The U.S. Census Bureau today issued its first county population estimates by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin since Census 2000, pinpointing at the county level where increases and decreases in various population groups are occurring.
Students, alumni and employers will meet and greet each other during the 2003 Fall Career Fair at The University of Alabama. This year’s event will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Bryant Conference Center.
The University of Alabama’s School of Music will host the U.S. Air Force Reserve Concert Band on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall.
The National Pan-Hellenic Council at The University of Alabama hosted a benefit for West Alabama AIDS Outreach recently, raising $1,148 for the nonprofit community organization.
Students and professionals alike will benefit from attending the 22nd annual Retailing Day at The University of Alabama on Sept. 25.
In the wake of the overwhelming defeat of Gov. Bob Riley’s tax package, many observers will no doubt argue that the plan was doomed from the start. They will tell us that the day that Alabamians vote for a tax increase will be the day that pigs fly, dogs talk, and Auburn fans dress in crimson. Alabama voters are too distrusting of their politicians. The state’s special interest groups are just too powerful. To paraphrase the old Jim Croce song, you don’t tug on Superman’s cape, you don’t pull the mask off the Lone Ranger, and you don’t mess around with ALFA.
Emily Smith, a 2003 journalism alumna of The University of Alabama, will serve as correspondent for Dateline Alabama while working on a master’s degree in Caracas, Venezuela, this year.
The University of Alabama School of Social Work will hold its second Fall Social Work Conference Sept. 18 and 19 at the Paul W. Bryant Conference Center on the UA campus.
The University of Alabama College of Engineering and College of Continuing Studies will host the 2003 Alabama Mining Institute on Sept. 24-25 at the Four Points Hotel near The University of Alabama campus.
The EveryWoman Book Club will meet to discuss “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place in the Frances S. Summersell Library at The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center, located on the third floor of the Russell Student Health Center.