Media Advisory — Five UA Students to Receive Major National Academic Awards

The University of Alabama will announce Thursday, Feb. 13, that five students have received major national academic awards. A media availability with the award-winning students is planned for Thursday, Feb. 13, at 3:30 p.m. in the conference room on the first floor of Clark Hall on the UA campus.

‘Seinfeld’ Director will Teach Second UA Film Class

For the second year, Tom Cherones, award-winning director and Tuscaloosa native, and his wife, Joyce Keener, a television writer, will teach a four-week advanced production class in the telecommunication and film department in The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences.

2002 is Record Year for Alabama Housing, According to UA Real Estate Research and Education Center

Home sales easily set an annual record in 2002 with 39,058 homes sold throughout the year in Alabama, according to the Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center at The University of Alabama.

UA to Mark 40th Anniversary of Desegregation

Throughout 2003, The University of Alabama will reflect upon and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first successful enrollment of African-American students at the University through a series of presentations and events.

UA Professor Wins Nation’s Most Generous Annual American History Award

A University of Alabama history professor’s acclaimed book about the worst military defeat that Abraham Lincoln’s Union armies suffered during the Civil War has won the 13th annual Lincoln Prize.

UA’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series Welcomes Acclaimed Poet Robert Creeley

The University of Alabama’s Bankhead Visiting Writers Series will host acclaimed “Black Mountain” poet, fiction writer and essayist Robert Creeley on Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in 10 Mary Alston Hall. Creeley also will lecture at noon on Friday, Feb. 21, in 301 Morgan Hall.

UA to Hold High School Science Olympiad Saturday, Feb. 22

The University of Alabama will host a regional Science Olympiad for middle and high school students on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 9 a.m.

Sister of ’63 Church Bombing Victim to Lecture at UA School of Social Work Feb. 21

Dr. Shirley Wesley King will be the featured speaker for The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work’s 15th Annual Celebratory Colloquium Friday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. in 223 Little Hall on the UA campus.

ADAP Chosen to Participate in National Assistance Program

The Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), a federally funded protection and advocacy agency for persons with disabilities housed within The University of Alabama School of Law, has been chosen to be the sponsoring agency for a nationally recognized consumer-training program for persons with developmental disabilities.

UA Student Receives National Recognition for Career of Volunteering

University of Alabama student Allison Kellogg of Madison, Miss., received a national honor when she was named the Point of Light Foundation National Volunteer of the Day on Nov. 13.