The University of Alabama athletic department, in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama, the City of Tuscaloosa, the Tuscaloosa Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Tuscaloosa Area Hospitality Management Association, is encouraging out-of-town fans to relinquish their hotel rooms in Tuscaloosa this weekend.
The University of Alabama will re-open for normal hours on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 and classes will resume as normally scheduled.
The University of Alabama will close at noon today, Monday, Aug. 29, 2005 due to expected severe weather associated with Hurricane Katrina.
The University of Alabama Emergency Response group is monitoring the progress of Hurricane Katrina and the possibility of severe weather for our area.
A place nicknamed “The Worm Shack” might seem an unlikely venue to find a nominee for the U.S. Professor of the Year, but that’s where you can often locate Dr. Guy Caldwell, associate professor of biological sciences at The University of Alabama.
Dr. E. Culpepper “Cully” Clark, dean of The University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences, received the Communications Educator of the Year award from the Birmingham Advertising Federation.
Lewis B. and Mary L. Campbell have pledged $150,000 to establish the Campbell-Portera Endowed Scholarship in the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama.
Counting sheep as a way to doze off may be a cliché, but statistics show that millions of Americans suffer from insomnia and struggle to get a good night’s sleep.
The University of Alabama is holding an event to help new students get active with the 2005 New Student Challenge, Monday, Aug. 29, from 4:30-8:30 p.m. at the UA Student Recreation Center fields and outdoor pool complex.
Dr. Robert W. Halli Jr., dean of The University of Alabama Honors College, has received the Eugene Current-Garcia Award as Alabama’s Distinguished Literary Scholar for 2005.