Project R.O.S.E. Ceases Operations
The state of Alabama used oil education and outreach program, Project R.O.S.E. (Recycled Oil Saves Energy), will cease operations Sept. 30, 2005.
Students Help West Alabama Community Through UA Ripple Effect Event
University of Alabama students will have an opportunity to be connected to the West Alabama community through a variety of volunteer service projects held Saturday, Aug. 27, as part of the 2005 Ripple Effect campus program.
Capstone Convocation Welcomes New Students to UA
Incoming students at The University of Alabama will have a chance to celebrate the beginning of their college careers in an inspiring and solemn occasion during the Capstone Convocation on Tuesday, Aug. 23.
UA Kicks Off New Year With Bama Blast Monday, Aug. 22
The University of Alabama is preparing to welcome incoming freshmen and transfer students with this year’s annual Bama Blast scheduled for Monday, Aug. 22, at 4 p.m. on the Quad.
Aiming High… and Deep
A University of Alabama engineering professor and his student team are researching ways to improve projectiles’ ability to penetrate sand, soil and other targets in an effort to assist American troops.
UA Honor Students Come to Campus Early to Volunteer at Local Elementary School
Some 50 freshmen in The University of Alabama Honors College, along with 17 student leaders, will be starting school a week early to participate in a community service project at Crestmont Elementary School in Northport Aug. 15-19.
UA Football Broadcaster Eli Gold to Sign Copies of ‘Crimson Nation’ Aug. 18
Radio broadcaster Eli Gold, best known as the “Voice of The University of Alabama Crimson Tide,” will sign copies of his new book, “Crimson Nation: The Shaping of the South’s Most Dominant Football Team” from noon until 3 p.m. on Aug. 18 at the Paul W. Bryant Museum, on the UA campus.
Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Joins UA Journalism Faculty
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Rick Bragg will join The University of Alabama journalism department in the College of Communication and Information Sciences as a professor of writing.
James Padilla, President and COO of Ford Motor Co., to Deliver Business Hall of Fame Keynote Address at UA
James J. Padilla, president and chief operating officer of Ford Motor Co. and a member of the company’s board of directors, will deliver the keynote address at the 2005 Alabama Business Hall of Fame induction ceremony Thursday, Oct. 6. The black-tie dinner and induction ceremony will be held at the Bryant Conference Center on The University of Alabama campus beginning at 7:30 p.m.
UA Creates Crossroads Community Center
The University of Alabama will open the Crossroads Community Center this fall to assist student organizations with multicultural issues and facilitate coordination of multicultural issues on campus.