A total of 649 students enrolled during the summer 2005 term at The University of Alabama made the Dean’s List with academic records of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale) or the President’s List with academic records of 4.0.
Dr. Louis Burgio, distinguished research professor in psychology and director of the Center for Mental Health and Aging at The University of Alabama, has been named the 2005 recipient of the “Outstanding Contributions to Psychology in Long Term Care” award by the Psychologists in Long Term Care organization.
The MSNBC television news talk show “Scarborough Country,” hosted by Joe Scarborough, will air live Friday at 9 p.m. from outside Bryant-Denny Stadium on The University of Alabama campus.
University of Alabama students Stephanie Wheeler and Mary Allison Milford have been selected by U.S. National Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Head Coach Ron Likins as members of the 2005-2006 national team.
The University of Alabama’s tradition of celebrating Homecoming Week will continue this year Oct. 23-29 with the theme “Tide and True: A Family Tradition.”
Jill E. Fisch, Alpin J. Cameron professor of law and director of the Fordham Center for Corporate, Securities and Financial Law at Fordham University School of Law, will present a Meador Lecture on Fiduciaries on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 2 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom of The University of Alabama School of Law.
The University of Alabama Women’s Resource Center, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council will sponsor a candlelight vigil at Denny Chimes on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 6 p.m. in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
The University of Alabama will host a student-led memorial service in memory of Vivian Malone Jones, Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Ballroom. The community service is open to all who want to honor the memory, courage and accomplishments of one of our nation’s great civil rights pioneers. Jones was the University’s first African American graduate and one of two African American students to first attend the University in 1963.
As part of Capstone Creed Week at The University of Alabama, the Community Service Center is sponsoring a Habitat for Humanity Women Build project Thursday, Oct. 20, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Plaza.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will jointly present the Frank A. Nix Lecture at The University of Alabama on Friday, Oct. 21.