University of Alabama students have formed two new sororities on campus this year. Both organizations’ values emphasize diversity and multiculturalism, and both groups initiated their first members this spring.
The University of Alabama awarded some 2,467 degrees at spring commencement ceremonies held Friday, May 16, in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.
University of Alabama sophomore Christy Covington of Huntsville will present a poster presentation on “An H-Alpha Survey of the Butcher-Oemler Cluster Abell 851” at the American Astronomical Society Conference in Nashville on May 26.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses will present a recent University of Alabama graduate with its Excellent Student Nurse Award in San Antonio on May 22.
As part of the 40th anniversary of the first successful enrollment of African-American students at The University of Alabama, the College of Communication and Information Sciences at UA will host a panel on “Media and the Moment: Images of the Schoolhouse Door.”
The University of Alabama will honor 40 outstanding pioneers who played key roles in breaking racial barriers on campus as part of “Opening Doors,” a three-day program planned for June 9-11 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first successful enrollment of African-American students at UA.
When The University of Alabama’s privately endowed Blount Undergraduate Initiative began four years ago, it was touted as an ambitious program that would create a community of undergraduate scholars and be a benchmark for academic excellence at the Capstone.
The University of Alabama’s last public astronomy viewing of the semester will go out under a shroud of darkness with a total eclipse of the moon on May 15 from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m.
Dr. John P. Dolly, dean of the College of Education, will be stepping down from his administrative appointment effective July 1. He will take administrative leave for one year before returning to full time teaching and research in August 2004, according to interim provost, Dr. Judy Bonner.
A number of University of Alabama students were inducted recently into Who’s Who Among American College and Universities.