UA Set to Launch Doctoral Program in Anthropology
For the first time in 11 years, The University of Alabama is poised to launch a new doctoral program.
UA NAACP Chapter to Honor Women’s Gymnastics Team
The University of Alabama chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will host a tribute to honor UA student Andree Pickens and the UA Women’s Gymnastics Team for their achievements throughout the year.
UA Student Awarded National Delta Zeta Honors
University of Alabama student Jennifer Traywick of Clanton was named as a recipient of the 2002 Florence Hood Miner Award. The award is given annually to members of Delta Zeta sorority who are in their junior year and have made the greatest contributions to their college chapter and Delta Zeta through outstanding leadership on campus while maintaining a good academic record.
UA Center for Creative Media Names Director, Senior Research Fellow
Universities around the country are working to bring those with creative expertise together to cultivate and enhance creativity among different fields of communication, as well as study new and traditional media forms. The University of Alabama started its Center for Creative Media last year and recently has hired two internationally known leaders in the field.
UA Career Center to Host Dining Etiquette Seminar
The University of Alabama Career Center invites students to attend the annual Dining Etiquette Seminar from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the Ferguson Center Ballroom.
UA Career Center to Hold 2002 Career Fair Sept. 25
More than 100 employers will be on campus to meet University of Alabama students and alumni interested in jobs during the UA Career Center’s 2002 Career Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Bryant Conference Center.
UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series Welcomes Tony Grooms
Tony Grooms will be on The University of Alabama campus on Thursday, Sept. 19, for a public reading at 7:30 p.m. in 205 Smith Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
ALFA Presents Scholarship to UA Rural Medical Scholar
Terry James of Arley was recently awarded the first Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) Rural Medical Scholars Program Scholarship. James is a participant in The University of Alabama Rural Medical Scholars Program and is currently attending the UA School of Medicine in Birmingham.
UA Honors Ardent Supporter of History as She Turns 100
One of the most generous supporters of the history department at The University of Alabama will soon make some history of her own — by celebrating her 100th birthday on Sept. 16.
Remembering to Ask Humpty
Several years ago the trustees of The University of Alabama realized that rural health care needs and solutions were scattered throughout six colleges at UA. To bring together these like-minded people, the Institute of Rural Health Research was begun. The institute, which recently observed its first anniversary, strives to cut red tape and harness the efforts of a wide number of disciplines for one purpose: health in rural America.