MONTGOMERY—Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum will host an exhibit this month featuring a selection of paintings by local artist Pamela Boggs of Montgomery.

Exploring a wide range of themes and subject matters with a unique visual style, “Truth & Spirit: The Paintings of Pamela Boggs,” will be on display inside the exhibit hall from May 6 to June 28.

Part of the long and honored tradition of self-taught artists in Alabama, Boggs’ paintings draw viewers into a greater understanding of life’s joys, struggles and mysteries through the representation of dreams, visions and events from everyday life, said Daniel Neil, curator of the Rosa Parks Museum.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Faulkner University will host its annual graduation ceremonies this Friday, May 3, at the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center in Montgomery.

The keynote speaker at Friday’s graduation ceremonies will be Dr. Jeff Langham, superintendent of the Elmore County (Alabama) Public Schools and a 1978 graduate of Faulkner. Langham was Faulkner’s 2012 Alumnus of the Year.

An estimated 550 students are expected to graduate during commencement ceremonies planned for 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. All one-year degree programs will participate in the 2 p.m. ceremony, with all other programs included in the 10 a.m. commencement. Both ceremonies will be broadcast live over the Internet for those who cannot attend but wish to watch. You may view the ceremonies at http://www.faulkner.edu/studentlife/it/WebStream.aspx.

Montgomery, Alabama, April 29, 2013 - Montgomery Clean City Commission, City Councilman Richard Bollinger, MAX Credit Union, AARP Alabama and Gilmore Services will be offering on-site document destruction on Friday, May 3rd from 7:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.

The event, which is being sponsored by District 1 City Councilman Richard Bollinger, is free and open to the public. To help fight back against identity theft, the public is encouraged to bring up to five bags or boxes of old personal information to a mobile shredding truck that will be located in the Paterson Field parking lot at 1201 Madison Avenue.

The event is intended for private residential document shredding, not for business or company disposal. No advance document sorting is necessary as shredding equipment can destroy paperwork with paper clips, staples or rubber bands attached.