is led by Allie Ratcliff, director of alumni programs, and is under the Office for Advancement. Allie is fully devoted to the group of ambassadors and takes time out of her personal life to invest in us as a group and individually. It is such a great benefit to get to know a staff member on a personal level – we even went to her house for our Christmas party and got to spend time with her, her husband and their dog!

As a UM Ambassador, each student is required to work a certain number of events throughout each semester depending on what year the student is. This policy makes being part of the program very doable with a busy schedule, because of the flexible nature. It also brings together a diverse group of students who have truly become a big part of my UM family. While we only have meetings biweekly, I see my fellow ambassadors on a daily basis on campus.

I have experienced much growth in my own life through UM Ambassadors. I feel better prepared for life after college because of it. When I initially began the process of joining the program, I was asked why I wanted to be a UM Ambassador. I explained that I wanted to be able to invest in incoming and prospective students the way my brother, a UM alumnus, has invested in me. I also wanted to be able to meet and thank those who donate to UM.

Thinking back to that day, I realize I have been able to do exactly that – and so much more.

Maggie Jones

Maggie Jones is a senior at the University of Mobile majoring in communication and minoring in music. She is a student ambassador as well as an intern for the university’s Office for Marketing and Public Relations. Maggie enjoys kayaking, watching movies and going on impromptu adventures around Mobile with friends.