Football Players Challenge UA Student Ambassadors in Fifth Annual Croquet Bowl April 8

University of Alabama football players will go face-to-face with student Ambassadors from UA’s College of Arts and Sciences in the fifth annual Croquet Bowl Saturday, April 8 from 10-noon on the Quad behind Denny Chimes.

Mark O’Connor’s Appalachia Waltz to Perform at UA as Part of Celebrity Series

Mark O’Connor’s Appalachia Waltz Trio will perform in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall at The University of Alabama Saturday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the UA’s School of Music Celebrity Series, sponsored by the Gloria Narramore Moody Foundation.

U.S. News Ranks UA School of Law in Top 50 Once Again

U.S. News and World Report has ranked The University of Alabama School of Law among the Top 50 law schools in the nation for the eighth consecutive year.

UA 2006 Honors Week to be Held April 3-7

The University of Alabama will honor the scholarship and leadership of students and faculty with 2006 Honors Week activities on campus April 3-7.

Alabama Constitutional Reformer to Deliver Bloom Lecture at UA’s Blount Undergraduate Initiative

Constitutional reformer, tax expert and University of Alabama law professor Susan Pace Hamill, whose attack on taxes from a theological standpoint has earned her nationwide attention, will deliver the fifth annual Estan and Star Bloom Lectureship in UA’s Blount Undergraduate Initiative Monday, April 3, at 4 p.m. in the Ferguson Theatre on the UA campus.

UA Criminal Justice Honor Society to Host Career Fair

The University of Alabama chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society and the UA Criminal Justice Student Association will host a career fair on Tuesday, April 11 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in rooms 300, 301, 305 and 309 of the Ferguson Center.

UA Astronomers to Host Public Sky Viewing March 31

A pair of University of Alabama astronomers will host, weather permitting, a free public sky viewing of star clusters, Saturn and the Orion Nebula Friday night, March 31 from 7-10 using telescopes at UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park.

UA Landmark to be Rededicated Friday

In commemoration of The University of Alabama’s 175th Anniversary, the National Alumni Association and the Student Government Association are sponsoring a rededication of the Mound on the Quad on Friday, March 31 at 1 p.m.

UA Provost Judy Bonner Promoted to Executive Vice President

The University of Alabama Board of Trustees has approved the recommendation of University of Alabama President Robert E. Witt that Dr. Judy Bonner, who currently serves as vice president for academic affairs and provost, be promoted to executive vice president and provost effective April 1.

UA Alumni Association Announces 2006 Award Winners

The University of Alabama National Alumni Association (NAA) recently chose the recipients of the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards and Alumni Student Awards. The recipients will be recognized at the annual Alumni Weekend luncheon on Saturday, April 1 at noon in the Bryant Conference Center.