University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham, or "UAB" for short. Locally, it is affectionately known as "The University that Ate Birmingham."

UAB is a world-renowned research university and health care center. It is Alabama's single largest employer — and happens to be be MY employer. Touted as the economic engine of Birmingham, UAB boasts more than 18,000 students, 19,000 faculty and staff, and a campus covering more than 80 city blocks.

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See what happens?

Things at work have been “hairy” to say the least. I haven’t been able to post about it without divulging sensitive information, so I’ve had to bitch and moan about it to Jim mainly. (God bless him for that!) One of my biggest complaints lately have been that I haven’t been doing [...]

Posted by Nicki on July 28th, 2008 at 9:28 am

As much as I love working for UAB…

… I hate hate HATE their insurance!
In all fairness, they have been pretty easy to deal with except when it comes to getting my Axert refills. Honestly, I’m having to jump through hoops just to get what my doctor has prescribed for me!
In this regard alone, they are WORSE [...]

Posted by Nicki on June 16th, 2008 at 8:55 am

Stories of heroism and intrigue

There are a lot of things I wanted to cover today, unfortunately I wasn’t able to finish this post prior to class this afternoon, so bear with me … there’s a lot here.
Those of you who are local I’m sure have been following the story of the busload of Marines that overturned Sunday. They [...]

Posted by Nicki on March 12th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

We need more of these

(cross-posted to The Cotillion)
I was perusing The Birmingham News blog entries and ran across this one, featuring a local Marine vet who’s making a stand in honor of those who have served and sacrificed for our freedom.

Michael Rudulph, a three-tour Marine veteran, has taken a stand — vigilantly guarding the Eternal Flame of Freedom monument, [...]

Posted by Nicki on February 13th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

Woohoo!

I got the news this past weekend (via a UAB “welcome packet”), but it hadn’t really sunk in until I signed the papers this morning. As of today (well, November 1st actually), I am now a permanent state employee. My job here at UAB opened up a few weeks back and I applied [...]

Posted by Nicki on November 26th, 2007 at 12:14 pm