A Bandera student was one of the spring graduates at the University of Alabama this year, the university announced last month. Brett Dusek of Bandera received a Master of Science degree, one of 6,326 degrees awarded to Alabama graduates in the spring semester, officials said. Spring graduates did not get to take part in traditional commencement activities this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but they have been invited to take part in the university’s summer commencement events July 31 and Aug. 1 as long as conditions allow those events to take place. The university said it strives to offer students a premier ...